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EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly … even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because … arguments for the widespread use of EdTech. However CAL programs, often held after school, provide not only computer …
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all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … uses the framework of an education production function to provide descriptive analysis of the extent to which different …
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on the conceptual framework of an education production function, we cover evidence on child, parent, and school inputs …If school closures and social-distancing experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic impeded children's skill development …, they may leave a lasting legacy in human capital. To understand the pandemic's effects on school children, this paper …
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This paper evaluates a widely used, low stakes, teacher peer-to-peer observation and feedback program under Randomized Control Trial (RCT) conditions. Half of 181 volunteer primary schools in England were randomly selected to participate in a two-year program in which three fourth and fifth...
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identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the … affected school years with no adjustments in the core curriculum. The lost in-school instruction was mainly compensated for by …
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illustrates that the Jewish relative education advantage depends on the historical and institutional contexts. …
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The direct democratic choice of an examination standard, i.e., a performance level required to graduate, is evaluated against a utilitarian welfare function. It is shown that the median preferred standard is inefficiently low if the marginal cost of reaching a higher performance reacts more...
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that arrests of children and reported crimes involving children follow a different pattern: peaking during the school year … school year to show that this pattern is caused by school: children aged 10-17 are roughly 50% more likely to be involved in … a reported crime during the beginning of the school year relative to the weeks before school begins. This sharp increase …
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enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of … children of better educated parents. -- Age at entry ; intergenerational transmission of education ; educational mobility …
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