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In the News

Neighborhoods' Effect On Grades Challenged

with Education Nextvia Washington Post
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Many social reformers have long said that low academic achievement among inner-city children cannot be improved significantly without moving their families to better neighborhoods, but new reports released today that draw on a unique set of data throw cold water on that theory...

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Education Next: Relocating Poor Families to More Affluent Neighborhoods Doesn’t Necessarily Lead to Improved Student Achievement

with Education Nextvia Business Wire
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

New research published in the fall issue of the Hoover Institution’s journal Education Next shows that relocating poor families to less poor neighborhoods may not be enough to lead to improved academic achievement for those families’ children...

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Economic literacy could still be improved

with Milton Friedmanvia Colorado Springs Gazette
Monday, August 13, 2007

In the United States, which of the following forms of taxation currently represents the largest source of tax revenue for the federal government?

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Some Week Evidence on Successful Schools

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Andew Leigh
Friday, August 10, 2007

My former thesis adviser Caroline Hoxby has a paper out on the effect of New York’s charter schools on student achievement (with Sonali Murarka)...

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Meet The Parents

with Edward Paul Lazear, Thomas Sowell, Diane Ravitchvia Pajamas Media
Thursday, August 9, 2007

How much responsibility do parents have for their children’s achievement in school?

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Preparedness for college life continues to lag

with Eric Hanushekvia Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Wednesday, August 1, 2007

National efforts to improve higher education readiness are no better than they were a decade ago, according to some researchers...

Analysis and Commentary

Parents' Job II

by Diane Ravitchvia New York Sun
Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Several weeks ago, I wrote an article in the Sun titled "Don't Blame the Teachers..."

In the News

Study Finds Edge for N.Y.C. Charters

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Education Week
Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Students in New York City charter schools are, on average, posting higher gains in reading and mathematics than they would have had they attended the city’s regular public schools, a federally financed study concludes...

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Choice Rising

with Milton Friedmanvia New York Sun
Friday, July 27, 2007

While school vouchers haven't yet emerged as much of an issue in the presidential campaign (though Mayor Giuliani has been expressing support for them), they are quietly making progress on a state-by-state basis...

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Major Study of City Schools Shows Charters in Lead

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia New York Sun
Thursday, July 26, 2007

A new study by a Harvard economist that shows New York City charter schools pushing ahead of traditional public schools on standardized tests could have educators across the country looking to the city for lessons...

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