@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random Source Dogs and Cats in Research", isbn = "978-0-309-13807-9", abstract = "Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random-Source Dogs and Cats in Research examines the value of random-source animals in biomedical research and the role of Class B dealers who acquire and resell live dogs and cats to research institutions. Findings include that, while some random-source dogs and cats may be necessary and desirable for National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research, there is no clear need to obtain those animals from Class B dealers. Several options for random-source animal acquisition already exist and additional options are recommended, which would further ensure the welfare of these animals and foster a positive public image for NIH.\n\nWhile the scientific community has recognized and responded to concerns for humane treatment of animals in research, government oversight has thus far been unable to fully enforce the Animal Welfare Act in regard to Class B dealers of live animals. Although the animals acquired by Class B dealers are destined for research\u2014and NIH research in particular\u2014the standard of care while in the possession of some Class B dealers requires an inordinate amount of government enforcement and is not commensurate with the policies of most NIH-funded research laboratories. This dichotomy of standards reflects poorly on public perceptions of NIH and jeopardizes animal welfare. \n\nThis book will be crucial for NIH and other groups using random-source animals in research, including veterinary schools and research facilities. Animal welfare advocates, policy makers, and concerned pet owners will also find this a vital and informative work for reconciling the needs of research with the welfare of animals.\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12641/scientific-and-humane-issues-in-the-use-of-random-source-dogs-and-cats-in-research", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Review and Assessment of the Health and Productivity Benefits of Green Schools: An Interim Report", isbn = "978-0-309-10120-2", abstract = "Some educational professionals have suggested that so-called green schools would result in superior performance and increased health for students and teachers. While there is no commonly accepted definition of a green school, there are a number of attributes that such schools appear to have: low cost operations, security, healthy and comfortable, and an environment that enhances learning are among them. To determine the health and productivity benefits of green schools, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, the Barr and Kendall Foundations, the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, and the U.S. Green Building Council asked the NRC to examine available studies about the effects of green schools on student learning and teacher productivity. This interim report presents an evaluation of evidence for relationships between various health, learning, and productivity outcomes and five characteristics of green schools: the building envelope, ventilation, lighting, acoustics, and condition. The final report will present evaluations for additional characteristics, a synthesis of the results of all assessments, and promising areas of research.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11574/review-and-assessment-of-the-health-and-productivity-benefits-of-green-schools", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Green Schools: Attributes for Health and Learning", isbn = "978-0-309-10286-5", abstract = "Evidence has accumulated that shows that the quality of indoor environments can affect the health and productivity of adults and children. One consequence is that a movement has emerged to promote the design of schools that have fewer adverse environmental effects. To examine the potential of such design for improving education, several private organizations asked the NRC to review and assess the health and productivity benefits of green schools. This report provides an analysis of the complexity of making such a determination; and an assessment of the potential human health and performance benefits of improvements in the building envelope, indoor air quality, lighting, and acoustical quality. The report also presents an assessment of the overall building condition and student achievement, and offers an analysis of and recommendations for planning and maintaining green schools including research considerations.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11756/green-schools-attributes-for-health-and-learning", year = 2007, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Committing to the Cost of Ownership: Maintenance and Repair of Public Buildings", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9807/committing-to-the-cost-of-ownership-maintenance-and-repair-of", year = 1990, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Kavita Berger and Jessica De Mouy and Audrey Thévenon and Sabina Vadnais", title = "Management of Indoor Air and Airborne Pathogens: Proceedings of a Workshop Series–in Brief", abstract = "The presence of virus particles and other contaminants provides unique challenges in indoor air environments, particularly if these contaminants can infect people through respiratory routes. These challenges were emphasized during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the documented human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through the air, but they also apply to other airborne pathogens. The Environmental Health Matters Initiative of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a three-part series on Indoor Air Management of Airborne Pathogens to consider the state of knowledge about building management, ventilation, and air cleaning for respiratory airborne pathogens; discuss experiences with management of indoor spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically of schools and public transportation; and suggest mitigation strategies to be adopted to make these spaces safer. