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Earning and Learning
How Schools Matter
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2010
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A Brookings Institution Press and Russell Sage Foundation publication
Education is one of the largest sectors of the U.S. economy--yet scholars, educators, policymakers, and parents do not agree about what the money spent on education really buys. In particular, they do not agree on how much education improves children's ability to learn or whether the things children learn in school truly improve their chances for success as adults. If schooling increases how much students know and what they know does pay off later, then it is important to ask what schools can do to increase students' learning and earning.The essays in this book report estimates of the effects of learning on earnings and other life outcomes. They also examine whether particular aspects of schooling--such as the age at which children begin school, classroom size, and curriculum--or structural reform--such as national or statewide examinations or school choice--affect learning. Taken together, their findings suggest that liberals are correct in saying that more investment is needed in early education, that class sizes should be further reduced, and that challenging national or state standards should be established. But they also provide support for conservatives who ask for a more demanding curriculum and greater school choice.Contributors include John Bishop, Eric Hanushek, James Heckman, Christopher Jencks, Caroline Minter Hoxby, Fred Mosteller, and Christopher Winship.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-5528-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-0805-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
366
Product type
Edited Book
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Table of Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
From Learning to Earning No access
Aptitude or Achievement: Why Do Test Scores Predict Educational Attainment and Earnings? No access
Economic Success and the Evolution and Schooling and Mental Ability No access
Does the Timing of School Affect How Much Children Learn? No access
School Reforms: How Much Do They Matter? No access
How Does Class Size Relate to Achievement in Schools? No access
The Evidence on Class Size No access
The Effects of Math and Math-Related Courses in High School No access
Do Hard Courses and Good Grades Enhance Cognitive Skills? No access
Nerd Harassment, Incentives, School Priorities, and Learning No access
The Effects of School Choice on Curriculum and Atmosphere No access
The Effects of School Choice in New York City No access
