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"Experimental Evidence on Four Policies to Increase Learning at Scale" with @duflo_annie & #JessicaKiessel now out in the latest @oupeconomics #TheEconomicJournal. Plus, it's #OpenAccess--you can read it from anywhere, right now! academic.oup.com/ej/article/134…

Why better school information doesn't always boost enrolment. Last week on VoxDev, K@kfajayi (@CGDev), @willafriedman (@UHouston) and @ProfALucas (University of Delaware) outlined research on providing better information about schools in Ghana: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

🆕 Why better school information doesn't always boost enrolment. Today on VoxDev, @kfajayi (@CGDev), @willafriedman (@UHouston) and @ProfALucas (University of Delaware) outline research on providing better information about schools in Ghana: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

Chile's 1960s school construction boosted education and earnings, closed gender gaps, and increased second generation schooling, generating a marginal value of public funds return of 13, from @ProfALucas and Patrick McEwan nber.org/papers/w35042

Friends of @UDelaware @UDLernerCollege Economics Department, please consider donating to support UD economics students as part of #IHeartUDDay givingday.udel.edu/giving-day/112… Our current and future students appreciate it!

@IFPRI @tcdeconomics @SpearsBusiness @claradelav @dariojsalcedo @raissafabregas @M_Angeluc @nd_econ @chyawanprash @Chinmayak @MYedomiffi @andydebarros @EmilPalikot @ShanjuktaN @Susan_Athey @AyushKanodia Beg shows in work joint w/@AnneFitz13 and @ProfALucas that in-person refresher training is uniquely effective in sustaining teachers skills in Ghana

Can cash transfers improve well-being across generations? Last month on VoxDev, @ProfALucas (@UDLernerCollege), Patrick McEwan (@wellesley_econ) & David Torres Irribarra (@ucatolica_eng) outlined research on Chile: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

Can cash transfers improve well-being across generations? Last week on VoxDev, @ProfALucas (@UDLernerCollege), Patrick McEwan (@wellesley_econ) & David Torres Irribarra (@ucatolica_eng) outlined research on Chile: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

🆕 Can cash transfers improve well-being across generations? Today on VoxDev, @ProfALucas (@UDLernerCollege), Patrick McEwan (@wellesley_econ) & David Torres Irribarra (@ucatolica_eng) outline research on Chile: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

🆕Hot off the press! The January 2026 issue featuring Editor’s Choice ‘When Information is Not Enough: Evidence from a Centralised School Choice System’ by Kehinde F Ajayi, @willafriedman, @ProfALucas @RoyalEconSoc @OxfordJournals #econtwitter 👉bit.ly/4ql3cGD

Educational conditional cash transfers to indigenous students increased education, adult earnings, and human capital of the subsequent generation, from @ProfALucas, Patrick J. McEwan, and David Torres Irribarra nber.org/papers/w33798

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A remedial education program in India worked well when teachers were given strict implementation guidelines. It worked just as well when teachers had discretion to adapt. nber.org/papers/w33242 from @SabrinBeg et al

Reflecting on @ProfALucas's insightful keynote at #UtafitiElimuTZ! We’re thrilled that our @GEEAP_ Smart Buys Report helped illustrate the importance and potential of cost-effective interventions to achieve learning outcomes. Check out the report here➡️ bit.ly/3SBDXkF

Two recent papers to add to the long-term impacts of cash transfers literature Chile drive.google.com/file/d/1huHkLd… Mexico povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/…

BIG long-term impacts of education grants targeted to indigenous students in Chile. drive.google.com/file/d/1huHkLd… Evidence from @ProfALucas, McEwan, and Torres Irribarra

Remedial lessons in the secondary school day increased student learning and did not crowd out grade-level mastery. When given discretion, teachers did not shirk, from @sabrinbeg, @annefitz13, @jt_kerwin, @ProfALucas, and @kwrahman nber.org/papers/w33242

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Check out our dedicated Differentiated Learning webpage for all of our research on Differentiated Learning in Ghana: bit.ly/ipadlgh @sabrinbeg @duflo_annie @AnneFitz13 #JessicaKiesel @ProfALucas

Amazing week in Ghana presenting at the Ministry of Education’s National Education Week (w/@kanandubal) on the importance of in-person refresher trainings for the implementation of Differentiated Learning - joint work with @ProfALucas, @AnneFitz13, @sabrinbeg, & @poverty_action!

Differentiated learning holds so much promise for improving learning around the world. See link below for research on this method (me, with @ProfALucas @sabrinbeg and follow up work with @stephbonds )