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Can Technology Help Promote Equality of Educational Opportunities?

Brian Jacob, Dan Berger, Cassandra Hart, Susanna Loeb
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2016, 2 (5) 242-271; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.12
Brian Jacob
aProfessor at the University of Michigan
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bDoctoral student at the University of Michigan
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Cassandra Hart
cAssociate professor at the University of California, Davis
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dProfessor at Stanford University
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vol. 2 no. 5 242-271
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.12

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2377-8253
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  • Published online September 1, 2016.

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Copyright © 2016 by Russell Sage Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Reproduction by the United States Government in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose. Thanks to our research partners at the Florida Virtual Schools, the Florida Department of Education, and Miami– Dade County Public Schools. Funding for this research was provided by the Walton Family Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the Institute of Education Sciences (grant R305A150163). Results, information, and opinions are the authors’ and do not reflect the views or positions of any funding agency or research partner. Direct correspondence to: Brian Jacob at bajacob@umich.edu, University of Michigan, Weill Hall, 735 S. State St. #5124, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Dan Berger at djberger@umich.edu; Cassandra Hart at cmdhart@ucdavis.edu; and Susanna Loeb at sloeb@stanford.edu. Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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  1. Brian Jacoba,
  2. Dan Bergerb,
  3. Cassandra Hartc and
  4. Susanna Loebd
  1. aProfessor at the University of Michigan
  2. bDoctoral student at the University of Michigan
  3. cAssociate professor at the University of California, Davis
  4. dProfessor at Stanford University
  1. Corresponding authors:
    Brian Jacob, (bajacob{at}umich.edu); Dan Berger, (djberger{at}umich.edu); Cassandra Hart, (cmdhart{at}ucdavis.edu); Susanna Loeb, (sloeb{at}stanford.edu)
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