Research Topic: Schools

Research
Does School Mobility Place Elementary School Children at Risk for Lower Math Achievement? (Developmental Psychology, 2015)

This research, which involved children enrolled in the Chicago public school system, was published in the APA journal Developmental Psychology®. It shows that children who experienced fewer school transitions over a five-year period demonstrated greater cognitive skills and higher math achievement in early elementary school, relative to their counterparts who changed schools frequently.

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Opportunity Neighborhoods for Latino and African American Children (HUD, 2014)

The Denver Child Study explores the extent to which multiple dimensions of neighborhood context affect the physical and behavioral health, exposure to violence, risky behaviors, education, youth and young adult labor market outcomes, and marriage and childbearing of Latino and African-American children and youth from low-income families.

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