Does school climate ameliorate or exacerbate the impact of neighborhood violent crime on
test scores? Using administrative data from the New York City Department of Education and …

This article examines the effect of exposure to violent crime on students' standardized test
performance among a sample of students in New York City public schools. To identify the …

In recent years, the quality of education available to children has become increasingly
dependent on the social and economic demographics of neighborhoods in which the …

Past research has found negative relationships between neighborhood structural
disadvantage and students' academic outcomes. Comparatively little work has evaluated the …

Decades of empirical work have confirmed that experiences with violence are associated
with a variety of adverse behavioral and mental health as well as academic outcomes for …

Educational outcomes vary dramatically across schools in the United States. Many
underperforming schools, especially in Chicago, also deal with high levels of violent crime …

Community and school violence continue to be a major public health problem, especially
among urban children and adolescents. Little research has focused on the effect of school …

This paper estimates the causal effect of repeated exposure to violent crime on test scores in
New York City. We use two empirical strategies; value-added models linking student …

A large body of research documents the importance of early experiences for later academic,
social, and economic success. Exposure to an unsafe neighborhood is no exception. Living …

The present study explores the causal link between school climate, school violence, and a
school's general academic performance over time using a school-level, cross-lagged panel …