email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren … the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and …

strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …

Tracking is widespread in U.S. education. In post-secondary education alone, at least 71% of colleges use a test to … experiment across seven colleges to evaluate the algorithm's effects on students. Placement rates into college-level courses …

schools close. We run a randomized trial of low-technology interventions - SMS messages and phone calls - with parents to …-run implications for the role of technology and parents as partial educational substitutes when schooling is disrupted. …

neighborhoods with schools that have 1.5 percentage point higher proficiency rate on state exams. We use data from the experiment to …

"intermediate" inputs in education for treatment students. -- computers ; education ; experiment …Computers are an important part of modern education, yet large segments of the population - especially low-income and … conducting the largest-ever field experiment involving the random provision of free computers for home use to students. 1 …

because of disincentives to acquire education arising from the redistributional policies that increase income mobility. …

because they achieve higher numeracy test scores than girls with the same education-related characteristics. …