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the series.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27316/management-of-indoor-air-and-airborne-pathogens-proceedings-of-a", year = 2023, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Engineering and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Brett Moulding and Nancy Songer and Kerry Brenner", title = "Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12: Investigation and Design at the Center", isbn = "978-0-309-48260-8", abstract = "It is essential for today's students to learn about science and engineering in order to make sense of the world around them and participate as informed members of a democratic society. The skills and ways of thinking that are developed and honed through engaging in scientific and engineering endeavors can be used to engage with evidence in making personal decisions, to participate responsibly in civic life, and to improve and maintain the health of the environment, as well as to prepare for careers that use science and technology.\n\nThe majority of Americans learn most of what they know about science and engineering as middle and high school students. During these years of rapid change for students' knowledge, attitudes, and interests, they can be engaged in learning science and engineering through schoolwork that piques their curiosity about the phenomena around them in ways that are relevant to their local surroundings and to their culture. Many decades of education research provide strong evidence for effective practices in teaching and learning of science and engineering. One of the effective practices that helps students learn is to engage in science investigation and engineering design. Broad implementation of science investigation and engineering design and other evidence-based practices in middle and high schools can help address present-day and future national challenges, including broadening access to science and engineering for communities who have traditionally been underrepresented and improving students' educational and life experiences.\n\nScience and Engineering for Grades 6-12: Investigation and Design at the Center revisits America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science in order to consider its discussion of laboratory experiences and teacher and school readiness in an updated context. It considers how to engage today's middle and high school students in doing science and engineering through an analysis of evidence and examples. This report provides guidance for teachers, administrators, creators of instructional resources, and leaders in teacher professional learning on how to support students as they make sense of phenomena, gather and analyze data\/information, construct explanations and design solutions, and communicate reasoning to self and others during science investigation and engineering design. It also provides guidance to help educators get started with designing, implementing, and assessing investigation and design.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25216/science-and-engineering-for-grades-6-12-investigation-and-design", year = 2019, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools: From Impressions to Evidence", isbn = "978-0-309-20936-6", abstract = "The District of Columbia (DC) has struggled for decades to improve its public education system. In 2007 the DC government made a bold change in the way it governs public education with the goal of shaking up the system and bringing new energy to efforts to improve outcomes for students. The Public Education Reform Amendment Act (PERAA) shifted control of the city's public schools from an elected school board to the mayor, developed a new state department of education, created the position of chancellor, and made other significant management changes. \n\nA Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools offers a framework for evaluating the effects of PERAA on DC's public schools. The book recommends an evaluation program that includes a systematic yearly public reporting of key data as well as in-depth studies of high-priority issues including: quality of teachers, principals, and other personnel; quality of classroom teaching and learning; capacity to serve vulnerable children and youth; promotion of family and community engagement; and quality and equity of operations, management, and facilities. As part of the evaluation program, the Mayor's Office should produce an annual report to the city on the status of the public schools, including an analysis of trends and all the underlying data.\n\nA Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools suggests that D.C. engage local universities, philanthropic organizations, and other institutions to develop and sustain an infrastructure for ongoing research and evaluation of its public schools. Any effective evaluation program must be independent of school and city leaders and responsive to the needs of all stakeholders. Additionally, its research should meet the highest standards for technical quality.\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13114/a-plan-for-evaluating-the-district-of-columbias-public-schools", year = 2011, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Public Benefits of Highway System Preservation and Maintenance", abstract = "TRB\u2019s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 330: Public Benefits of Highway System Preservation and Maintenance examines the current practices for identifying, measuring, and articulating the public benefits of highway system maintenance and operation, and of communicating those benefits that are understandable and meaningful to stakeholders\u2014road users, elected officials, and others who have an interest in the system\u2019s performance. