Education

Whole-School Reform and Early Adolescent Development
In collaboration with Morocco’s Ministry of Education, we evaluate a government-led reform of public lower-secondary schools across 200 schools, estimating its effects on learning, dropout, grade progression, and socioemotional skills.
Andreas de Barros, Alejandra Campos Quintero, Najiba El Amrani Mida, Paul Glewwe, Nikhil Kumar, Laure Lépine
Whole-School Reform and Early Adolescent Development
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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