Author: Cheryl Healy
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The Unintended Consequence of Mandatory Child Care in Chile
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A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research estimates the impact of mandatory childcare on the wages of women in Chile.
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Who Benefits Most from Head Start Programs?
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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.
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Who’s in Charge? The Impact of Greater Principal Autonomy on Student Test Scores
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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.
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Should No Child Left Behind Be Reauthorized? The Impact of Accountability Pressure on Teachers and Students
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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.
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Working for free: A look into the informal elder care sector
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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.
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Separate and unequal: Addressing segregation in our nation’s schools
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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.
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Another Path: Can school-based gang prevention programs show youth a way out?
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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.
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Discipline and Punishment: How School Suspensions Impact the Likelihood of Juvenile Arrest
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A new study links students’ suspension or expulsion from school to a more than doubled likelihood of arrest.
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Can Separate Still Be Equal? A Look at Gender Sorting in American Schools
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A new study finds that school choice increases gender sorting in our nation’s schools.
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Growth of Extreme Poverty in the US: Is Welfare Reform Largely to Blame?
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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.
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School Retention Policies: Every Child Left Behind?
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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.