COVID-19, school closures, and outcomes

R Jack, E Oster - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023 - aeaweb.org
This article discusses the question of data and our perspective on the importance of public,
accessible, and contemporaneous data in the face of public crisis. Then, we present data on …

Pandemic schooling mode and student test scores: evidence from US school districts

R Jack, C Halloran, J Okun, E Oster - American Economic Review …, 2023 - aeaweb.org
We estimate the impact of district-level schooling mode (in-person versus hybrid or virtual
learning) in the 2020–2021 school year on students' pass rates on standardized tests in …

Pandemic schooling mode and student test scores: Evidence from US states

C Halloran, R Jack, JC Okun, E Oster - 2021 - nber.org
We estimate the impact of district-level schooling mode (in-person versus hybrid or distance
learning) on test scores. We combine Spring 2021 state standardized test score data with …

The role of technology in reading literacy: Is Sweden going back or moving forward by returning to paper-based reading?

B Díaz, M Nussbaum, S Greiff, M Santana - Computers & Education, 2024 - Elsevier
The announcement of a progressive decrease in digitalization and the reintroduction of
paper-based reading and traditional pedagogical methods in Swedish schools has initiated …

[HTML][HTML] Keeping the parents outside the school gate—A critical review

C Kent, B du Boulay, M Cukurova - Education Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The existing evidence shows that parental engagement is one of the most effective
educational interventions. Most parents, carers, and teachers are aware of that and wish to …

The impact of US school closures on labor market outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

KSD Garcia, BW Cowan - 2022 - nber.org
ABSTRACT A substantial fraction of k-12 schools in the United States closed their in-person
operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. These closures may have altered the labor …

The revealed preferences for school reopening: Evidence from public-school disenrollment

TS Dee, E Huffaker, C Phillips… - American Educational …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Before the 2020–2021 school year, policymakers and parents confronted the uncertain trade-
offs implied by the health, educational, and economic consequences of offering instruction …

The perceived effects of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: a focus on educators' perceptions of the negative effects on educator stress and student well-being

CP Bradshaw, JM Kush, SS Braun… - School Psychology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an urgent pivot to remote learning, causing many
challenges for teachers and school administrators. The current study sought to better …

Women's labor force exits during covid-19: Differences by motherhood, race, and ethnicity

K Lim, M Zabek - Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2023 - Springer
While the descriptive impacts of the pandemic on women have been well documented in the
aggregate, we know much less about the impacts of the pandemic on different groups of …

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Educational Attainment

DN Harris, F Chen, RC Martin, AF Bernhardt… - RSF: The Russell …, 2024 - rsfjournal.org
We study the effects of the COVID pandemic on educational attainment. By 2022, entry into
two-year colleges was 21 percent lower than before the pandemic, with larger declines in …