school as well as by value-added indicators of the school's contribution to student learning. Yet, we do not find that …

Peer effects have figured prominently in debates on school vouchers, desegregation, ability tracking and anti …

variety of school strategies and outcomes. In this paper, we collect unparalleled data on the inner-workings of 35 charter … schools and correlate these data with credible estimates of each school's effectiveness. We find that traditionally collected … teachers with an advanced degree -- are not correlated with school effectiveness. In stark contrast, we show that an index of …

Three factors help to explain why school enrollments in the Northern United States were higher than those in the South …

By the mid-nineteenth century school enrollment rates in the United States exceeded those of any other nation in the …

effects of desegregation on public and private enrollment and the system of school finance for Louisiana. I show that the … system of school finance in Louisiana had long favored whites in high black enrollment share districts. Because of this … share. The analysis suggests that the Jim-Crow system of school finance -- which had prevailed for over 60 years …

by other white children. Moreover stratify by school type, we find that gaps in test scores between Head Start and other …

accounting of the basic facts of school desegregation. This paper uses newly assembled data to document when and how Southern … school districts desegregated as well as the extent of court involvement in the desegregation process over the two full …

We estimate the longer-run effects of attending an effective high school (one that improves a combination of test … from attending effective schools. However, the least advantaged students experience the largest improvements in high-school … graduation, college-going, and school-based arrests. These patterns are driven by the least advantaged students benefiting the …

School choice has become an increasingly prominent strategy for urban school districts seeking to enhance academic … advantage of these programs. To overcome this difficulty, we exploit randomized lotteries that determine high school admission …