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before knowing their priorities at schools. A student self-selects if she decides not to apply to some schools despite being … schools are zero, she may not rank them even when the mechanism is strategyproof. Using data from the Mexico City high school …
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public elementary and secondary schools statewide. These laws are intended to reduce tobacco use, reduce exposure to … secondhand smoke, reinforce anti-tobacco curricula taught in schools, and prevent children from viewing their teachers and fellow …
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Many U.S. high schools start classes before 8:00 A.M., yet research on circadian rhythms suggests that students … high schools based on the prospect that this would increase students' sleep and academic achievement. This paper examines … allocation. Results indicate that female students who attend schools with later start times get more sleep and score higher on …
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Enrollment in teacher preparation programs in the U.S. has decreased dramatically over the last few years. However, the factors behind this decline are still largely unknown. In this paper, we examine whether the introduction of school accountability systems has discouraged individuals from...
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, we show that for most ethnic groups, this gain is pervasive, happening in almost all schools in which these students are …
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all schools and universities, affecting more than 90 percent of the world's learners: over 1.5 billion children and young … after four months, with schools re-opening in the new academic year, and that school quality will not suffer …
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This paper explores the relative roles of quality of schools and household characteristics on the household's choice of … school. Quality of schools also matters, but is a relatively weaker predictor of household choice …
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This paper studies the impact of a desegregation ruling on several medium-run outcomes. This ruling mandates that seven school districts, which serve higher-income, predominantly-white families, accept a group of minority elementary school students who apply to transfer from a nearby,...
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Institutional schools in Nepal, under compelling surveillance of state and government agencies, are in unprecedented … form of non-profit philanthropic entity instead of its impending corporate body. The private schools and their leadership … styles regenerating their schools with new and alternative image in society and government …
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Information plays a key role in markets with consumer choice. In education, data on schools is often gathered through …
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