productivity parameter, class size is a component of school quality, households are heterogeneous in income and hence willingness … to pay for school quality, and schools are subject to a class-size cap. The model offers an explanation for two distinct … approach in settings in which parents have substantial school choice and schools are free to set prices and influence their …

Substantial uncertainty exists about the impact of school quality on the black-white achievement gap. Our results … within schools, and specific school and peer factors exert a significant effect on the growth in the achievement gap. Unequal … between grades 3 and 8. Moreover, non-random sample attrition for school changers and much higher rates of special education …

schooling and, more importantly, the skills that they learn while in school. This paper examines studies published between 1990 … and 2010, in both the education literature and the economics literature, to investigate which specific school and teacher … characteristics, if any, appear to have strong positive impacts on learning and time in school. Starting with over 9,000 studies, 79 …

School systems around the world use achievement tests to assign students to schools, classes, and instructional … resources, including remediation. Using a regression discontinuity design, we study a Florida policy that places middle school …

. We show through a randomized controlled trial that school principals, i.e., school mangers, can act as leaders to improve …

We measure the effect of district use of federal pandemic relief during the 2022-23 school year for a sample of more …

We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public-school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani …

-war education, and on the school attendance of those with the most pre-war education, with no effect evident for college completion …