Research Library
Explore Learning Collider’s library featuring publications and working papers from director Peter Bergman and many of our Research Affiliates.
Simplification and Defaults Affect Adoption and Impact of Technology but Decision Makers Do Not Realize It
School districts committed to empowering families with actionable, accessible information in support of student success should consider not only what digital communications tools they use, but how they are made available.
Education for All? A Nationwide Audit Study of School Choice
Schools subject to choice are less likely to respond to application inquiries from parents signaling their student has a behavior problem, requires intensive special education services, or has a record of poor academic performance.
Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
Abstract: “The findings imply that most low-income families do not have a strong preference to stay in low-opportunity areas; instead, barriers in the housing search process are a central driver of residential segregation by income.”
A Seven-College Experiment Using Algorithms to Track Students: Impacts and Implications for Equity and Fairness
Algorithms that place students in college courses based on future learning predictions can reduce the share of students in remedial courses and increase total credits–without reducing class pass rates.
Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment
Because students skip school with friends, social network maps can help target truancy interventions and reduce class absences.
The Risks & Benefits of School Integration for Participating Students: Evidence from a Randomized Desegregation Program
Across-district school integration programs can boost academic outcomes for minority students but need to address other risks to student wellbeing.
Housing Search Frictions: Evidence from Detailed Search Data and a Field Experiment
By providing information about school quality, affordable housing websites can help families move to opportunity.
Leveraging Parents through Low-Cost Technology: The Impact of High-Frequency Information on Student Achievement
Automated text messages to parents show major promise for boosting school attendance and grades at a low cost to districts.
Parent-Child Information Frictions & Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Parents tend to be overconfident about their child’s effort in school, and more frequent updates to parents can boost student effort and achievement.
Affordable Housing Tech & Data Series, Part 4
Rents are the go-to indicators for understanding the cost of leased housing in the U.S. But the actual cost of a unit - be it a single-family home, apartment, or any unit in between - is a complicated nexus of mandatory fees and expenses from initial application to deposits to utilities. To understand the hurdles to affordable housing, notably for low-income households including Section 8 voucher holders, policymakers and agencies need robust data beyond rents.