We develop a multi-agent model of the education production function where investments of students, parents, and … survey data and a mandate to randomly assign students to classrooms. Consistent with our model, we show that exposure to …

We develop a multi-agent model of the education production function where investments of students, parents, and … survey data and a mandate to randomly assign students to classrooms. Consistent with our model, we show that exposure to …

-methods approach to investigate the hypothesis that Black peers improve white teachers' effectiveness when teaching Black students. The … significantly improves the achievement and reduces the suspension rates of white teachers' Black students. These effects are … to successfully teach Black students is not limited to their direct interaction with Black students but is augmented by …

Using a dataset which allows students to be linked to their teachers, this paper examines how educators with an … immigrant background affect the academic achievements of secondary school students in the United States. To account for the … different types of students, two estimation strategies are employed. The first estimates the immigrant teacher impact by …

We examine whether and how teachers' major fields of study affect students' achievement, exploiting within …-school students' data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study and controlling student-teacher fixed effects, we … find that teachers with college majors in natural sciences improve students' achievement of subfields in natural sciences …