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• The why chromosome: how a teacher's gender affects boys and girls 

  Gender gaps in educational outcomes are a matter of real and growing concern. We've known for a long time, since the 1970s, that girls outscore...

  Education Next, 09/22/06 by Thomas S. Dee · More from publication

• Dollars and sense: what a Tennessee experiment tells us about merit pay 

  Though the dramatic effects that teachers have on student achievement are indisputable, the exact ingredients of effective teaching are anything...

  Education Next, 01/01/05 by Thomas S. Dee · More from publication

• The race connection: are teachers more effective with students who share their ethnicity? - Research 

  In the mid-1960s, an acquaintance of mine was a young, timid teacher beginning her career in a virtually all-black high school on the South Side of...

  Education Next, 03/22/04 by Thomas S. Dee · More from publication

• Lotteries, litigation, and education finance 

  In 1993, the state of Georgia instituted a lottery that earmarked new funds for instructional and capital expenditures in public schools. In that...

  Southern Economic Journal, 01/01/04 by Thomas S. Dee · More from publication

• Learning to earn: more stringent high-school graduation requirements may reduce students' chances of earning a diploma. But higher standards also improve their ability to find a job - Research 

  DURING THE 19705, NEARLY EVERY STATE IN the nation began instituting tests of basic skills for high-school students as the leading edge of the...

  Education Next, 06/22/03 by Thomas S. Dee · More from publication

• Until death do you part: the effects of unilateral divorce on spousal homicides 

  This study examines how the widespread adoption of unilateral divorce influenced the prevalence of lethal spousal violence in the United States....

  Economic Inquiry, 01/01/03 by Thomas S. Dee · More from publication

• Who loses HOPE? Attrition from Georgia's college scholarship program 

  A study was conducted to determine the characteristics that directly contribute to attrition from the Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally...

  Southern Economic Journal, 10/01/99 by Thomas S. Dee · More from publication