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CEP increases math scores
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Community Eligibility Provision? More Lunches Can Mean Better Math Performance

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 admin children, cognitive abilities, education, nutrition

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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test outcomes not better with extra vouchers
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Progressive Vouchers for Low-Income Students?

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 admin children, education, school choice, vouchers

Eighteen states now have legislation that provides vouchers for students to attend private school, but school vouchers remain controversial. Detractors

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father hugging daughter
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From Foster Care to Forever Families? How Does the Federal Adoption Tax Credit Affect Adoptions?

October 16, 2020 admin adoption, children, family finances, taxes

The Federal Adoption Tax Credit, introduced in 1997 to promote foster care adoption, became refundable for two tax years only,

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school performance drops with move to school downwind of highway
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When Your New School Comes with an Extra Challenge: Traffic Pollution

June 26, 2020June 2, 2020 admin children, education, pollution

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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Do Children Learn Better in Mixed-Age Classrooms?

June 19, 2020May 27, 2020 admin children, education

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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change in test scores after TRI near school
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Recess, Lead, and Mercury—TRIs Impact Kids and School Rankings

May 29, 2020May 13, 2020 admin children, education, environment, pollution, school accountability, wellness

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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When Zimbabwe dismantled barriers to education, transition to secondary school tripled.
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Ending Education Apartheid in Zimbabwe Increased Education for Adolescents—And Their Children

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 admin children, education, inequality, race

UNESCO reports that 200 million adolescents were out of school in 2016. This missed opportunity is especially costly because secondary

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fewer pneumonia deaths and more income after introduction of sulfa antibiotics
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Sulfa Antibiotics for Pneumonia in Children—A Look at Later-Life Outcomes

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 admin children, healthcare, labor, wellness

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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Program to increase teacher pay increased teacher experience.
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Do Higher Salaries Yield Better Teachers and Better Student Outcomes?

October 31, 2019 admin children, education, pay, teachers

More experienced and better qualified teachers are less likely to teach in schools that serve children from relatively poor families.

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Benefits of Smaller Classes—A Cautionary Tale

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 admin children, class size, education, wages

The relationship between class size and human capital is one of the most researched and debated questions in education, but

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