Comparing outcomes in foster care and group care
2010 study by University of Pittsburgh and University of Maryland on outcomes for youth placed in alternate forms of foster care.
Education
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of education
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Women empowerment in Egypt and investment in children
2008 study in the Middle East Development Journal on the effect of Egyptian mothers’ education and financial position on their children’s education.
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Subprime opportunity: The unfulfilled promise of for-profit colleges and universities
2010 report from the Education Trust on the relative characteristics of the for-profit school sector, including tuition costs, average student loan amounts and default rates, and graduation rates.
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Do babies learn from baby media?
2010 study by researchers from the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt on the number of words that 12- to 18-month-olds picked up from a best-selling instructional DVD for children.
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How does your kindergarten classroom affect your earnings?
2010 study from Harvard, Northwestern, and the University of California, Berkeley, researchers on the potential long-term effects of high-quality early education.
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Effectiveness of educator merit pay on teacher performance
2010 report from the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University on the impact of educator merit pay on students’ performance in mathematics.
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Music training for the development of auditory skills
2010 study by Northwestern University on the potential larger effects of early music training on the brain’s development, including linguistic abilities.
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The impact of mandatory financial education: A field study
2010 University of Wisconsin study on the results of mandatory financial education among very low-income families in a subsidized housing program.
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School-based Intervention for diabetes risk reduction
2010 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on the effects of a school-based program addressing risk factors for diabetes and obesity.
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Geographic variation in the gender differences in test scores
2010 paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on how the disparity in men’s and women’s math and verbal test scores might be explained by state or regional differences.
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