variety of school strategies and outcomes. In this paper, we collect unparalleled data on the inner-workings of 35 charter … schools and correlate these data with credible estimates of each school's effectiveness. We find that traditionally collected … teachers with an advanced degree -- are not correlated with school effectiveness. In stark contrast, we show that an index of …

Parents gauge school quality in part by the level of student achievement and a school's racial mix. The importance of … school characteristics in the housing market can be seen in the jump in house prices at school district boundaries where peer … bottom of the state SAT score distribution to a school with scores near the median. Successful applicants near admissions …