The Wages of Sinistrality: Handedness, Brain Structure and Human Capital Accumulation
Left- and right-handed individuals have different brain structures, particularly in relation to language processing.
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Modernizing Federal Influence on American Schools
Book abstract: This timely book brings together a remarkable group of authors who examine the federal role in education policy and reform during the past fifty years. As Frederick M.
In Economists’ Paradise, Lessons for US
Governor Patrick visited Chile this month in an attempt to enhance the state’s collaborations with Latin America in education, clean energy, and biotechnology.
The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
Are teachers’ impacts on students’ test scores (“value-added”) a good measure of their quality?
Improving Grades: Urban Public Schools, Racial and Socioeconomic Segregation, and the Promise of Innovation
Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades.
Schools Buy Technology, But is it the Right Kind?
We don't know yet whether computer games like Elmo Rhymes and Double the Donuts can transform learning, but it’s clear that America’s education deficit calls for serious innovation - and that many of
How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star
In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from kindergarten to third grade.
Republicans Must Embrace Education, Not Tax Cuts
The Republican presidential debates have been replete with discussions about our economic future, but to listen to the candidates you’d think that the biggest problem is an onerous U.S.
Harvard Must Remain Bold in a Changing World
As Harvard celebrates its 375th birthday and America celebrates its 235th, it is worth considering what they have in common. Both have proud traditions of great accomplishment. Both lead the world.
A Blue State Bailout In Disguise
Last Thursday, the president urged Congress to pony up roughly $200 billion in taxpayer money to "provide more jobs for teachers [and] more jobs for construction workers" and more money to carry out o
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