- The impact of going to a better school is not just better grades, but also better health - based on lotteries to get into charter schools in Los Angeles: “students from the charter schools not only performed much better on math and English standard tests. These students also reported less very risky health behaviors, including unprotected sex, carrying a weapon, and gang membership, compared to district school students.”
- Do politicians need to be scared straight about the ineffectiveness of scared straight programs? Tim Harford discusses.
- Congratulations to Manny Jimenez, appointed as new director of 3ie.
- Podcasts on the findings of two impact evaluations of programs to help young women start businesses and find jobs in Africa.
- Job Opening: Work for Markus and the Gender Innovation Lab in Uganda for a project on land titling.
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