Suspension from school is a commonly-used, yet controversial, school disciplinary measure. This paper uses unique … may continue to play a role in school discipline without harming the educational prospects of those sanctioned. …

in families with a history of welfare receipt. The relationships between marijuana use and both high school completion …

impact on their school performance, and that institutional and cultural factors play a role on immigrant language skills …

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of children going to school in England who do not speak … at the end of primary school. We show that the negative correlation observed in the raw data is mainly an artefact of … selection: non-native speakers are more likely to attend school with disadvantaged native speakers. We attempt to identify a …

This paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich administrative data from Sweden … primary school (age 10 to 13) are not only beneficial for cognitive test scores at age 13 but also for non-cognitive scores at …

half a year in secondary school. The disparity in effects when we focus on direct exposure to conflict versus living in a …