The Unintended Consequence of Mandatory Child Care in Chile

June 23rd, 2015 - Cheryl Healy

A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research estimates the impact of mandatory childcare on the wages of women in Chile. More »

Who Benefits Most from Head Start Programs?

May 25th, 2015 - Cheryl Healy

New research on the impact of Head Start finds that participation leads to large cognitive gains, particularly among children with the lowest initial cognitive skills. More »

Who’s in Charge? The Impact of Greater Principal Autonomy on Student Test Scores

March 11th, 2015 - Cheryl Healy

In a recent article published in Education Finance and Policy, Matthew P. Steinberg examines the impact of greater principal autonomy on student test scores in Chicago. More »

Should No Child Left Behind Be Reauthorized? The Impact of Accountability Pressure on Teachers and Students

February 24th, 2015 - Cheryl Healy

A recent study in the American Economic Journal is the first to look at the impact of No Child Left Behind incentives on teachers and students nationwide. More »

Working for free: A look into the informal elder care sector

January 9th, 2015 - Cheryl Healy

A new study uses data from the American Time Use Survey to estimate the shockingly high hidden cost of unpaid elder care in the US. More »

Separate and unequal: Addressing segregation in our nation’s schools

November 10th, 2014 - Cheryl Healy

In a new paper published in the American Journal of Education, Dr. Genevieve Siegel-Hawley examines the role school district boundaries and desegregation policies play in achieving fully integrated schools. More »

Another Path: Can school-based gang prevention programs show youth a way out?

May 8th, 2014 - Cheryl Healy

An evaluation of the G.R.E.A.T. program, implemented as a school-based response to gang activity among youths, finds that students enrolled in the program are less likely than their peers to join gangs or have negative attitudes towards the police. More »

Discipline and Punishment: How School Suspensions Impact the Likelihood of Juvenile Arrest

March 26th, 2014 - Cheryl Healy

A new study links students’ suspension or expulsion from school to a more than doubled likelihood of arrest. More »

Can Separate Still Be Equal? A Look at Gender Sorting in American Schools

February 19th, 2014 - Cheryl Healy

A new study finds that school choice increases gender sorting in our nation’s schools. More »

Growth of Extreme Poverty in the US: Is Welfare Reform Largely to Blame?

December 6th, 2013 - Cheryl Healy

New research estimates the growth of families living in extreme poverty from 1996 to 2011 is 159 percent, and the authors argue that welfare reform is largely to blame. More »

School Retention Policies: Every Child Left Behind?

November 11th, 2013 - Cheryl Healy

Amidst the debate over school district retention policies, new research claims that retaining students is associated with a decline in the test scores of their peers. More »