Education

The Best Buy? From Global Evidence to Government Practice
Can governments translate evidence on “what works” into learning gains in public schools? Morocco combined targeted …
Hosam Ibrahim, Andreas de Barros, Sarah Deschênes, Paul Glewwe
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Developing Socioemotional Skills in Early Adolescence: Experimental Evidence from Morocco's Public Schools
We investigate a government-delivered socioemotional support intervention in Morocco’s public lower-secondary schools. The …
Andreas de Barros, Alejandra Campos Quintero, Paul Glewwe, Nikhil Kumar, Laure Lépine
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Beyond Basics: Whole-School Reform and Early Adolescent Development
This study investigates whether a government-led, whole-school reform in public lower secondary schools can simultaneously reduce …
Andreas de Barros, Alejandra Campos Quintero, Najiba El Amrani Mida, Paul Glewwe, Nikhil Kumar, Laure Lépine
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Building Back Better to Avert a Learning Catastrophe: Estimating Learning Loss from COVID-19 School Shutdowns in Africa and Facilitating Short-term and Long-term Learning Recovery
We model learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for cost-effective strategies to build back better. Data from …
Noam Angrist, Andreas de Barros, Radhika Bhula, Shiraz Chakera, Chris Cummiskey, Joseph DeStefano, John Floretta, Michelle Kaffenberger, Benjamin Piper, Jonathan Stern
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Levers for Learning: Relationships between School-Level Factors and Literacy Outcomes in Low-Income Schools in Colombia
This study examines the relationships between school processes and literacy in public schools that serve low-income families in a …
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Andreas de Barros, Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Bethany Mulimbi, Nozomi Nakajima, Paola Uccelli
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