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The New Yorker

The Messy Reality of Personalized Learning

The practice of personalized learning is the latest ed-tech trend out of Silicon Valley. Associate Professor Matthew Kraft believes the new education model's claims to transform schools are exaggerated, he tells The New Yorker.
The New York Times

What Will Teacher Raises Buy Students?

Like many other progressive hopes, the teacher pay proposals from 2020 Democratic presidential candidates need a bit more focus, writes Associate Professor Matthew Kraft in a New York Times Op-Ed.
News from PSTC

Dennis Hogan Receives Honor from PAA

PSTC Faculty Associate Dennis Hogan was recently named an Honored Member of the Population Association of America in recognition of his contributions to the field of demography.
News from PSTC

PSTC graduating trainees to begin new positions

From the Federal Reserve Bank to the University of Michigan, PSTC postdoctoral fellows and graduating trainees will be putting their population studies training to work.
News from PSTC

Cribsheet - A new guide to data-driven parenting

Oster cuts through the often overwhelming and contradictory information currently available to new parents to highlight reputable data so that parents may feel more confident about their choices.
News from PSTC

PSTC Trainee awarded Rome Prize

Berhane was awarded the 2019 Rome Prize for her work investigating the experiences of Eritrean refugees in Bologna, Italy.
News from PSTC

Foster receives mentoring award

PSTC Faculty Associate Andrew Foster was awarded the 2018-19 Graduate School Faculty Award for Advising and Mentoring.
The New York Times

The Data All Guilt-Ridden Parents Need

Economics Professor Emily Oster critically discusses popular data regarding parenting choices and their effects on children in this New York Times Op-Ed.
CSCC Podcasts

Gender Inequality in China

PSTC Postdoc Yun Zhou discusses gender inequality in China, particularly the implications of the one-child policy and its repeal.
City Journal

Barriers to Black Progress

PSTC economist Glenn Loury discusses the persistence of racial inequality in the U.S. with Jason Riley at a Manhattan Institute event.
The Good Men Project

Overcrowded Prisons – Nightmare Nests

Article cites study by PSTC economist Anna Aizer that finds youth who are imprisoned are less likely to finish school, more likely to offend again.
Panama City News Herald

Churning, yes, but no exodus

PSTC demographer Elizabeth Fussell notes population "churning" following hurricane in Florida.
Vox, CEPR Policy Portal

Why children of teen mothers do worse in life

PSTC economist Anna Aizer writes about the role fathers play in teenage childbearing and the importance of policies that consider not only mothers.
Winnipeg Free Press

Peru's child-welfare warning

PSTC anthropologist Jessaca Leinaweaver writes about poverty and child services custody cases.