Papers by richard verdugo
Teachers College Record, Feb 1, 2004
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Educational Administration Quarterly, Feb 1, 1997
Most approaches to improving education in the United States fail; some succeed in certain schools... more Most approaches to improving education in the United States fail; some succeed in certain schools only to fail elsewhere. Why? The main thesis of this study is that various programs to school reform fail because they neglect to consider the role of legitimacy as an intervening factor as a school moves from a strict bureaucratic to a community governance regime. This article develops and estimates a causal model describing the relationship between bureaucracy, legitimacy, and community as predictors of teachers' job satisfaction-an important school outcome that is highly related to student achievement. Data for the study are from a national survey of National Education Association teacher members.
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Applied demography series, 2018
The Great Depression was a brutal time in American history. Unemployment soared, millions were im... more The Great Depression was a brutal time in American history. Unemployment soared, millions were impoverished, the economy had tanked, and over 9000 banks closed. Oppositional groups among the working class emerged. Communist groups also emerged and challenged the Capitalist paradigm, as did rising unionism. A common mantra during the period was “Fight—Don’t Starve” (Piven and Cloward 1977; Luce 2017; Smith 2002).
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Applied demography series, 2018
America was on the move. The US Census has calculated the mean center of the US since 1790, and I... more America was on the move. The US Census has calculated the mean center of the US since 1790, and I Fig. 6.1 displays the trajectory of these means from 1790 to 2010. Of course, our main concern in this chapter is the Era 1950 to 1980. Nevertheless, note the movement West and Southwest.
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Applied demography series, 2018
“Oh, my God, that damned cowboy’s in the White House,” Mark Hana, Senator from Ohio, and former c... more “Oh, my God, that damned cowboy’s in the White House,” Mark Hana, Senator from Ohio, and former campaign manager for William McKinley, upon hearing that Theodore Roosevelt had ascended to the Presidency after McKinley was assassinated by Leon Frank Czolgosz.
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Trotter Review, 2002
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Applied demography series, 2018
The American population was on the move, moving West and South, and continued to change the geogr... more The American population was on the move, moving West and South, and continued to change the geographic distribution of the American population. The de-industrialization of the North caused many families and person to move in search of employment and affordable housing. Along with this change in the geographic distribution of the US population there was a change in the distribution of the US student population.
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Springer eBooks, 2018
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Contemporary Education, 1996
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REICE: Revista Electrónica Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, 2005
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks, Dec 1, 2009
In 1980, there were 1,106.8 million African Americans enrolled in college. Of this number, 463,70... more In 1980, there were 1,106.8 million African Americans enrolled in college. Of this number, 463,700 were males and 643,100 were females. In other words, among African Americans enrolled in higher education, 58.1% were female. By the year 2004, of the 2,164.7 million African Americans enrolled in higher education, 65% were female. Thus, between 1980 and 2004, the gender gap in higher education within the African American community increased by nearly 7 percentage points. What happened to African American males? Why are they not enrolling in higher education at higher rates? The gender gap in higher education is not limited to African Americans. The same trend can also be found among Whites and Hispanics. Table 1 shows these ‘‘gaps.’’ Several important patterns emerge from Table 1. First, it is clear that, generally speaking, females are increasingly more likely to enroll in college than males. Indeed, the gender gap ratios (GGRs), for all ethnic-racial groups, increase over time. Second, note that there are important race differentials in the GGRs. The GGRs are greatest among African Americans
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Routledge eBooks, Jun 21, 2023
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Social Science Quarterly, Sep 8, 2022
ObjectiveThere are two fundamental arguments about why Mexican Americans have failed to be assimi... more ObjectiveThere are two fundamental arguments about why Mexican Americans have failed to be assimilated. Human capital theorists argue that it is due to their inferior human capital. In contrast, other theorists argue that discrimination is the primary reason. Our proposition is that both arguments are better served if data parse out Mexican immigrants. Failure to do so creates statistical bias regarding the “true” status of Mexican‐American workers and thus the Mexican‐American population.MethodWe estimate an earnings function among three Mexican ancestry groups: Mexican‐American workers, Mexican immigrant workers, and a co‐mingled sample of Mexican‐American and Mexican immigrant workers over the period from 1940 to 2017.ResultsOur findings suggest important differences in the earnings process between Mexican‐American workers and Mexican immigrant workers. Moreover, we also find important differences in discrimination between both groups of workers.ConclusionIf the focus of future research is the labor market experiences of Mexican Americans, care should be made in parsing out Mexican immigrant workers from their sample; otherwise, results would be biased and conclusions inaccurate.
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Teachers College Record, 2004
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International journal of educational reform, 2015
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While controversy and debate are healthy exercises in any science, at some point order must be established if science is to proceed. The present volume is based on the idea that national identity is an ideal-type concept; it does not completely capture reality, but is used for analytic purposes. In addition, rather than focusing on these theoretical debates, we pursue research with the idea that results from research will contribute to the field of national identity. Three areas of national identity are discussed: theoretical, national, and individual. Two chapters focus on the major theories about national identity, provide critiques, and make suggestions about the topic. In section two, six chapters provide case studies of national identity on Scotland, Ireland, Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, and France. In section three, two case studies focus on immigrants and the challenges they face in forming their identities, especially identifying with their host countries—Belgium, and the United Kingdom.
Several important conclusions may be gleaned from the contributions of the present volume. To begin with, while national identity is a slippery concept, if the field wishes to move beyond debate about fundamentals, it would be well advised to view the concept as an ideal-type as suggested by the great German scholar, Max Weber. Secondly, the case studies included in the present volume indicate that national identity is not only based on ethnicity and culture, but on such external factors as governance regimes and their changes, economic crises, wars and other forms of aggressive activity, and social demographic changes in a population. These factors affect a population at the national level. For immigrants at the individual level, developing national identity is greatly affected by four interrelated factors: 1) the degree to which they are accepted by members of the host society; 2) immigrants’ language skills and physical appearances; 3) how well they are able to balance their host national identity, their ethnic identity, and acceptance of their native country; 4) and their generational status. Generally, at the national and individual levels, context and circumstances matter in developing national identity.
In this paper I address the effects of co-mingling Mexican American and Mexican workers on the socioeconomic status of Mexican American workers over the period 1900 to 2014. My research also addresses the two dominant theoretical paradigms about the socioeconomic status of the Mexican American population: Human Capital Theory, and Discrimination Theory.
My analysis is in two parts. Part one is descriptive and looks at selected Human Capital indices and their change over time. The objective in section one is to point out that the Human Capital of Mexican American workers has improved over time, but biased results are reported if data are co-mingled and misinform both research and social policy.