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Direct linkBartik, Timothy J.; Lachowska, Marta – Education Next, 2014
This study takes advantage of the unexpected announcement of the Kalamazoo Promise to study its effects on student achievement and behavior in high school. The Kalamazoo Promise provides college scholarships to graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS), a midsized urban school district in Michigan that is racially and economically diverse.…
Descriptors: Student Records, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Enrollment Management
Jackson, C. Kirabo – Education Next, 2008
Cash incentives for high school students to perform better in school are growing in popularity, but not everyone understands them. Does paying students for better Advanced Placement (AP) test scores encourage enrollment in AP classes? The author set out to determine the impact of a cash incentive program operating in a number of Texas high…
Descriptors: Incentives, School Counselors, Advanced Placement Programs, Outcomes of Education
Skinner, David – Education Next, 2006
Newark, New Jersey, once called "The Worst American City," is a city that has lost 36 percent of its population since 1930 (from 442,000 to 280,000) and is now more than half black and nearly 40 percent poor. It is a city, reported the "New York Times," where "budgeting is a Rube Goldberg morass with a deficit looming," and where the school…
Descriptors: African American Leadership, Grade 8, Grade 11, Mathematics Tests
