I review the literature on how parents select schools when participating in private choice
programs in the United States. I address two sub-questions. First, do parents have the …

We estimate school-choice preferences revealed by the rank-ordered lists submitted by
more than 22,000 applicants to a citywide lottery for more than 200 traditional and charter …

A major concern among opponents to charter schools is whether these schools will serve all
students. Some have raised concerns that charter schools will “push out” low-achieving …

Policymakers often advance charter schools as an education reform model that can offer
more diverse educational alternatives for families. Yet, as these schools compete for …

We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of providing information to
families as they choose schools. Likely applicants to prekindergarten, kindergarten, and …

We conducted a randomized factorial experiment to determine how displaying school
information to parents in different ways affects what schools they choose for their children in …

Whether school choice lives up to its promise of promoting broad access to quality schools
depends on families' ability to make a well-informed choice. This chapter examines the role …

We use information on the charter school choices made by North Carolina families,
separately by race, who switched their child from a traditional public school (TPS) to a …

We conducted a randomized factorial experiment to determine how displaying school
information to parents in different ways might affect what schools they choose for their …

While the importance of early childhood education is well documented, scant attention is
afforded to the access to institutions for early childhood education. Uneven distribution of …