While cost savings is the primary motivation for the switch to four-day school weeks in many school districts, do these … school schedules save school districts any money? To answer this question, this study uses a difference …-in-differences analysis using a unique, self-collected longitudinal dataset of four-day school week use from 1999-2015 and National Center for …

While cost savings is the primary motivation for the switch to four-day school weeks in many school districts, do these … school schedules save school districts any money? To answer this question, this study uses a difference …-in-differences analysis using a unique, self-collected longitudinal dataset of four-day school week use from 1999-2015 and National Center for …

This paper assesses the efficiency of spending in basic education among school districts in Ecuador using Data … quantify how much school districts in Ecuador can generate, with these inputs, education outputs; notably, student learning and … progression rates. Results indicate that school districts in Ecuador are quite efficient at maintaining children in the education …

This paper provides causal evidence that greater minority representation on school boards translates into greater … investment in minority students. Focusing on California school boards, I obtain causal effects by instrumenting for minority … (specifically, Hispanic) school board representation using the random order in which candidates appear on election ballots. Given …

literature suggests that these orders and the resulting school finance equalizations have increased the level and progressivity …, both state and local budget constraints change. We find that while mandated school finance equalizations increase both the …

, academic summer camps, and summer school. Nationally, President Bush has proposed a $5000 tax deduction for tuition at private … deductibility affect the distribution of education spending across school districts. We compare both the size and progressivity of …

A primary rationale for public provision of K-12 education and state financing of school spending is that education … fosters civic engagement and the development of social capital. However, limited evidence exists on whether and how school … spending affects civic engagement. Virtually all studies focus on the impact of educational attainment (as opposed to school …