We present the first quantitative analysis of the impact of ending de jure segregation of Mexican-American school … to the Mendez court ruling based on school start age. Results point to a significant increase in educational attainment … for Hispanics who were fully exposed to school desegregation …

varies by race and school racial composition. Using a series of decompositions, we find that black and Hispanic students are …, or achievement differences. Instead, we argue that the results are consistent with a heightened awareness among school … officials of disabilities in students who are racially and ethnically distinct from the majority race in the school …

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

This paper reviews and interprets the literature on the effect of school resources on students' eventual earnings and … educational attainment. In addition, new evidence is presented on the impact of the great disparity in school resources between … blacks and whites in the Carolinas tend to mirror the gaps in school resources …

Improving the nutritional content of public school meals is a topic of intense policy interest. A main motivation is … the health of school children, and, in particular, the rising childhood obesity rate. Medical and nutrition literature has … takes advantage of frequent lunch vendor contract turnover. Students at schools that contract with a healthy school lunch …

Racial segregation can occur across educational programs or classrooms within a given school, and there has been … & talented programs at virtually all US elementary schools over a span of nine school years. I first show that, consistent with … and Native American students are underrepresented. However, I also show that accounting for the within-school racial …

pipeline, including STEM summer programs for high school students, but there is little rigorous evidence of their efficacy. We … fielded a randomized controlled trial to study a suite of such programs targeted to underrepresented high school students at …

Court ordered desegregation plans were implemented in hundreds of US school districts nationwide from the 1960s through … school ages when a local order was implemented. These effects are strongly concentrated in the South, with largely null …

on micro-level census data, we describe racial differences in literacy rates, school attendance, years of educational …