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Integrated vs. Separated Schooling for Refugee Children: Long-Term Effects on Education and Assimilation
Does direct integration into native schools or temporary placement in separate schools better promote the education and cultural assimilation of refugee children? In the Netherlands, primary-school-aged refugee children are placed in either integrated or separated schools depending on their randomly assigned municipality. By contrast, all secondary-school-aged arrivals are initially separated… more →
One Fell Through the Safety Net: Embeddedness and Take Up of Social Benefits
The U.S. social safety net comprises a patchwork quilt of welfare programs, but not all eligible beneficiaries receive aid. Incomplete take-up suggests that some children and families are not receiving access to the education, healthcare, housing, and income needed to break the cycle of poverty and may reflect unequal burdens in accessing benefits. We examine incomplete take-up using the case… more →
Designing Effective Public-Private Partnerships in Education
Publicly funded school choice is examined as a form of education public-private partnership (PPP), with cross-national differences interpreted through institutional design rather than private provision alone. A novel theoretical framework derives two indicators – alignment and coherence – from a formal utility-theoretic model of PPP maturity, applied here for the first time to education.… more →
Screen or Barrier? Science of Reading Certification Exams and Teacher Supply in Texas
Twenty states now require prospective teachers to pass a standalone Science of Reading (SOR) exam. These exams restrict teacher supply as a barrier, and whether they are worth that cost depends on whether they also screen on teaching quality. This paper explores this tension in Texas' SOR exam, required since 2021 for new elementary and middle-grades candidates, using administrative data… more →
The Time Costs of Academic Credit Hours
Do students give up free time with added classes? We estimate the effect of additional credits on leisure using campus departure logs linked to academic records of U.S. Air Force Academy students and two natural experiments. Leveraging pre-assigned schedules, each credit reduces leisure by 7 hours per semester, while unexpected changes to graduation requirements crowded out 17 hours. Foregone… more →
Legislating Literacy: Estimating the Impact of State-Level Science of Reading Reforms on Reading Test Scores
This study examines the extent to which state adoption of Science of Reading (SoR)-aligned policies was associated with changes in fourth-grade reading achievement. Using longitudinal state-level panel data from 2003-2024 and quasi-experimental difference-in-differences (DiD) methods, the study estimates relationships between SoR policy adoption and NAEP Grade 4 reading outcomes. Findings… more →
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