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Educator incentives and educational triage in rural primary schools
Gilligan, Daniel O.; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kasirye, Ibrahim - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011907952
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Educator incentives and educational triage in rural primary schools
Gilligan, Daniel O.; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kasirye, Ibrahim - 2018
math achievement. We find little evidence that PFP improved attendance or achievement in schools without books even though … and books are complements in education production and document several results that are consistent with this hypothesis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011859157
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The headmaster ritual : the importance of management for school outcomes
Böhlmark, Anders; Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas - 2012
The role of school principals largely resembles that of corporate managers and the leadership they provide is often viewed as a crucial component for educational success. We estimate the impact of individual principals on various schooling outcomes, by constructing a principal-school panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009625476
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Nutrition and cognitive achievement : an evaluation of the School Breakfast Program
Frisvold, David E. - In: Journal of public economics 124 (2015), pp. 91-104
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Apart but connected: online tutoring and student outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Carlana, Michela; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021 - This version: February 2021
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the governments of most countries ordered the closure of schools, potentially exacerbating existing learning gaps. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention implemented in Italian middle schools that provides free individual tutoring online...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482972
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Factors affecting school attendance and implications for student achievement by gender in Nepal
Bhattarai, Niroj; Bernasek, Alexandra; Pena, Anita Alves - In: Review of political economy 32 (2020) 2, pp. 259-282
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012310549
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Apart but connected : online tutoring and student outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Carlana, Michela; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021 - This version: February 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012593387
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Apart but connected: online tutoring and student outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Carlana, Michela; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the governments of most countries ordered the closure of schools, potentially exacerbating existing learning gaps. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention implemented in Italian middle schools that provides free individual tutoring online...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431354
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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 … the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s on student achievement, especially in math. The effects on teachers and …
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Apart but connected : online tutoring and student outcomes during the covid-19 pandemic
Carlana, Michela; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433527