What is effective teaching? It鈥檚 not enough to say 鈥淚 know it when I see it鈥 鈥 not when we鈥檙e expecting so much more from students and teachers than in the past.
This paper uses data from three prominent exam high schools in New York City to estimate the impact of attending a school with high-achieving peers on college enrollment and graduation.
What is effective teaching? It鈥檚 not enough to say 鈥淚 know it when I see it鈥 鈥 not when we鈥檙e expecting so much more from students and teachers than in the past.
The relatively low degree completion rate of U.S. college students has prompted debate over the extent to which the problem is attributable to the students or to their choice of colleges.
School districts across the country have struggled to increase the proportion of students taking algebra by 8th grade, thought to be an important milestone on the pathway to college preparedness.
Research consistently shows that college choice in an important predictor of college completion and labor market outcomes.
Millions of people鈥攏early 3 percent of the world鈥檚 population鈥攏o longer live in the country where they were born.
The U.S. school-to-career system is highly developed in some ways and underdeveloped in others.
In the study of innovation institutions, it is important to consider how different institutional models can affect a research organization in conducting or funding successful work.
This paper provides new evidence on tracking by studying an innovative curriculum implemented by Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
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