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View article: A national randomized controlled trial of the impact of public Montessori preschool at the end of kindergarten
A national randomized controlled trial of the impact of public Montessori preschool at the end of kindergarten Open
Although seminal studies from the early 1960s suggested quality preschool can have lasting positive effects, agreement is lacking on the efficacy of different preschool models. The Montessori model is longstanding but lacks rigorous impact…
View article: When Your Bootstraps Are Not Enough: How Demand and Supply Interact to Generate Learning in Settings of Extreme Poverty
When Your Bootstraps Are Not Enough: How Demand and Supply Interact to Generate Learning in Settings of Extreme Poverty Open
In settings of extreme poverty, how do demand and supply combine to produce child learning?In rural Gambia, caregivers with high aspirations for their children's future, measured before children start school, invest substantially more than…
View article: Understanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of Public Preschool Programs
Understanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of Public Preschool Programs Open
We examine the North Carolina Pre‐K (NC Pre‐K) program to test the hypothesis that observed variation in effects resulting from exposure to the program can be attributed to interactions with other environmental factors that occur before, d…
View article: Comparing evidence on the effectiveness of reading resources from expert ratings, practitioner judgements, and research repositories
Comparing evidence on the effectiveness of reading resources from expert ratings, practitioner judgements, and research repositories Open
Background: Education decision makers are increasingly expected to use evidence to inform their actions. However, the majority of educational interventions have not yet been studied and it is challenging to produce high quality research ev…
View article: The Economics and Child Development Science of Intergenerational Trauma
The Economics and Child Development Science of Intergenerational Trauma Open
This dissertation utilizes insights from economics and child development science to examine how trauma transmits across generations from mother to child. The first chapter consists of a literature review in which I survey the existing lite…
View article: Upgrading Education with Technology: Insights from Experimental Research
Upgrading Education with Technology: Insights from Experimental Research Open
In recent years, there has been widespread interest around the potential for technology to transform learning. As investment in education technology continues to grow, students, parents, and teachers face a seemingly endless array of educa…
View article: How research informs educational technology decision-making in higher education: the role of external research versus internal research
How research informs educational technology decision-making in higher education: the role of external research versus internal research Open
Research use in educational decision-making has been encouraged and well documented at the K-12 education level in the United States but not in higher education, or more specifically for educational technology. We conducted a qualitative s…
View article: What Is the Potential for Applying Cost-Utility Analysis to Facilitate Evidence-Based Decision Making in Schools?
What Is the Potential for Applying Cost-Utility Analysis to Facilitate Evidence-Based Decision Making in Schools? Open
Education decision makers routinely make choices among programs and strategies to implement. Policy demands increasingly require that such decisions are based on evidence regarding program effectiveness at improving student outcomes. Howev…
View article: Investment in Education Technology Across the Globe: Where Profit Meets Purpose
Investment in Education Technology Across the Globe: Where Profit Meets Purpose Open
Increasing demand for educational technology (Ed Tech) products and services has coincided with rapid growth in the marketplace, sparking opportunity for both innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper seeks to advise ed tech entrepreneur…
View article: Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review
Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review Open
In recent years, there has been widespread excitement around the potential for technology to transform learning.As investments in education technology continue to grow, students, parents, and teachers face a seemingly endless array of educ…