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The education sector in Mozambique : from access to epistemic quality in primary education
Mário, Mouzinho; Monjane, Celso Marcos; Santos, Ricardo - 2020
education. In the pursuit of this aim, the extension of access to primary education was achieved relatively successfully, given … management, as being factors with a major influence on the poor quality of education in primary schools. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301893
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Education platform for more cooperation among schools
Weinhardt, Felix - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 16/18, pp. 158-159
The living situation of the elderly population in Europe is gaining importance due to demographic change. In many European countries, women receive substantially lower pensions than men; gender pension gaps among pensioners can be up to 69 percent. When taking elderly people without a pension...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007531
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Strengthening teachers in disadvantaged schools : evidence from an intervention in Sweden's poorest city districts
Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin; Sibbmark, … - 2018
Children growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to perform significantly worse in school compared to children growing up under more favorable circumstances. We examine the impact of a three-year program ("Coaching for Teaching") targeted at ten poorly performing lower secondary schools...
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Chapter 8. School Accountability
Figlio, David; Loeb, Susanna - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3, (pp. 383-421). 2011
Republican federal administrations' education policies. This chapter reviews the theory of school-based accountability, describes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025654
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The effects of differential exposure to COVID-19 on educational outcomes in Guatemala
Ham, Andrés; Vazquez, Emmanuel; Yáñez-Pagans, Mónica - 2023 - This version: February 2023
used by the Ministry of Education in 2021 to establish a “stoplight” system for in-person instruction. Using administrative … younger children in initial and primary education. The results are robust to specification choice, multiple hypothesis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468088
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Longer-term impacts of mentoring, educational services, and incentives to learn: evidence from a randomized trial
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper is the first to use a randomized trial in the US to analyze the short- and long-term educational and employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269569
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Education system reform in Pakistan : why, when, and how?
Aziz, Mehnaz; Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Jiménez, … - 2014
Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level …: primary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational education. In spite of recent encouraging trends, such as the … rapid spread of private schooling and an expansion of higher education opportunities, systemic reform remains stubbornly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354550
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Teacher density and student achievement in Swedish compulsory schools
Andersson, Christian - 2007
This paper analyzes how student achievement is affected by resource increases in the Swedish compulsory school due to a special government grant that was enforced in the academic year of 2001/02. The analysis is based on register data that contains all students that completed compulsory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321521
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Teacher density and student achievement in Swedish compulsory schools
Andersson, Christian - 2007
This paper analyzes how student achievement is affected by resource increases in the Swedish compulsory school due to a special government grant that was enforced in the academic year of 2001/02. The analysis is based on register data that contains all students that completed compulsory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317917
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Teacher certification and student achievement in Swedish compulsory schools
Andersson, Christian; Waldenström, Nina - 2007
This study examines how the teaching staff composition with respect to certification affects student achievement in compulsory Swedish schools. The share of non-certified teachers in compulsory schooling has increased dramatically during the last decade, starting a large debate about school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317941