“...We show that within the Chicago Public Schools, both the introduction of NCLB in 2002 and the introduction of similar district-level reforms in 1996 generated...”

“...In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from kindergarten to third grade...”

“...We examine the impact of a positive and policy-driven change in economic resources available in utero and during childhood. We focus on the introduction of the...”

“...We study the impact of post-1990 school finance reforms, during the so-called “adequacy” era, on absolute and relative spending and achievement in low-income...”

“...This paper examines the effect of early childhood investments on college enrollment and degree completion. We used the random assignment in Project STAR (the...”

“...President Obama's "Preschool for All" initiative calls for dramatic increases in the number of 4-year-olds enrolled in public preschool programs and in the...”

“...This project examines the effects of the introduction of new small high schools on student performance in the Chicago Public School (CPS) district...”

“...The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the cornerstone U.S. anti-poverty program, typically lifting over 5 million children out of poverty each year. Targeted...”

“...Assuming that, as research seems to indicate, being redshirted has no net long-term impacts on skill level, we can estimate the cost of losing that year in the...”