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Student Performance, Peer Effects, and Friend Networks: Evidence from a Randomized Peer Intervention

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023
We estimate the effects of an educational peer intervention in which previously high- and low-achieving students are randomly paired as deskmates in elementary schools in China.
Jia Wu, Junsen Zhang, Chunchao Wang
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From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice in Schools

Social Science Research Network
School districts historically approached conflict resolution from the perspective that suspending disruptive students was necessary to protect their classmates, even if this caused harm to perceived offenders.
Anjali Adukia, Ben Feigenberg, Fatemeh Momeni   +2 more
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Transmitting Rights: Effective Cooperation, Inter-gender Contact, and Student Achievement

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
We provide experimental evidence of teacher-to-student transmission of gender attitudes in Pakistan. We randomly show teachers a pro-women’s rights visual narrative.
Sultan Mehmood, Shaheen Naseer, Daniel L Chen   +2 more
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Pulled In and Crowded Out: Heterogeneous Outcomes of Merit-Based School Choice

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
We analyze the effects of reforming the high school admission system from a residence based allocation to a merit-based allocation. The merit-based system generates oversubscribed schools, which favor high-GPA students at the expense of displacing low ...
Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Kai Liu, K. Salvanes   +2 more
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The Carrot or the Stick? An Economic Model of Optimal Course Difficulty, Student Effort and Cheating Using AI

Studies in Microeconomics
Despite the transformative effects large language models are having on education, the current economic models of student cheating do not factor in the impact of a highly capable artificial intelligence (AI). We attempt to fill this gap by constructing an
N. Adilov, J. W. Cline
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The Short- and the Long-Run Impact of Gender-Biased Teachers

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
We examine the persistence of teachers’ gender biases by following teachers over time in different classes. We find a very high correlation of gender biases for teachers across their classes.
Victor Lavy, Rigissa Megalokonomou
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Rethinking principal effects on student outcomes

Journal of Public Economics
School principals are viewed as critical mechanisms by which to improve student outcomes, but there remain important methodological questions about how to measure principals’ effects.
Brendan Bartanen, Aliza N. Husain, D. Liebowitz   +2 more
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Reconstruction-Era Education and Long-Run Black-White Inequality

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
The Reconstruction era of American history (c. 1866–1877) saw widespread efforts to educate recently freed people—efforts that were partially curtailed after Reconstruction.
Daniel B. Jones, Ethan Schmick
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Does the “Boost for Mathematics” Boost Mathematics? A Large-Scale Evaluation of the “Lesson Study” Methodology on Student Performance

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Students in East Asian countries dominate international assessments. One possible explanation for their success is the use of “Lesson study” to enhance teaching practices; a collaborative process where teachers plan, observe, and analyze a lesson ...
Erik Grönqvist, Björn Öckert, Olof Rosenqvist   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Knowledge Transfer Tools used by Occupational Therapists to promote Special Educational Needs Inclusiveness in Mauritius

Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences Proceeding
Despite several global endeavors, the implementation of inclusive education for Special Educational Needs (SEN) children remains a complex and persistent challenge for Mauritius.
Simi Sonatun-Seegoolam, Diroubinee Mauree-Narrainen   +1 more
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