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of the Survey on National Education Responses to COVID-19 School Closures, administered by the UNESCO Institute for …
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This study uses the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) data, the only cross-national data having measured educational achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic, to investigate educational achievement decline of fourth graders across 21 European countries between 2016 and...
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students who volunteer for at least 3 hours per week. They were randomly assigned to middle school students, from a list of … potential beneficiaries compiled by school principals. Using original survey data collected from students, parents, teachers and …
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Ceding ownership to outside investors provides a control dilemma for founders. In less developed capital markets with weaker formal institutions, we argue that retained founder director ownership can lower the transaction costs of external capital. Our argument rests on incomplete contracting...
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Background: The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the problem of combining work and private life. The pandemic conditions have turned out to be particularly difficult for parents who, due to changes in the organization of the education system, have been forced to reconcile their professional...
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and youth of primary- and secondary-school age were out of school. And low schooling quality meant many who were in school … turn crisis into opportunity. The first step is to cope successfully with the school closures, by protecting health and … start planning for school reopening. That means preventing dropout, ensuring healthy school conditions, and using new …
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The brief identifies the ways in which the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is likely to affect the availability of funding for education. It summarizes evidence on the negative impact that the pandemic is likely to have on education financing and identifies some policy responses to mitigate this...
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students who volunteer for 3 to 6 hours per week. They were randomly assigned to middle school students, from a list of … potential beneficiaries compiled by school principals. Using original survey data collected from students, parents, teachers and …
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