Historically, family income determined student eligibility for the school meals program—the largest nutritional assistance program for school-aged children in the
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Eighteen states now have legislation that provides vouchers for students to attend private school, but school vouchers remain controversial. Detractors
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The Federal Adoption Tax Credit, introduced in 1997 to promote foster care adoption, became refundable for two tax years only,
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More than 6.4 million children attend public school within 250 meters of a major roadway, and nearly one in five
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Multigrading, the practice of mixing children of different ages in the same classroom, occurs in about one-third of school classes
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There are currently 21,800 toxic release inventory sites (TRIs) operating in the United States, but we have little information on
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UNESCO reports that 200 million adolescents were out of school in 2016. This missed opportunity is especially costly because secondary
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Pneumonia infection is a leading cause of illness in children worldwide, but we know little about its long-term consequences. Economists
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More experienced and better qualified teachers are less likely to teach in schools that serve children from relatively poor families.
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The relationship between class size and human capital is one of the most researched and debated questions in education, but
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