The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become
controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved …

The charter school movement is nearing its 25th anniversary, making this an opportune time
to take stock of the movement by addressing the following questions: Where do charter …

It is well known that social factors affect risk for mental illnesses and substance use
disorders, as well as health outcomes of persons with these disorders. Social and …

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in
part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior …

A groundbreaking classic that lays out and defends a democratic theory of education Who
should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the …

This book concentrates on the connection between organizational behavior and the clamor
for school reform, whether market-based, standards-based, or whole-school reform. It …

We spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a
step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education—what exactly …

We use student assignment lotteries to estimate the effect of charter school attendance on
student achievement in Boston. We also evaluate a related alternative, Boston's pilot …

We analyze the impact of classroom peers' ability (measured by their individual fixed effects)
on student achievement for all Florida public school students in grades 3–10 over a 6-year …

Charter schools have been on the educational reform landscape for over twenty years. In the
last ten years, a number of rigorous studies have examined the effects of these schools on …