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May 15th, 2013 |
By Zachary Trout
A study finds that professionals agree on a range of actions that are indicative of over-parenting.
Posted in Child & Family, Research in Brief |
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Tags: child wellbeing, children, helicopter parenting, over-parenting, parents
May 9th, 2013 |
By Zachary Trout
A study of developing nations explores the relationship between water infrastructure, female employment, and school attendance for children.
Posted in Child & Family, Research in Brief |
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Tags: children, Developing Countries, employment, farm life, Infrastructure, Koowal, market labor, Middle East, Morocco, mothers, nonmarket labor, North Africa, Pakistan, rural women, schooling, Schools, social scientists, South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Unpaid Labor, Van De Walle, Water, workforce, World Bank
Jan 8th, 2013 |
By Zachary Trout
A new study examines the prevalence of eviction in the lives of low-income women living in Milwaukee.
Posted in Child & Family, Labor & Finance, Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Chicago, Desmond, Eviction, low-income communities, Matthew Desmond, Milwaukee, Urban Policy, Urban Poverty, women
Dec 28th, 2012 |
By Zachary Trout
Researchers expand their focus on the effects of school-choice programs to include the reactions of districts to student migration.
Posted in Child & Family, Research in Brief |
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Tags: competition, David Welsch, David Zimmer, education, Open Enrollment, school quality, Student Mobility, Test Scores, Wisconsin
Nov 8th, 2012 |
By Zachary Trout
Does moving students into better performing schools increase achievement or just cause disruption?
Posted in Child & Family, Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: academic achievement, Brian Gillb, educational outcome, Gema Zamarroc, Jean Claude Brizard, John Engberga, Ron Zimmer, school closures, School Turnaround, student attendance
Aug 22nd, 2012 |
By Zachary Trout
A founder and charter school expert discusses the movement’s challenges and next steps
Posted in Child & Family, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: Charter School, Chicago, CMO, CPS, Extended school day, Foundations College Prep, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, New Schools for Chicago, Reform Fatigue, Teach for America, Teacher evaluations, Teacher's Union, University of Chicago
Jul 17th, 2012 |
By Zachary Trout
Researchers use cohort size to investigate the impact of classroom size on grade level retention
Posted in Child & Family, Research in Brief |
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Tags: benefts, Chicago, Class size, Cohort size, design, econometrics, instrumental variable, Jennifer Schulte, Kelly Bedard, National Bureau of Economic Research, Phillip Babcock, Project STAR, urban education
Apr 6th, 2012 |
By Zachary Trout
Can’t we all just get along? Charter schools offer strategies for closing the achievement gap that public schools can use.
Posted in Child & Family, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Charter Schools, Education Gap, Houston Independent School District, No Excuses, Roland Fryer, School Choice
Jan 10th, 2012 |
By Zachary Trout
Game-based learning may portray an unrealistic vision of life in American society.
Posted in Child & Family, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Child & Family, Critical Pedagogy, Francesco Crocco, Gaming, Monopoly, Pedagogy, Radical Teacher, The Sims, Wharton School of Business