that students enter school quite optimistic about obtaining a science degree, but that relatively few students end up … graduating with a science degree. The substantial overoptimism about completing a degree in science can be attributed largely to … students beginning school with misperceptions about their ability to perform well academically in science. …

A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving … educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational … outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary contexts in which technology may be used for educational purposes: i) classroom …

impact of a one-to-one technology program implemented on a large scale over a multiyear period. With administrative school …

A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families, and policymakers with the hope of improving … educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational … outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary contexts in which technology may be used for educational purposes: (i …

implications of these patterns, I build a quantitative model of the labor market with endogenous technology and training …