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Family Economic Well-being and Children’s Educational Development Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sociologist Margot Jackson and Psychologist Taryn Morrissey examine the effects of state-level public spending on programs targeting children.
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In the evolving landscape of authoritarian control, PSTC affiliate Han Zhang has introduced a compelling new framework for understanding how digital technology preserves regime stability.
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A major research project taking place in the Mangochi District of Southern Malawi is shedding light on the challenging tightrope ultra-poor mothers walk between earning a living and raising healthy children.
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The Importance of Teacher-School Fit
A new paper by Matthew Kraft, John Papay, Jessalynn James, and Manuel Monti-Nussbaum goes out of the realm of the fictionalized and looks at real world efforts to move high performing teachers into low performing schools.
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Many American workers associate artificial intelligence (AI) with layoffs, less satisfying work, and tech billionaires becoming ever more wealthy at their expense. They may be right.
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Millions of U.S. students attend a school close to a contaminated environmental site associated with an increased risk of cancer, birth defects and other negative health outcomes – with students of color disproportionately enrolled in these schools.
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