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What is Public Education

Chapter 107

Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization

The processes of disseminating facts about (1)diseases or other threats to the health to the public, (2) means to prevent the threat or treat it, and (3) means to report its occurrence to the public health authorities.

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Improving Medical Diagnosis: A Sociological Perspective

Robert Leslie Fisher (Independent Scholar, USA) and Joel L. Fisher (Independent Scholar, USA)

Source Title: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch107

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Chapter 6

A school system that is accessible to all, tuition free, and funded by the government.

Published in Chapter: Educational Leadership Standards: From Contested Histories to Common Trends; From: Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership and Research Methodology

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The right to education is legally guaranteed for all without any discrimination. States have the obligation to protect, respect, and fulfil the right to education. There are ways to hold states accountable for violations or deprivations of the right to education.

Published in Chapter: Academic Migration From Scientist Networks in the Global Environment: A Case Study; From: Handbook of Research on Promoting Global Citizenship Education

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Education that is provided to students free of charge.

Published in Chapter: The Construction and Exercise of Teacher Agency in English Language Teachers From Northern Mexico; From: Handbook of Research on Language Teacher Identity

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