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Intervention, Evaluation, and Policy Studies

Long-Term Effects of Social-Emotional Learning on Academic Skills: Evidence from a Randomized Trial of INSIGHTS

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Pages 1-27 | Received 02 Jan 2020, Accepted 14 Sep 2020, Published online: 03 Nov 2020

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