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Earl Gregg Swem Library

Commonwealth of Virginia Critical Shortage Teaching Endorsement Areas for 2013-2014 School Year

Categories: Education,Virginia Issues

http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h&sdocs.nsf/By+Year/RD1332013/$file/RD133.pdf

Lists the Top Ten critical shortage teaching endorsement areas in Virginia for the 2013-14 school year and explains how they were determined.  From the Virginia Department of Education

 

Crime in Virginia 2012

Categories: Crime/Justice,Headlines,Statistics,Virginia Issues

http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h&sdocs.nsf/By+Year/RD1302013/$file/RD130.pdf

Annual collection of crime statistics for the state of Virginia.  From the Department of State Police

 

The Virginia Poverty Measure: An Alternative Poverty Measure for the Commonwealth

Categories: Headlines,Health/Medical,Income/Poverty,Statistics,Virginia Issues

http://www.coopercenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/VirginiaPovertyMeasure_May2013.pdf

Reports the results of research to develop a new poverty measure that better reflects the  true economic circumstances of low-income Virginians.  The VPM claims to be an improvement over the official U.S. poverty measure by accounting for regional cost differences, family resources from in-kind government transfers, necessary medical expenses, and  other factors.  From the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia

 

Student Success Revealed

Categories: Education-Higher,Statistics,Virginia Issues

http://www.schev.edu/Reportstats/Aggregator/2013/SCHEVAggregatorMay13.pdf?from=

Announces creation of Student Success Index to better measure the number and percentage of students who begin and complete higher education within a stipulated time period.  From the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia

 

Coastal Topography: Northeast Atlantic Coast, Post-Hurricane Sandy, 2012

Categories: Environment,Maps/Geography,Natural Resources,Virginia Issues,Weather/Disasters

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/765/pubs765/index.html

 

Contains dune elevations and mean-high-water shoreline position datasets for most sandy beaches from Cape Lookout, North Carolina to Fire Island, New York.  From the U.S. Geological Survey

 

Election Delays in 2012

Categories: Elections/Campaigns,Laws/Regulations,Virginia Issues

https://law.wm.edu/news/stories/2013/documents/2012_election_delays_report.authcheckdam.pdf

Assesses the problem of long delays in voting and reviews common causes and proposed solutions.  Prepared by laws students at William and Mary Law School as part of its Election Law Program.  Posted by the College of William and Mary

 

Collection of Evidence-Based Practices for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Treatment Needs. 5th edition

Categories: Children,Mental Health,Virginia Issues,Youth

http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h&sdocs.nsf/By+Year/HD72013/$file/HD7.pdf

Summarizes current research on those mental health treatments that have been proven to be effective in treating children and adolescents.  From the Virginia Commission on Youth

 

Visualizing Virginia’s Changing Electorate: Mapping Presidential Elections from 2000 to 2012

Categories: Elections/Campaigns,Maps/Geography,Presidency,Virginia Issues

http://www.coopercenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/Virginia%20News%20Letter%202013%20Vol.%2089%20No%202.pdf

Maps the changing geography of support for Republicans and Democrats by use of population cartograms to better identify the new political battlegrounds.  From the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia

 

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