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Outline. MacArthur Girls’ Secondary Education Initiative J-PAL Research Review Bridging Knowledge Gaps. MacArthur Girls’ Secondary Ed. Access to quality, relevant secondary education Focus on girls India, Uganda, Nigeria. J-PAL Research Review. J-PAL Poverty Action Lab - MIT
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Outline MacArthur Girls’ Secondary Education Initiative J-PAL Research Review Bridging Knowledge Gaps
MacArthur Girls’ Secondary Ed • Access to quality, relevant secondary education • Focus on girls • India, Uganda, Nigeria
J-PAL Research Review • J-PAL Poverty Action Lab - MIT • Team led by Abhijit Banerjee • Reviewed 42 rigorous papers with experimental design • Examined demand and supply side issues
Demand Side • Households respond to cash incentives to attend school • Cost of school matters • Providing credit for school also increases enrollments • Providing information about the benefits of education raises enrollments • Exposure to female role models increases educational attainment for girls
Supply Side • We know much less about what works in the classroom • At a school management level • And for vocational, technical and worker training
Knowledge Gaps • Demand Side • How best to provide info on returns to education? • Can CCTs work where attendance hard to track? • Female teachers? • Supply Side • Public vs. Private? • ICT? • Pedagogy? • Teacher performance incentives? • Mother tongue instruction? • Vocational, technical and workforce training? • Support for girls, disadvantaged, and dropouts?
Bridging the Gaps • J-PAL PPE Initiative • $5 million fund over 3 to 5 years • 20-25 randomized evaluations • spur new generation of research • “Strengthening Innovation & Practice in Secondary Ed” • MacArthur • MasterCard Foundation • Wellspring Advisors • Elma Philanthropies • Douglas B. Marshall Jr. Family Foundation
Please reach out • Milena Novy-Marx, MacArthur Foundation • mnovymar@macfound.org • (312) 516 - 1654 • Shawn Powers, Policy Manager, J-PAL • smpowers@MIT.edu • (617) 324 - 4856