tools of economics to assess the outcome of efforts to solve education’s equal opportunity problem in a range of countries … high performance standards, for example, and well-designed school choice--but also raises considerable doubts about whether … many current school policies are effective in dramatically altering the opportunity structure. The evidence presented also …

Preface / William A. Fischel -- A pure theory of local expenditures (1956) / Charles M. Tiebout -- Footloose at fifty …. Oates -- Commentary / Robert Inman -- California's school finance reform : an experiment in fiscal federalism / Eric Brunner … and Jon Sonstelie -- Commentary / David Figlio -- School choice, parental information, and Tiebout sorting : evidence from …