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Been, Vicki; Ellen, Ingrid; Figlio, David N.; Nelson, Ashlyn; Ross, Stephen; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Stiefel, Leanna – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
This study examines the effects of negative equity on children's academic performance, using data on children attending Florida public schools and housing transactions from the State of Florida. Our empirical strategy exploits variation over time in the timing of family moves to Florida in order to account for household sorting into neighborhoods…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Public Schools, Housing
Figlio, David N.; Rouse, Cecilia E.; Schlosser, Analia – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
The relatively poor academic achievement of black and Hispanic students has been a national concern since the passage of the "Elementary Secondary and Education Act" in 1963. Frustrated with relatively slow progress in closing these educational gaps, the most recent reauthorization of the ESEA, the "No Children Left Behind Act of…
Descriptors: Incentives, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Grading