Better Educator Incentives Can Improve Primary School Completion

Better Educator Incentives Can Improve Primary School Completion

July 21, 2020 admin development, education, school accountability

Primary school completion rates remain low, and educator accountability remains weak in many low-income countries. The accountability pressures that do

Graph: students work harder after recoded GPA is lower.

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How Do “High-Stakes” Grades Affect Student Behavior?

July 10, 2020June 10, 2020 admin college, education, grades

Grades, including evaluations by teachers, standardized test scores, and exam results, can affect student behavior for at least three reasons.

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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Public Works Programs in India—A Path to Stability or a Low-Wage Track?

June 12, 2020May 22, 2020 admin development, education, poverty, work

Public works programs have become a popular tool for poverty reduction in low-income countries. There are approximately 90 public works

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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Job Experience with Skills Certification Improves Employment for High School Dropouts

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 admin education, job training, labor, work

On average, across OECD countries, one in seven young people (15–29 years old) is neither employed nor pursuing education or

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Taking an AP Science Class in High School—Positive and Negative Effects

January 10, 2020January 13, 2020 admin education, high school

The AP program has been widely adopted in secondary schools, yet the evidence on the impact of taking AP courses

Kalamazoo Promise resulted in increased degrees and certificates

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The Kalamazoo Promise—Keeping Its Promise to Expand College Enrollment and Completion

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 admin college, education, financial aid, low-income students

More than 150 communities throughout the country have adopted place-based college scholarships, and several states now offer similar tuition-free programs