As global migration flows increase, so do the number of migrant students in host country schools. Yet migrants … migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural capital, and language skills. Education policy needs to focus on language …-born populations. With the wealth of many industrialized countries threatened by a lack of qualified labor, education of immigrants …

School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about … investment in schools via voluntary contributions. One program provides both a cash grant and a matching scheme for privately … raised funds. Difference-in-differences estimation shows that parents in richer schools increased voluntary contributions by …

Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …The literature suggests that competition among schools might increase quality. However, not much empirical evidence is … the leading principle of the Dutch education system since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on panel data for the …