Hot Temperature and High Stakes Exams: Evidence from New York City Public Schools

Hot Temperature, High Stakes Exams, and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from New York City Public Schools

Understanding the link between temperature and educational outcomes is important in assessing the returns to various schooling interventions and the potential welfare impacts of climate change. Using student-level administrative data for the largest public school district in the United States, I estimate the causal impact of hot temperature on high-stakes exams and subsequent educational attain...

Museums, zoos, and gardens: how formal-informal partnerships can impact urban students' performance in science.

BACKGROUND Informal science education institutions (ISEIs) are critical partners in public science education, as they support the science efforts of school systems by providing authentic opportunities for scientific inquiry. This study reports findings from an evaluation of urban advantage (UA), a collaboration between the New York City Department of Education and eight ISEIs designed to improv...

The Effects of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

One of the most economically important educational milestones in many countries and in some US states is an exit exam for high school seniors, especially those intent on going to college. Examples include British A-levels, the French Baccalaureate, and the New York State Regents examinations. Since the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, many US states have also adopted proficiency exams as a requir...

Do Choice Schools Break the Link Between Public Schools and Property Values? Evidence from House Prices in New York City

Separate and unequal: the influence of neighborhood and school characteristics on spatial proximity between fast food and schools.

OBJECTIVE Social science and health literature have identified residential segregation as a critical factor in exposure to health-related resources, including food environments. Differential spatial patterning of food environments surrounding schools has significant import for youth. We examined whether fast food restaurants clustered around schools in New York City, and whether any observed cl...