K-12 Education

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Does schooling increase or decrease social inequality?

  • Stephen Raudenbush
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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The Role of Formal Child Support in Children’s Academic Achievement

  • Vanessa Ríos-Salas
  • Report
  • 2017
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Does the Timing of SNAP Benefits Affect Kids’ Performance on Tests?

  • Anna Gassman-Pines
  • Podcasts
  • 2017
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Understanding Poverty and Inequality in the 21st Century

  • Steven Durlauf
  • Podcasts
  • 2016
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Does Child Medicaid Access Improve Long-Term Educational Outcomes?

  • Lincoln Groves
  • Podcasts
  • 2016
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Does Foster Care Lower School Achievement?

  • Lawrence Berger, Maria Cancian, Jennifer Noyes, and Vanessa Rios-Salas 
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2015
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The Academic Achievement of Children in Foster Care

  • Lawrence Berger
  • Podcasts
  • 2015
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Educational opportunity for homeless students

  • Peter Miller, Alexandra E. Pavlakis, Lea Samartino, and Alexis K. Bourgeois
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2015
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How school quality affects the success of a conditional cash transfer program

  • Sharon Wolf, J. Lawrence Aber, and Pamela A. Morris
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2015
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A path to college completion for disadvantaged students

  • Emma Caspar
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2015