participation and urban areas with larger numbers of alternative school districts appear to evoke a larger enrollment response. This … desegregation program and racial composition effects on academic, social, and labor market outcomes. The evidence on school …

introduced school vouchers or cash transfers programs that are targeted to disadvantaged children. Others have initiated programs … to attract or retain students by expanding school access or by setting higher teacher eligibility requirements or … the incentives and constraints faced by all parties involved, the school providers, the parents and the children. The …

public school system. In 2004, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) signed a new collective …, urban school districts. Results suggest that the policy reduced annual teacher absences by roughly 10 percent and reduced …

scalable solutions. Recent evidence from 'No Excuses' charter schools - which demonstrates that some combination of school … inputs can educate the poorest minority children - offers a guiding light. In the 2010-2011 school year, we implemented five …