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Is There an Educational Problem and If So, What Does it Look Like? |
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| 3 |
Human Capital Theory: The Basic Economic Perspective on Education |
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| 4 |
When Did Earnings Become so Dependent on Education? |
Problem set 1 assigned |
| 5-6 |
Reconsideration: What Are We Measuring When We Measure the Return to an Individual's Education: Knowledge? A Signal? A Genetic Endowment? |
Problem set 1 due in Ses #5 |
| 7-8 |
Why has the Rate of Return to Education Increased? |
Problem set 2 assigned in Ses #8 |
| 9 |
School Reform - Where Should You Put Your Money? |
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| 10 |
Did More Money Used to Mean Better Schools? Does it Now? |
Problem set 2 due |
| 11 |
Midterm Exam |
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| 12 |
School Vouchers and Parental Choice |
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| 13 |
School Vouchers (cont.) |
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| 14-15 |
School Standards and Assessments |
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| 16 |
Teacher Quality and Teacher Training |
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| 17 |
Teacher Quality (cont.) |
Problem set 3 assigned |
| 18-19 |
Minority Group Performance |
Problem set 3 due in Ses #19 |
| 20-21 |
Teaching and Technology |
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| 22-24 |
Issues in Higher Education |
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| 25 |
Conclusion and Wrap Up |
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