Schools serving disadvantaged and minority children teach as much to their students as those serving more advantaged kids, according to a new nationwide study.
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2019
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Banks in the United States have been merging at a rapid pace in recent years, with regulators speeding up the approval process and making few or no denials.
Economics & Business
Sep 24, 2019
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Fifty years ago, communities across America began efforts to make school districts more racially integrated, believing it would ease racial disparities in students' educational opportunities. But new evidence shows that while ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2019
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Consumers who own luxury goods like Louis Vuitton wallets are judged as narcissistic and materialistic as those who buy counterfeit versions of the same brand, research shows.
Social Sciences
Sep 4, 2019
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A decade-long study co-conducted by University of Arkansas professor Patrick Wolf shows that students in India who attended private schools through a voucher program achieved noticeably higher scores on English assessments.
Education
Aug 29, 2019
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Canada plans to receive 300,000 to 350,000 immigrants in 2019, and likely more than that number annually in the coming years. In 2018, there were 572,415 valid study permits in the country—evidence of the increasing trend ...
Education
Jul 17, 2019
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Chess has long been an important part of school culture. Many people believe chess has a range of cognitive benefits including improved memory, IQ, problem solving skills and concentration.
Education
Jul 11, 2019
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The positive effects of a rich home learning environment during a child's early years continue into adolescence and help improve test scores later in life, according to a new study published in School Effectiveness and School ...
Education
Jul 8, 2019
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By the end of fourth quarter 2018, total household debt in the United States reached a new high of $13.54 trillion. A new Economic Inquiry study found that nonprofit credit counseling—which reaches millions of consumers ...
Economics & Business
Jul 3, 2019
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For the most part, politicians do put their money where their mouths are. A recent study of U.S senators and representatives finds that the more liberal a politician's voting record is, the more likely the politician is to ...
Social Sciences
May 31, 2019
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