There is a perception among native born parents in the USA that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools … suggests negative though negligible peer effects of Limited English (LE) students and black students on the achievement of … other students, potential peer effects of students from Latin America in general have not been considered. In this paper, we …

practices and students' use of time in the home based on information from a randomized control trial. The results show that the …. XO laptops also reduce the probability that students will perform household chores between 9 and 40 pp while said … language and the majority of results refer to students in fourth grade of primary. The variety and overlapping of effects may …

This paper studies the impact of a lottery-based desegregation program that allows minority students to transfer to … seven school districts serving higher-income, predominantly-white families. While prior research has studied the impacts of … such a program receiving students, this paper studies the effects on participating students. In the short run, students who …

. Using social networks and micro-blogs, teachers aim to stimulate students' participation in school activities and their … studies has produced rigorous estimates of their effects on students' achievement. We contribute to the knowledge in this … field by analyzing the impact of using micro-blogs as a teaching tool on the reading and comprehension skills of students …

learning activities using ICT. In the current research, the focus is on the use of Web 2.0 tools by students. Although the …The rapid pace of technological development has had a significant impact on education. Thanks to it and the widespread … environment in which students of the present age (members of the Z-generation) learn and are taught and trained. As a result …

, finding a greater prevalence of group discussion used in schools positively affects students’ life satisfaction and …-girl schools. These findings are based on a sample from the 2015 PISA which includes more than 35 thousand students from … group discussion and lecturing used in their school, including a battery of individual, teacher, and school controls, as …

This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education … achievement across and within countries. Chapter 3 hereby employs novel machine-learning methods to derive intertemporal … preference measures from Facebook data. Using a field experiment among university students, chapter 4 shows that the ordering in …

This paper explores the influence of socio-economic status on the education performance of male and female students in … key terms such as education, socio-economic status, and international student assessments, emphasizing the significance of … reading, the results indicate that parents' education and possession of cultural goods significantly impact student …