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23362/public-benefits-of-highway-system-preservation-and-maintenance", year = 2004, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Helen F. Ladd and Janet S. Hansen", title = "Making Money Matter: Financing America's Schools", isbn = "978-0-309-06528-3", abstract = "The United States annually spends over $300 billion on public elementary and secondary education. As the nation enters the 21st century, it faces a major challenge: how best to tie this financial investment to the goal of high levels of achievement for all students. In addition, policymakers want assurance that education dollars are being raised and used in the most efficient and effective possible ways. The book covers such topics as:\n\n Legal and legislative efforts to reduce spending and achievement gaps.\n The shift from \"equity\" to \"adequacy\" as a new standard for determining fairness in education spending.\n The debate and the evidence over the productivity of American schools.\n Strategies for using school finance in support of broader reforms aimed at raising student achievement.\n\nThis book contains a comprehensive review of the theory and practice of financing public schools by federal, state, and local governments in the United States. It distills the best available knowledge about the fairness and productivity of expenditures on education and assesses options for changing the finance system.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9606/making-money-matter-financing-americas-schools", year = 1999, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Guidance for Transportation Agencies on Managing Sensitive Information", abstract = "TRB\u2019s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 525: Surface Transportation Security, Volume 5: Guidance for Transportation Agencies on Managing Sensitive Information provides basic information on identifying and controlling access to sensitive information.NCHRP Report 525: Surface Transportation Security is a series in which relevant information is assembled into single, concise volumes\u2014each pertaining to a specific security problem and closely related issues. The volumes focus on the concerns that transportation agencies are addressing when developing programs in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed. Future volumes of the report will be issued as they are completed.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23417/guidance-for-transportation-agencies-on-managing-sensitive-information", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP editor = "Diane O'Connell", title = "Strong Force: The Story of Physicist Shirley Ann Jackson", isbn = "978-0-309-27006-9", abstract = "Shirley Ann Jackson sees the unseen. She's an expert in the invisible particles that make up everything in the universe, including you. Shirley is a theoretical physicist, a scientist who studies the subatomic world using only paper, pencils, computers and the most important tool of all: her imagination. Shirley's passion for science blossomed during her childhood, with bumblebee experiments and go-cart races. But it's her talent for math and her drive to succeed that have taken her career in amazing directions. Shirley uses her knowledge of electrons, neutrinos, and other particles of matter to better the lives of others\u2014from solving important technology problems to teaching college physics to making nuclear power plants safer. A natural-born leader, Shirley has always seized opportunities and broken down racial barriers, not only for herself but for others. Strong Force is the compelling story of an African American scientist and her science. To tell this true story of courage, author Diane O'Connell drew on firsthand accounts from Shirley and her friends, family, and colleagues. How did a young bee collector grow up to be a world-renowned physicist? The life story of Shirley Ann Jackson will intrigue and inspire readers of all ages.\nThis title aligns to Common Core standards:\nInterest Level Grades 6 - 8; Reading Level Grade level Equivalent: 7.1: Lexile Measure: 1080L; DRA: Not Available; Guided Reading: Z", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11554/strong-force-the-story-of-physicist-shirley-ann-jackson", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Susan R. Singer and Margaret L. Hilton and Heidi A. Schweingruber", title = "America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science", isbn = "978-0-309-13934-2", abstract = "Laboratory experiences as a part of most U.S. high school science curricula have been taken for granted for decades, but they have rarely been carefully examined. What do they contribute to science learning? What can they contribute to science learning? What is the current status of labs in our nation\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds high schools as a context for learning science? This book looks at a range of questions about how laboratory experiences fit into U.S. high schools:\n\n What is effective laboratory teaching?\n What does research tell us about learning in high school science labs?\n How should student learning in laboratory experiences be assessed?\n Do all student have access to laboratory experiences?\n What changes need to be made to improve laboratory experiences for high school students?\n How can school organization contribute to effective laboratory teaching?\n\n With increased attention to the U.S. education system and student outcomes, no part of the high school curriculum should escape scrutiny. This timely book investigates factors that influence a high school laboratory experience, looking closely at what currently takes place and what the goals of those experiences are and should be. Science educators, school administrators, policy makers, and parents will all benefit from a better understanding of the need for laboratory experiences to be an integral part of the science curriculum\u2014and how that can be accomplished.