“Though colleges and universities are arguably paying more attention to diversity and inclusion than ever before, to what extent do their…
“Girl, Woman, Other is a celebration of the diversity of Black British experience. Moving, hopeful, and inventive, this extraordinary novel…
If individuals become aware of their stereotypes, do they change their behavior? We study this question in the context of teachers’ bias in…
This report tells how civic leaders from Boston, MA, Chattanooga, TN, Pickens County, GA, and Yonkers, NY, are pursuing an ambitious…
We study the educational choices of children of immigrants in a tracked school system. We first show that immigrants in Italy enroll…
Attention: Your acronym of the day is VUCA. VUCA stands for “volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous,” a handy shortcut used by the…
Do signals of high aptitude shape the course of collegiate study? We apply a regression discontinuity design to understand how college…
Two-stage examinations consist of a first stage in which students work individually as they typically do in examinations (stage 1),…
Nearly a quarter of 7th-12th-graders in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) attend one of three exam schools, considered among the highest…
Data on millions of SAT-takers show only half retake the exam, with even lower retake rates among low income and underrepresented minority…