Why Do Children Born to Teenage Mothers Have Worse Lifetime Outcomes?
Children born to teenage mothers have worse outcomes—poorer health, less schooling, and lower earnings in adulthood. However, the cause of
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Text-Messaging Parents Can Help Kids Learn to Read—Especially If the Curriculum Is Personalized and Differentiated
Educational interventions based on behavioral economics principles have shown promise for combatting some of the persistent disparities in education outcomes.
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Text-Messaging Program READY4K! Supports Early Literacy Development in the Home
Racial and socioeconomic gaps in academic achievement begin early in life, with large gaps in skills present by the time
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Unintended Consequences—How Targeting Schools for Special Benefits in France Can Do More Harm Than Good
Compensatory education policies—policies aimed at offsetting educational inequalities between socially and academically disadvantaged children and more advantaged students—are widely used
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Study: Program with Tablets and Texts Improves Family Reading Time
“Tablets and texts nudge parents to read to kids” describes a new JHR-published study aimed at finding ways to help
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Preschool and Parents’ Reactions in a Developing Country: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment in Cambodia
Studies from low-, middle-, and high-income countries show that children brought up in a more favorable early environment benefit in
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Thank Your Parents for Your Soft Skills
Recent job seekers know that “soft skills”—traits related to personality, values, and personal interaction—can be important in receiving a job
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First-Born Children *Are* Smarter
“First-born children have better thinking skills, study says” in The Guardian highlights JHR-published study that finds parenting behavior results in
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