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Researchers from the Vienna Institute of Demography examine the relationship between childlessness and educational attainment among women from 13 European countries.

The issue: Questions about how to use limited financial resources vex school administrators and local governments across the country. Computer technology is critical to the 21^st century economy. So school administrators increasingly see laptops as a way to ensure all children receive tools for success. As laptops fall in price — Google’s Chromebook, for example, starts at $150 — they are becoming more common in the classroom. But do such programs help students learn?

Over the past 60 years, the pace of American life and the face of the American family have changed dramatically. These shifts in how adults are allocating their time, of course, have implications for the quality of care provided to children and approaches to parenting.

From the Scholars Strategy Network, written by Kelly Musick of Cornell University and Katherine Michelmore of University of Michigan.