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Rothstein, Richard; Wilder, Tamara; Allgood, Whitney – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2011
The inability of the United States to narrow the achievement gap stems to a large extent from school reform initiatives that neglect the specific conditions in the lives of low-income students that contribute heavily to inadequate school performance. A new consensus is emerging that a more effective approach would be to prevent the achievement gap…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Low Income Students, Costs, Prenatal Care
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Joyce, Ted; Gibson, Diane; Colman, Silvie – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
We analyze the relationship between prenatal WIC participation and birth outcomes in New York City from 1988 - 2001. The analysis is unique for several reasons. First, we have over 800,000 births to women on Medicaid, the largest sample ever used to analyze prenatal participation in WIC. Second, we focus on measures of fetal growth distinct from…
Descriptors: Females, Prenatal Care, Pregnancy, Premature Infants