challenge presented when ineffective teachers are disproportionately retained at the public schools whose students are largely …, and on the other, providing equal educational opportunities, particularly for low-income and minority students in the Los …

This study examines how exposure to immigrant students affects the academic achievement of native students in the three … immigrant peers. I find that exposure to immigrant children has dissimilar effects on native students' achievements across the … organise their educational systems, have a crucial bearing on how immigrant students affect their peers. …

Based on an innovative survey of seventh graders in German secondary schools, this paper analyzes students' feelings … that they should be on a higher educational track, We show that ethnic minority students are not only more likely than … majority students to be placed in the lowest track, but they are also more likely to perceive this track placement as a …

investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are … better recommendations to taller students. This holds even when controlling for academic achievement and parental background … respect to education policy, our findings suggest that early school tracking might increase disadvantages for students with …