Part A

Title: Blues You Can Use: Teaching the Faust Theme Through Music, Literature, and Film

Authors: Matt Copeland and Chris Goering

Year: 2003

Journal: Journal of Adolescent & Young Adult Literacy, volume 46, no 5, pp 436-441

URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40017798?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Title: "Like the Whole Class has Reading Problems": A Study of Oral Reading Fluency Activities in a High
Intervention Setting

Authors: Chris Goering and Kimberly F. Baker

Year: 2010

Journal: American Secondary Education, volume 39, no 1, pp 61-77

URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41406183?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Title: Speaking Truth to Power: Reclaiming the Conversation on Education

Authors: Chris Goering, P. L. Thomas, and Jason L. Endacott

Year: 2014

Journal: National Council of Teachers of English, volume 103, no 5, pp 89-92

URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/24484255

Summary:

In “Speaking Truth to Power: Reclaiming the Conversation on Education,” the authors Chris Goering, P.
L. Thomas, and Jason L. Endacott discuss the injection of “corporate-style” reform in schools and its
impact on the education system. First, they urge the reader to consider the effects of the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS) is having on the education system and how the focus of education has shifted
solely to the prospect of future profit. They then point to how big business has funded the creation of
the CCSS and how it has changed the course structure of schools due to access of funding from this
program. They bring up the notion that the corporations funding the CCSS only want to benefit
themselves by controlling what is taught in schools to future benefit their staffing and advertising needs,
laying to waste what the children actually want to learn or pursue. Finally, they draw attention to the
flawed testing system and its disregard for creative thought that are funded by corporations to assess
the quality of work present in the schools. In conclusion, they drew attention to the deep and sickening
involvement of corporate America in our public school system and how it affects the nation’s youth.
Part B

Title: What finance for what investment? Survey-based evidence for European companies

Authors: Annalisa Ferrando, Carsten Preuss

Year: 2018

Journal: European Investment Bank Working Papers

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/173509

Title: Creditor protection laws, debt financing, and corporate investment over the business cycle

Authors: s Yaxuan Qi, Lukas Roth, John Wald

Year: 2016

Journal: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol 48, no 4, pp 477-497

URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41267-016-0016-1

Title: Foreign Direct Investment, Finance, and Economic Development

Authors: Laura Alfaro, Jasmina Chauvin

Year: 2016

Journal: Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade, Forthcoming. 33 pages (no other
info given)

URL: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2908440

Summary:

In the article “Foreign Direct Investment, Finance, and Economic Development,” authors Laura Alfaro
and Jasmina Chauvin discuss the nature of how foreign direct investment (FDI) affects the economy of
the target country. Foreign direct investment is a way for developing countries to gain access to inflows
of cash or jobs from developed countries in order to stimulate their economy at a rate otherwise
unattainable. In the target country, it can be seen that when a corporation does something such as plant
a factory, there is an immediate increase in job opportunities. This can also increase the developing
country’s technology and skilled labor fronts, allowing for more employment opportunities to arise.
While it is seen that the economy is stimulated in these developing nations, wages are typically low and
working conditions rough, so there are arguments on both sides of the spectrum. In conclusion, it is
seen that overall, FDI jumpstarts the economies of developing nations, and even though there are sub-
optimal conditions, the prosperity and growth seen in these nations overall benefits the economy and
living conditions.