The authors present a pair of cases to controvert the assertion of Judge Richard Posner that professors could "speak all you want" because "power doesn't listen to the likes of you." The article explores two recent cases from the Louisiana Supreme Court that have great impact over the state's...

Instruction time varies among schools, subjects, pupils and grades. This variation is positively associated with test scores and has been used to identify modest positive causal effects for instruction hours in certain grades. We exploit administrative data on delivered and timetabled...

In November of 2018 Matt Kelly and I published a ranking of states based on the performance of K-12 students on exams known as the “nations report card.” Among the novelties of our study were that the rankings were based only on the student's performance, that performance was measured on...

This paper attempts to remedy the inattention heretofore paid to the action project in the work-based learning literature. It begins with the assertion that there can be no substitute for real-time experience in human resource planning and development programs. Action projects afford real-time...

We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of children of better educated parents

We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of children of better educated parents

We investigate the impact of family co-residence structure and the allocation of major childcare responsibility across generations on a child's cognitive development. Using data from China, we find that children living in multigenerational families generally perform better in their cognitive...

This paper poses the following question in the context of civil rights in education — is proportionality synonymous with parity? Since 1974 the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has determined that in order for an educational institution to be in compliance with Title IX of the Educational...

These remarks, transcribed into a white paper, address developing learning outcomes and effective pedagogical practices with an emphasis upon distance learning. The remarks cover the following topics: Review of the Effectiveness of Distance Learning, Developing Learning Outcomes, Occupational...

Learning Ecosystem is new model for learning, that addresses to holistic learning model with attention to practical implementation. This paper is conducting the further study on detailed structure of learning ecosystem in component and procedural view. As case study, it connects Learning...