Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared school voucher programs constitutional, the many unanswered questions … concerning the potential effects of school choice will become especially pressing. Contributors to this volume draw on state …-of-the-art economic methods to answer some of these questions, investigating the ways in which school choice affects a wide range of …

education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … still leave school at a young age and often learn little while in school. This chapter reviews recent research on the impact …

School finance and urban education reform / Christopher Roellke and Jennifer King Rice -- Can whole-school reform … improve the productivity of urban schools? : the evidence on three models / Robert Bifulco -- Whole school reform and school … / Nicola Alexander -- School performance and resource use : the role of districts in New York City / Patrice Iatarola, Leanna …