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11311/americas-lab-report-investigations-in-high-school-science", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Uses of Fees or Alternatives to Fund Transit", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 28: Uses of Fees or Alternatives to Fund Transit explores the use of impact fees for transit in the United States. The report examines policy and legal considerations relating to the use of impact fees and developer exactions for transit, reviews various methodologies currently in use, and identifies cases that exemplify strategies transit agencies may pursue when considering impact fees as an alternative funding source.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23068/uses-of-fees-or-alternatives-to-fund-transit", year = 2008, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings: Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148", isbn = "978-0-309-09561-7", abstract = "Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is influenced by building design; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems; and construction materials, as well as by building operations, maintenance, and housekeeping procedures. Increasing evidence suggests that adverse health outcomes in employees, students, hospital patients, and others are linked to the presence of indoor pollutants and other aspects of poor-quality indoor environments. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings explores this issue and discusses ongoing research and possible strategies for implementing changes in standards and practices for indoor environmental quality.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11233/implementing-health-protective-features-and-practices-in-buildings-workshop-proceedings", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Lynn Parker and Matthew Spear and Nicole Ferring Holovach and Stephen Olson", title = "Legal Strategies in Childhood Obesity Prevention: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-21019-5", abstract = "Since 1980, childhood obesity rates have more than tripled in the United States. Recent data show that almost one-third of children over 2 years of age are already overweight or obese. While the prevalence of childhood obesity appears to have plateaued in recent years, the magnitude of the problem remains unsustainably high and represents an enormous public health concern. All options for addressing the childhood obesity epidemic must therefore be explored. In the United States, legal approaches have successfully reduced other threats to public health, such as the lack of passive restraints in automobiles and the use of tobacco. The question then arises of whether laws, regulations, and litigation can likewise be used to change practices and policies that contribute to obesity. \nOn October 21, 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) held a workshop to bring together stakeholders to discuss the current and future legal strategies aimed at combating childhood obesity. Legal Strategies in Childhood Obesity Prevention summarizes the proceedings of that workshop. The report examines the challenges involved in implementing public health initiatives by using legal strategies to elicit change. It also discusses circumstances in which legal strategies are needed and effective. This workshop was created only to explore the boundaries of potential legal approaches to address childhood obesity, and therefore, does not contain recommendations for the use of such approaches.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13123/legal-strategies-in-childhood-obesity-prevention-workshop-summary", year = 2011, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Harold W. Kohl III and Heather D. Cook", title = "Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School", isbn = "978-0-309-28313-7", abstract = "Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic.\nThe prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents.\nEducating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed.\nThis report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18314/educating-the-student-body-taking-physical-activity-and-physical-education", year = 2013, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia: Reform in a Changing Landscape", isbn = "978-0-309-37380-7", abstract = "An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia is a comprehensive five-year summative evaluation report for Phase Two of an initiative to evaluate the District of Columbia's public schools. Consistent with the recommendations in the 2011 report A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools, this new report describes changes in the public schools during the period from 2009 to 2013. An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia examines business practices, human resources operations and human capital strategies, academic plans, and student achievement. This report identifies what is working well seven years after legislation was enacted to give control of public schools to the mayor of the District of Columbia and which areas need additional attention.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21743/an-evaluation-of-the-public-schools-of-the-district-of-columbia", year = 2015, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Research Recommendations of the Second Conference on Problems of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Reprint and Circular Series of the National Research Council", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9563/research-recommendations-of-the-second-conference-on-problems-of-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing", year = 1929, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "Defining a Comprehensive School Health Program: An Interim Statement", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9084/defining-a-comprehensive-school-health-program-an-interim-statement", year = 1995, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP editor = "Chauncey L. Williams", title = "What We Found Behind the Scenes in European Research: [Observations on the Tour of Forty Research Laboratories in England, France and Germany", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18675/what-we-found-behind-the-scenes-in-european-research-observations", year = 1937, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }