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Adjusters and Casualties: The Anatomy of Labor Market Displacement

3 weeks ago | nber.org | Eric Hanushek |Simon Janssen |Jacob Light |Lisa Simon

Thanks to seminar participants at the Colloquium on Personnel Economics, the Hoover Institution, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the International Leading House Conference on the Economics of VET, Stanford University, the University of Zurich, and the VfS Annual Conference for valuable feedback. This research was financed by the authors’ institutions and the authors have no conflicts of interest. All errors are our own.
Good Teachers Hold the Key to Learning Loss Recovery

Sep 27, 2024 | educationnext.org | Eric Hanushek

The federal funding to help schools cope with the Covid-19 pandemic —and as it does, the drumbeat for a fresh infusion of federal dollars is growing louder. But before more money is spent, it’s time to ask what we got out of the last $190 billion of federal dollars. This money largely went directly to schools with few strings attached. They had the freedom to decide how best to deal with the pandemic learning problems. The needs were great.
Tap The Best Teachers To Regain Lost Learning

Sep 19, 2024 | hoover.org | Eric Hanushek

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Tap the best teachers to regain lost learning - The Boston Globe

Sep 18, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Eric Hanushek

The federal funding to help schools cope with the COVID-19 pandemic — and as it does, the drumbeat for a fresh infusion of federal dollars is growing louder. But before more money is spent, it’s time to ask what we got out of the last $190 billion of federal dollars. This money largely went directly to schools with few strings attached. They had the freedom to decide how best to deal with the pandemic learning problems. The needs were great.
40 Years After ‘A Nation At Risk,’ Fixing Schools Through More Efficient (And Effective) Funding

Apr 25, 2024 | hoover.org | Eric Hanushek

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40 Years After ‘A Nation At Risk,’ Fixing Our Classrooms Through School Funding

Apr 24, 2024 | yahoo.com | Eric Hanushek

The 74 is partnering with Stanford University’s Hoover Institution to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ‘A Nation At Risk’ report. Hoover’s A Nation At Risk +40 research initiative spotlights insights and analysis from experts, educators and policymakers as to what evidence shows about the broader impact of 40 years of education reform and how America’s school system has (and hasn’t) changed since the groundbreaking 1983 report.
The Exceptional Results Of Sensible Teacher Salary Reform

Apr 17, 2024 | hoover.org | Eric Hanushek

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DoE Pandemic Failure will Cost Hawaii $31B > Hawaii Free Press

Mar 8, 2024 | hawaiifreepress.com | Eric Hanushek

The Economic Cost Of The Pandemic: State By State from Hoover Institution, February, 2024 Abstract: Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) now shows the significant impact of the pandemic on learning. The abstract nature of test score declines, however, often obscures the huge economic impact of these learning losses.
Patience And The North-South Divide In Student Achievement In Italy And The US

Oct 12, 2023 | hoover.org | Eric Hanushek

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Generation Lost: The Pandemic’s Lifetime Tax

Oct 6, 2023 | educationnext.org | Frederick M. Hess |Lauren Forrow |Martin R. West |Eric Hanushek

Reports of drops in student achievement due to the pandemic are now treated as old news. Amid abstract reporting of test results, a sense of inevitability and complacency has developed. After all, could the fact that students’ math scores fell by “nine points” truly be important? The reality is that the cohort of students in school in March 2020 has been seriously harmed—implicitly facing a lifetime tax on earnings of 6 percent. And the harm is not going away.