The 2010 primary school reform in the UK aimed at giving schools more autonomy and freedom from local council's control … academy or joining an academy chain. However, the majority of studies have focused solely on the impact of school conversion … on children outcomes, disregarding the heterogeneity in the conversion models. In this paper we therefore evaluate the …

specifically good match with their children. I investigate the effect of attending a preferred school on student achievement in … assignment which awards school offer based on admission priority, residential distance, and parental preference. I compare … school of choice increases student achievement compared to an institution with lower parental preference but same value …

-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on … child working memory - a key skill of executive functioning that plays a central role in children's development of cognitive … preschool enrolment decisions. Children were enrolled earlier and in higher quality preschools, the latter reflecting a shift in …

other technological mediating factors or school characteristics. …

for refining the design of school based vocational education around the world. …

scores, a finding revealed in a natural experiment that randomly assigns school monitors. IV estimates also show that small …