education
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Enduring Damage: The Effects of Childhood Poverty on Adult Health
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For young children, poverty’s most damaging effects manifest over time.
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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.
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In Your Debt: The Impact of Stafford Loans on Community College Students
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Expanding access to Stafford student loans improves outcomes among community college students.
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Targeting Remittances to Boost Students’ Education Spending
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How can money sent by immigrants to their home countries best be an instrument of development?
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Closing the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity
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Women are key to global agriculture, but social and economic barriers severely limit their productivity.
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Early Childhood Education: A Governor’s Perspective
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Former North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue shares her thoughts on early childhood education and the policy challenges that lie ahead.
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Learning “What Works” in Early Childhood Classrooms
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Important evaluations like MDRC’s Foundations of Learning demonstration shed light on “what works” in improving early childhood programs and evaluate the benefits and costs of such initiatives.
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Teach the Parent, Help the Kids
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A new report demonstrates the connection between maternal and child education, finding that mothers’ literacy programs boost their children’s math scores and their own sense of empowerment.
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Chasing the American Dream
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Is the growing achievement gap hampering disadvantaged kids’ ability to catch up?
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The Effect of Additional Time in School on Students’ Cognitive Skills
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A new study examines whether more time in the classroom mean smarter students.
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Reaping the Dividends of Development: UNDP in Post-Conflict Nations
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UNDP’s Eugenia Piza-Lopez and Jago Salmon discuss the organization’s strategy in nations struggling to rebuild after conflict