Philip Oreopoulos
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Behaviorally Informed Interventions Show Promise in Increasing Parental Engagement
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Despite their best intentions, low-income parents often fall behind on important educational goals, such as reading regularly to their children, because of more immediate concerns. New research from the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab at the University of Chicago deploys insights from behavioral science to close the gap between parents’…
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Core-Knowledge: Sparking Interest in College
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Authors use a randomized field experiment to study the impact of college knowledge on students’ attitudes toward and interests in college.