Creating “no excuses” (traditional) public schools: Evidence from Houston
2011 study from Harvard University examining whether techniques used to raise scores in charter schools can be successfully transplanted to traditional public schools.
Race & Gender
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
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Helicopter parents and landing pad kids: Intense parental support of grown children
2012 study in the Journal of Marriage and Family on the causes and effects of helicopter parenting .
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Does blogging empower women? Exploring the role of agency and community
2012 study from the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on women, blogging and feelings of empowerment.
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Effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraception
2012 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine on a range of long-lasting contraceptive options and their failure rates.
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The opt-in revolution? Contraception and the gender gap in wages
2012 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) on oral contraceptive use and later declines in the gender wage gap.
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Estimation of injury simulation in international women’s football
2011 study published in Research in Sports Medicine on the severity of injuries in international women’s soccer games.
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Who doesn’t value English? Debunking myths about Mexican immigrants’ attitudes
2012 study in Social Science Quarterly on the importance that U.S. immigrants, particularly from Mexico and Latin America, placed on learning English
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Women’s well-being: Ranking America’s top 25 metro areas
2012 report by the Social Science Research Council on comparative well-being levels for women living in the metropolitan United States.
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Longitudinal gender and age bias in a prominent amateur new media community
2012 study published in New Media and Society on age and gender discrimination in an online community.
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Perceptions of discrimination and racial policy opinion after Obama
2011 study from the University of Michigan on racial attitudes and perceptions in America immediately before and after Barack Obama’s election.
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