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The Contributions of School and Neighborhood Factors to Student Attendance Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
Student attendance remains well below pre-COVID pandemic levels, yet districts lack evidence about which levers are most influential. Whether school and neighborhood contexts still account for meaningful variation in attendance, especially for students with weaker attendance histories, is an open question. Using a longitudinal database of over 360,000 Chicago Public Schools students in grades… more →
Not Too Young to Notice: The Early Emergence of Racial Disparities in Elementary Students’ School Climate Perceptions
School Climate scholarship often fails to explore the perspectives of elementary-school students. To fill this gap, we use survey-data from Georgia to examine racial disparities in elementaryschool students’ school climate perceptions, how they vary over time, and the factors that associate with them. We find that Black and "Other Race" students report worse school climate perceptions than… more →
School Impacts on Absenteeism in the High School Grades following the COVID-19 Pandemic: Identifying School Factors and Strategies for Improvement
Chronic absenteeism has increased sharply in U.S. high schools following the COVID-19 pandemic, with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) mirroring national trends. Although student attendance has long been recognized as a critical factor in academic success, persistently high chronic absenteeism rates among high school students necessitate a closer examination of which school-based strategies have… more →
From the Right to Education to the Distribution of Resources: Testing U.S. School Finance Equity Metrics in Mexico, Brazil and France
Most national constitutions and international treaties guarantee a right to education, and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has warned that sharp geographic disparities in spending may constitute discrimination. Yet rights monitoring rarely tests whether resources within a country follow children's needs. U.S. school finance research offers a transferable method for doing… more →
Compounded Disadvantage: Intersectional Inequities in Chronic Absenteeism Prevalence and Recovery During the COVID-19 Era
This study applies an intersectional lens to examine how chronic absenteeism evolved across race, sex, economic disadvantage, disability, and housing instability before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic using data from Georgia. Consistent with national evidence, chronic absenteeism nearly doubled and remained elevated through 2023, but recovery followed distinct racialized trajectories… more →
The Burden of Waiting: Temporal Administrative Burden and Limbo in Student Loan Repayment
Research on administrative burden establishes that interactions with government impose learning, compliance, and psychological costs. However, less is known about how these costs persist or reemerge after an administrative encounter has seemingly ended. Drawing on interviews with 72 student loan borrowers, I examine how prolonged administrative uncertainty shapes experiences with income-driven… more →
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