In 2010, the Gulf Coast experienced the largest oil spill, the greatest mobilization of spill response resources, and the first Gulf-wide…
Data on 2,355 married women from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey are used to study how female employment affects fertility in…
With all the problems in education these days, Arizona’s state superintendent of public instruction, John Huppenthal, thinks he has the…
A paradox of American higher education is this: The expectations of leading universities do much to define what secondary schools teach,…
Governor Patrick visited Chile this month in an attempt to enhance the state’s collaborations with Latin America in education, clean energy…
Are teachers’ impacts on students’ test scores (“value-added”) a good measure of their quality? This question has sparked debate largely…
In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from…
Three years have passed since the financial crisis of 2008, and unemployment rates remain painfully high. As of August 2011, America…
Early admissions are widely used by selective colleges and universities. We identify some basic facts about early admissions policies,…