
Insights / Research Brief•Apr 12, 2021
What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books
Anjali Adukia, Alex Eble, Emileigh Harrison, Hakizumwami Birali Runesha, Teodora Szasz
Educators and caregivers are generally thoughtful about choosing books to read to their young children, or when selecting books for children to read themselves. They may look for books that entertain, educate, and otherwise incorporate values that they hold dear. However, if those values include race and gender diversity, they will have to search a little harder.
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, K-12 Education
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Watch: What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books
Children learn many things from the books they read, and some of the most important...
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, K-12 Education

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Race and Gender in Children’s Books
Interact with the charts below to compare out how race, gender, and age are represented in various categories of children's books throughout the last century.
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, K-12 Education

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Race and Gender in Children’s Books
Compare how race, gender, and age are represented in various categories of children's books throughout the last century.
Topics:
K-12 Education, Early Childhood Education
Insights / Research Brief•Nov 10, 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Family Dynamics in Economically Vulnerable Households • The Education Gradient in Maternal Enjoyment of Time in Childcare
A Google search of “parenting and mothers during covid” in mid-October 2020 returned nearly 300...
Topics:
COVID-19, Economic Mobility & Poverty, Early Childhood Education

Insights / Podcast episode•Aug 13, 2020
Episode 18: The COVID Slide: Impact on Childhood
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Ariel Kalil, John List, Dana Suskind
You’ve likely heard of the summer slide in childhood learning. Will changes to education and...
Topics:
COVID-19, Early Childhood Education
Insights / Research Brief•Oct 09, 2019
Spillover Impacts on Education from Employment Guarantees and Educational Investment Responses to Economic Opportunity: Evidence from Indian Road Construction
For most young people and their parents who live in high-income countries, the decision to attend school is an easy one. School is universally available and free through high school, schooling is mandatory through the age of 16, and most jobs require at least a high school degree. Dropping out of school all but ensures a lifetime of relatively low income.
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, Economic Mobility & Poverty, Employment & Wages, Health care, K-12 Education