We study the origins of what has become one of the most radical and encompassing programmes of school reform seen in … academies are conversions from already existent state schools and so are school takeovers that enable more autonomy. Our … schools experiencing the largest increase in their school autonomy relative to their predecessor state. Analysis of mechanisms …

data on school finance indicators and an analysis of trend shifts, we examine how the Great Recession affected school … by poverty level, metropolitan area, school district size, and urban status. Affluent districts were hurt the most; the … mitigating the consequences. -- school finance ; recession ; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ; federal stimulus …

We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on …

of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children … in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect … underdeveloped countries parents do not have incentive to send children to school given the high perceived present economic value of …

We investigate the effects of public school open enrolment, which allows students to enroll in any public school with … whose catchment school is locally top-ranked according to test scores, greater choice is of no direct benefit; however …, students whose catchment school is locally lowest-ranked earn higher scores when they have access to better local schools …

We estimate the effect of school size on students' long-term outcomes such as high school completion, being out of the … estimators. We use the natural population variation in the residential catchment areas and school openings and closures to … instrument for actual school size. We find a robust positive but numerically fairly small relationship between school size and …