school districts, which serve higher-income, predominantly-white families, accept a group of minority elementary school … students who apply to transfer from a nearby, predominantly-minority school district. Slots are allocated via lottery. The …

grade progression during primary and secondary school. Effects are driven by girls and disadvantaged children …What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in …

investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are … more likely to enroll in ‘Gymnasium’, the most academic secondary school track, and that (ii) primary school teachers give … results imply that controlling for social skills would significantly reduce estimates of the height-school premium. With …

preschool classes leads to significantly higher school readiness. Attending classes at JU increases school readiness by …

We present a psychological model of stress. Appraisal translates stressors into subjective stress. Stress reduces … not go hand in hand with rising stress. First steps towards a theory of therapy show how stressed individuals can improve …

respect to grades and teacher recommendations for secondary school tracks that cannot be explained by differences in student … inequalities at the transition to secondary school tracks due to their generally less favorable socio-economic background. We …