Archive for October 30th, 2006
Educational segregation: Neighborhoods matter more than schools
Mark Thoma quotes from the abstract:
These results — both the negative effects of segregation, and the indication that neighborhood segregation matters more than does school segregation — stand up in the face of a variety of statistical tests designed to rule out competing explanations. The segregation effects do not appear to be attributable to differential […]
Posted: October 30th, 2006 under School Choice.
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Hybrids bastardised
For a while the Prius made driving a fuel efficient car cool, or at least the kind of thing a Hollywood actor of a certain kind might do. It’s an ugly car but it’s hybrid technology wasn’t available with 4 doors anywhere else. Like iPods you didn’t get a flash one or a cheap one, […]
Posted: October 30th, 2006 under Unsorted.
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