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Pay for Performance Teacher Incentives Improve Student Learning in Rwanda, Study Finds
Andrew Zeitlin, professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, and colleagues found in Rwanda that the Pay for Performance model of incentivizing teachers improves learning without a negative effect on the teacher that is recruited or retained.
Expanding Medicaid Would Help Close Coverage Gap for Latino Children and Parents
Research from the Center for Children and Families finds that Latino children and parents are disproportionately likely to be uninsured across the country, but the coverage gaps are wider and growing faster in states that have yet to adopt Medicaid expansion.
In “Baby Jails,” Georgetown Law’s Philip Schrag Charts U.S. Detention of Child Refugees Over Time
Georgetown Law professor Philip Schrag's book examines the ongoing struggle between the U.S. government and immigrant advocates over the duration and conditions of confinement of children who seek safety in America.
Do Better Schools Help to Prolong Early Childhood Education Effects?
A new study on Tulsa’s magnet middle schools co-authored by William Gormley (Center for Research on Children in the United States) finds that higher quality middle schools could help school districts to sustain short-term gains from early childhood education for a diverse cross-section of students.