education
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It’s Back to School for Head Start Parents
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New research shows that, for some parents, the Head Start program can improve educational outcomes but has no impact on employment outcomes.
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Closing the private school enrollment gap: Are education vouchers enough?
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Variations in parental education and income explain most of the ethnic, racial, and immigrant differences in private school attendance.
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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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If you Give a Kid a Preschool, She’ll Probably Want to Learn: Insights into Head Start
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New research based on the Head Start Impact Study helps identify the program characteristics that lead to the greatest student gains.
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Buckling Down By Lightening Up: How Humor Can Boost Students’ Persistence
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In a randomized experiment, students who watched a funny video persisted with a mentally taxing task twice as long as other students.
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Staying Positive: How Middle Schoolers’ Attitudes About Themselves Influence Academic and Emotional Outcomes
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For many students, their time spent in middle school is characterized by upheaval and vulnerability. New data, however, suggests that students’ perception of their own intelligence and well-being has a significant impact on their success.
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A city with soul: Director of Finance Brian Collins addresses the future of Memphis
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Brian Collins, Director of Finance for the City of Memphis, talks about his city’s determination in the face of financial and socio-economic adversity.
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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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Beyond the Classroom: How outreach and structure can improve college outcomes
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New research shows that cost-effective summer counseling interventions that help students through the enrollment process significantly boosted college enrollment and persistence rates.
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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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Silent Observers: How Children Internalize Witnessing Domestic Violence in Their Homes
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Play and artwork may reveal that children are deeply impacted by witnessing domestic violence at home and are confused by their emotional reactions.