Globally challenged: Are U.S. students ready to compete?
2011 Harvard study analyzing data from the Program for International Student Assessment on relative strength of U.S. students as compared to global peers.
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No Child Left Behind and education outcomes: Research roundup
Studies analyzing the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on student and school performance.
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Long-term economic costs of psychological problems during childhood
Paper in the Journal of Social Sciences & Medicine on the long-term economic costs associated with childhood psychological illness
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Categorizing risk-taking in children’s play
2011 study in the European Early Childhood Education Research Journal on the risk-taking behaviors that children engage in during play.
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Famine mortality, rational political inactivity and international food aid
2009 study from the London School of Economics on the link between mortality rates during times of famine with political motivations.
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Bundle of joy: Does parenting really make us miserable?
2011 study by Arizona State and Santa Clara University on the correlation between parenting and happiness.
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Digital media education and online civic and political participation
2010 paper from the MacArthur Foundation’s Youth and Participatory Politics research project on youth media literacy and civic participation.
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Head Start impact: Department of Health and Human Services report
2010 report by the Department of Health and Human Services on the cognitive development and physical health outcomes of Head Start students.
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Youth exclusion in Syria: Social, economic and institutional dimensions
2007 study by the Dubai School of Government’s Wolfensohn Center for Development on deep jobless problems among young adults in Syria.
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Maternity leave and children’s cognitive and behavioral development
2011 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the link between child development outcomes and the length of a mother’s maternity leave.
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