Beyond Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic: The Role of Teachers and Schools in Reporting Child Maltreatment

Any opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Census Bureau or the National Bureau of Economic Research. We appreciate the helpful comments from seminar participants at the NBER Summer Institute Children’s Program Meeting, New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Steinhardt School, Columbia University, the University of Virginia’s Batten School of Public Policy and Curry School of Education. We thank Carina Chien and Martha Johnson for excellent research assistance. Data used in this article are a version of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS, HHS ACF Children’s Bureau 2015) Child File, which was shared with us as part of a unique pilot secure micro-data program. All errors and omissions are our own.

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