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Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras
Di Gropello, Emanuela; Marshall, Jeffery H. - 2011
We analyze the effectiveness of the Programa Hondureno de Educacion Comunitaria (PROHECO) community school program in … rural Honduras. The data include standardized tests and extensive information on school, teacher, classroom, and community … a better job of maximizing teacher effort and involving parents in the school, both of which translate into higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012562515
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Funding and school accountability : the importance of private and decentralised public funding for pupil attainment
Turati, Gilberto; Montolio, Daniel; Piacenza, Massimiliano - In: Fiscal studies : the journal of the Institute for … 38 (2017) 4, pp. 615-639
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Cross-country evidence on the impact of decentralisation and school autonomy on educational performance
Lastra-Anadón, Carlos Xabel - 2019
well as a measure of school autonomy (using six waves of PISA). These measures are related to educational outcomes …. School autonomy is also positively related with educational outcomes, strengthening the estimated effects of administrative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012454945
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Decentralisation in school management and student achievement : evidence from India
Kameshwara, Kalyan Kumar; Shields, Robin; … - In: The journal of development studies 60 (2024) 1, pp. 67-82
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Estimating school provision, access and costs from local pupil counts under decentralised governance
Jacobs-Crisioni, Chris; Moreno, Ana Isabel; Kompil, Mert; … - In: Journal of geographical systems : geographical … 26 (2024) 1, pp. 7-46
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Ethnicity and schooling in New Zealand : an economic analysis using a survey of twins
Gibson, John K. - 1998
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Building on strengths : educational pathways that benefit Māori students
Sin, Isabelle; Minehan, Shannon - 2024
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Peer gender and mental health
Getik, Demid; Meier, Armando N. - 2020
mental health is scant. We study how an important classroom feature - the gender composition in compulsory-school - affects …
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"I'll see you in school": a multiple proxy analysis of the role of parental involvement in K-12 education and improved student outcomes
Sankaran, Chandini; Sorrentino, Olivia; Hernandez, Eva - 2020
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Does ethnic diversity in schools affect occupational choices?
Pregaldini, Damiano; Balestra, Simone; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2022
We study how two distinct dimensions of peer ethnic diversity (ethnic fractionalization and ethnic polarization) affect occupational choice. Using longitudinal administrative data and leveraging variation in ethnic composition across cohorts within schools, we find evidence for two opposing...
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