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A new J-PAL policy insight highlights evidence from randomized evaluations on interventions to increase FAFSA filing rates. In this post, we situate the insight within the larger context of higher education and barriers to accessing public programs, also known as “administrative burdens.”

En Guatemala—uno de los países con las tasas de retraso en el crecimiento más altas del mundo y baja matriculación en educación infantil—varias organizaciones e instituciones gubernamentales reconocen cada vez más la importancia de mejorar el DIT y han acumulado lecciones clave relevantes sobre el...

Raquel Bernal is Professor of Economics and President of Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. In this Affiliate Spotlight, she shares more about her path to development economics and her research on early childhood education.

To promote experimental research in education, IDEE collaborates with the French Ministry of National Education and Youth to develop new IT tools and resources, specifically an accessible online catalog of administrative data in education.

J-PAL North America announces a new partnership with Accelerate to launch the Tutoring Evaluation Accelerator, which aims to support ten tutoring providers from Accelerate’s Call to Effective Action to implement data-driven programs and generate critical evidence on tutoring.

Youth Impact tested a phone-based adaptation of Teaching at the Right Level for mathematics that became ConnectEd, a one-on-one tutoring program that uses phones to connect high-quality instruction with students and parents. With ConnectEd, every week grade 3 to 5 students receive math problems...

This affiliate spotlight features reflections from Selim Gulesci on his research surrounding gender, labor, and economics, and touches on his new role of Scientific Advisor for J-PAL Africa’s Girls’ Education and Empowerment portfolio.

¿Se puede usar la tecnología para mejorar las interacciones entre el niño y el cuidador y apoyar el desarrollo infantil? Conozca más acerca del programa de bajo costo Crianza Positiva, que envió mensajes de texto y audio a los cuidadores principales, y mostró resultados prometedores en una...