Students from two-parent families achieve a grade level higher than children of single parents

Students from two-parent families achieve a grade level higher than children of single parents

Ludger Woessmann,  a professor of economics at the University of Munich and director of the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education, looked at data from the Programme for International Student Assessment to determine how the United States compares to other countries in achievement of children of single parents. He writes about his findings in a new article for Education Next.