Does relaxing strict school discipline improve student achievement, or lead to classroom disorder? We study a 2012 … are associated with improvements in school culture, as measured by the quality of student-teacher relationships and … perceptions of safety at school. We find no evidence of trade-offs between students, with students benefiting even if they were …

Many cities with school choice programs employ algorithms to determine which applicants get seats in oversubscribed …

critical factors affecting the accumulation of human capital: school bullying victimization and school absence. We identify the … absolute level of SES and class fixed effects. Using the data from middle-school students in the Trends in International … incidences, students with a high SES rank within a class are more likely to be the victims of school bullying and to be absent …