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I've used technical aspects of their papers for my recent work, which is in quantitative social program evaluation, a field which basically comes from econometrics. The education stuff I've seen seems on the progressive side of education economics, such as a paper I've just looked at for technical reasons but which was about showing the benefits of universal public pre-school programs. I had the impression they were along the lines of the Melbourne Institute, which Australians might know as generally housing more social democratic economists and often examining education, welfare and social programs. The latter isn't a private institute but a Melbourne University department. Sure private institutes often have more of a agenda: as Gary might know the Grattan Institute here has a definite neo-liberal agenda on education and other areas. IZA seems massive and across many areas so might be less consistent, and definitely more intellectually sound than pseudo-academic hard-right propaganda outfits like the Institute of Public Affairs here. It seems a pretty tenuous link between the labour market views of a chair and a study on ethnic interactions in the classroom. From a quick look it seems sound enough and nothing at all to do with privatising school or attacking education unions. I'd take it on face value. On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Gary MacLennan via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > No information to give Manuel, but I am very interested in the possible > relevance of this study for Indigenous teaching in Australia. Thank you for > posting it > > comradely > > Gary > > On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 3:33 AM, Manuel Barrera via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > > ***************************************************************** > > > > Hello, I wonder if any on this list can provide information on a > > German-based foundation, IZA-Institute of Labor Economics. Here is the > > website: https://www.iza.org/en/about > > > > They just published an interesting (sounding) study on the role of "Same > > race" teachers and educational outcomes, specifically among Black U.S. > > students (cf. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/ > us/study-black-students-from- > > poor-families-are-more-likely-to-graduate-high-school-if- > > they-have-at-least-one-black-teacher/ar-BBzBuQy?li=BBnbcA1). However, in > > their description they tout their interests as "building a bridge between > > science and society. We want to facilitate the communication of existing > > knowledge while at the same time stimulating research to close knowledge > > gaps. We see this approach as complementary to purely academic research. > > The transfer of scientific knowledge is an important task which has often > > been undervalued in traditional research and requires extra efforts." > They > > also say they are seeking "to achieve a fair balance between individual > > wealth and societal wealth. In light of rapidly developing technological > > innovations and changing social policy needs, the search for effective > > solutions will remain a continuous challenge." > > > > > > My interest here is to find on-the-ground background knowledge about > > their credibility regarding their findings and their intents regarding > the > > study I mentioned before about Black students benefiting from Black > > teachers. I'm sure some of you may simply think the issue is too much > > "identity politics". If so, just ignore the post and go about your > > business. Those of you who may some information, I would greatly > appreciate > > it. > > > > MB > > > > [http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBzBuQu.img]< > > http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/study-black-students-from- > > poor-families-are-more-likely-to-graduate-high-school-if- > > they-have-at-least-one-black-teacher/ar-BBzBuQy?li=BBnbcA1> > > > > Study: Black students from poor families are more likely to graduate high > > school if they have at least one black teacher<http://www.msn.com/en- > > us/news/us/study-black-students-from-poor-families- > > are-more-likely-to-graduate-high-school-if-they-have-at- > > least-one-black-teacher/ar-BBzBuQy?li=BBnbcA1> > > www.msn.com > > The results are most marked for male African American students from very > > low-income families, the Johns Hopkins research finds. > > > > > > IZA - Institute of Labor Economics<https://www.iza.org/en/about> > > www.iza.org > > IZA is an independent economic research institute that conducts research > > in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor > market > > issues. > > > > > > > > > > Manuel Barrera, PhD > > _________________________________________________________ > > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/gary. > > maclennan1%40gmail.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/nick.j. > fredman%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
