We investigate whether elite Chicago public high schools can help close the achievement gap between high-achieving students from more and less affluent neighborhoods. Seats are allocated based on prior achievement with 70 percent reserved for high-achieving applicants from four neighborhood...

We investigate whether elite Chicago public high schools can help close the achievement gap between high-achieving students from more and less affluent neighborhoods. Seats are allocated based on prior achievement with 70 percent reserved for high-achieving applicants from four neighborhood...

In this paper, I examine the relationship between private school location and the local public school and neighborhood characteristics. Using data from Illinois, I find statistically significant positive relationships between the number of private schools in 1998 and average 3rd grade class size...