…pressures to produce academic outcomes may reallocate their efforts in ways that have unintended consequences for children’s health. For example, schools may cut back on recess and physical education in…
…became more effective when they evolved from single shot to automatic rifles, hackers are experiencing the same sort of technological progress. Education is also fueling growth. Hacker forums, for instance,…
…achievement, teach delayed gratification, limit reprimands, and use praise to stimulate curiosity.” He is also strongly in favor of the intensive early-childhood programs favored by our new education secretary. [%comments]…
…the salience of gender across contexts by considering variation across levels of math course-taking in the academic hierarchy. Analyses of nationally representative data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002…
…while places with small average firm sizes have tended to have plenty of job growth. Pittsburgh — blessed with plenty of education — is now looking a lot better, but…
…be better off if nearly a third of their government spending went to things like education, health care, nutrition, social welfare, economic development, or even tax cuts. In addition to…
…The Financial Advisor Registration Program is a great resource for players, yet players are still being defrauded by unscrupulous financial advisors and attorneys. Has any sort of financial education program…
…we can conclude that designated driver programs really work. Education and persuasion have been shown to be more powerful when backed up by the muscle of the criminal justice system….
Researchers have long puzzled over the relatively poor health and education outcomes for babies born in the winter months. Past explanations have focused on school attendance laws, vitamin D exposure,…
…These results are particularly strong for Hispanic students, male students, and lower-achieving students.” Their findings run counter to a recent meta-analysis from the U.S. Department of Education, which concluded that…
…experimentation in public education, partnering with some of the most influential people in education: Arne Duncan, Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee, Geoffrey Canada, etc. I’m not sure how, but Roland has…
…I fly — like how long he’s been flying, education, what he/she is or isn’t trained to do? — Tracy Moore A Tracy, yes there is a way, but not…
…education, it seems likely that teaching economics at the middle- and high-school levels are a pretty good idea. Enter Dan Wise, a humanities teacher at the San Diego charter school…
…is “revising tuition and financial aid to reflect the real cost of a UC education,” explaining that there’s a significant gap between the advertised tuition and the actual tuition paid…
…the opposite in good times). What a crazy system; and what a good way to build instability into an operation — higher education — that needs stability to function well….
In Freakonomics, we wrote a good bit about first names — how popular names move their way down the socioeconomic ladder, how “high education” names differ from “low education” names,…
…the top rates would go back to where they were in the 1990’s (when growth was quite respectable); it would invest in education and the health system and cut taxes…
…show the long-term health effects of a college education. Granted, their data stretches back to the Vietnam War draft (a good instrumental variable, which other researchers have used) but their…
…Janata Party government but has sparked protests from the party’s women’s wing. State education officials in Rajasthan, a western state known for its conservative attitude toward women, said people should…
Online education increases in popularity. (Earlier) Is jealousy linked to height? Microsoft turns down Blu-ray for Xbox 360. (Earlier) Want to stop junk mail? Sign this petition. (Earlier)…
What risks are worth taking? When should you ignore feedback and go with your gut? And what did Stephen learn on a fishing trip with the town barber?…
How do friendships change as we get older? Should you join a bowling league? And also: how does a cook become a chef?…
Also: how does a comedian cope with tragedy? With Eugene Mirman….
As sexy as the digital revolution may be, it can’t compare to the Second Industrial Revolution (electricity! the gas engine! antibiotics!), which created the biggest standard-of-living boost in U.S. history….
Patients in the U.S. healthcare system often feel they’re treated with a lack of empathy. Doctors and nurses have tragically high levels of burnout. Could fixing the first problem solve…
Dubner and Levitt talk about circadian rhythms, gay marriage, autism, and whether “pay what you want” is everything it’s cracked up to be.
He’s a pioneer of using randomized control experiments in economics — studying the long-term benefits of a $1 health intervention in Africa. Steve asks Edward, a Berkeley professor, about Africa’s…
Sure, markets generally work well. But for some transactions — like school admissions and organ transplants — money alone can’t solve the problem. That’s when you need a market-design wizard…
Playing notes on her piano, she demonstrates for Steve why whole numbers sound pleasing, why octaves are mathematically imperfect, and how math underlies musical composition. Sarah, a professor at the…
Steve Levitt has so far occupied the interviewer chair on his new show, but in a special live event — recorded over Zoom and presented by WNYC and the Greene…
