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Does Foster Care Lower School Achievement?

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

  • Lawrence Berger
  • Podcasts
  • September 2015
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Improving Worker Skills and Job Quality among the Poor

  • Harry Holzer
  • Webinar
  • July 23 2015
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The Contributions of Nonresident Parents to Child Care Arrangements and Costs

  • Anna Haley-Lock
  • Report
  • March 2015
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Early childhood interventions for low-income children

  • Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • Fall/Winter (2014–2015) 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
  • Fall/Winter (2014–2015) 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
  • Fall/Winter (2014–2015) 2015
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A path to college completion for disadvantaged students

  • Emma Caspar
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • Fall/Winter (2014–2015) 2015
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Poverty and the Brain

  • Seth Pollak and Barbara Wolfe
  • Webinar
  • December 17 2014
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The Upward Bound College Access Program 50 Years Later: Evidence from a National Randomized Trial

  • Douglas N. Harris, Alan Nathan, and Ryne Marksteiner
  • Discussion Paper
  • December 2014
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