Child & Family
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Improving Education Quality in Chile Through Structured Instruction Methods for Teachers
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Improving the quality of education worldwide continues to be a policy challenge. Recently, UNESCO estimated that 38 percent of children have not mastered the basics of reading and math, although over half of them have been in school for four years. One of the key issues behind this figure is…
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Money Alone Can’t Buy Positive Education Outcomes in China
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Compared to monetary resources, non-monetary resources, particularly parenting practices, are more consequential for children’s achievement in the Chinese context.
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ABC, It’s as Easy as 1 2 3: Parents as Early Teachers
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New research shows that parental incentives for child development can yield large gains in both cognitive and non-cognitive domains for young children.
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A Window of Opportunity: Yasmina Vinci Discusses the Past 50 Years of Head Start
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Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director of the National Head Start Association, discusses the past, present, and future of the organization, including challenges and opportunities for growth.
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Too Much or Not Enough? Rethinking School Breakfast Programs
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Research suggests that school breakfast programs may be falling short of the goal to provide universal access to a nutritional morning meal and may be contributing to unhealthy amounts of food intake.
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It Takes a Village: The Effects of Familial Financial Support on Children Raised by Single Mothers
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New research shows that support from fathers, family, and friends plays a crucial role in relieving the economic burden of low-income, single mothers, resulting in benefits for the behavioral and developmental outcomes of their children.
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Thinking Large: Bryan Hassel on Teacher Quality and Education Reform
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A leading policy entrepreneur discusses teacher quality and the future of education reform
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Welcome, Stranger: The Positive Labor Market Effects of Immigration
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In a study of OECD countries, immigration had a small positive impact on receiving countries’ labor markets.
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Family Planning and Education: A Case Study in Ethiopia
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Family planning services are most effective in communities with low levels of education.
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