Closing the Achievement Gap: Is There an App for That?

Roughly one in four 14-15-year-old Australian youth complied with a recent ban of social media, far below the two-thirds needed for young teenagers to consider compliance worthwhile. Current patterns suggest that compliance is more likely to diminish than to increase.

Large gaps in language skills between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds emerge early and persist throughout schooling. In this episode, Ariel Kalil, Professor of Public Policy at UChicago’s Harris School, discusses her research on “Chat2Learn,” a technology intervention that sends...

Nobel laureate James Heckman explains why ages zero to five are critical for brain development and lifelong outcomes. He discusses the Perry Preschool Program’s surprising health benefits 35 years later, why low-cost home-visiting programs that engage parents outperform expensive institutional...