Spanish Abstract: Este documento sintetiza los resultados de las investigaciones disponibles que estudian el efecto de la ampliación de la jornada escolar sobre el logro académico, medido en pruebas estandarizadas en matemáticas y lenguaje. Para esto, se emplea un metanálisis con efectos...

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...

Bullying affects from fifteen percent to thirty percent of all students in the United States. It results in serious emotional problems for its victims and is a consistent predictor of later criminal behavior among its perpetrators. It is a major force behind dropout rates and absences, and for...

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,...

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...

Spanish Abstract: El presente artículo examina cuáles son los factores institucionales que tienen relación con el rendimiento académico en matemáticas. Para ello se tomó un corte transversal de 1653 estudiantes que presentaron el examen de Estado de la educación media (Saber 11) en el...

Over the past fifty years, elected officials in the name of education reform have promulgated countless policies. Yet the nation continues to face insufficient seats for pre-K kids, and low performance and high dropout rates among older kids. These statistics are harshest for low income and...

In 2013, the principle focus in the Russian education system was placed upon raising teaching personnel wages, because these wages are linked to wages of the nursery-school teacher and teaching personnel of the extended education system. During the same year, the Center for Continuing Education...

The measurement and comparison of the public administration output of universities is an important means for mapping the state of the field. Yet, such exercises are very sensitive to design choices made in the ranking and measurement methodology. Following an overview of existing research on...