There has been considerable progress in school construction and enrollment worldwide. Paying kids to go to school can … cash transfers to students on the basis of attendance and scores, school choice, decentralization combined with published …

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 …

Does a school district that expands school choice provide better outcomes for students than a neighborhood …-based assignment system? This paper studies the Zones of Choice program, a school choice initiative that created small high school … public school choice programs have the potential to improve school quality and reduce neighborhood-based disparities in …

-based tracking on student performance is mixed. Using rich data from the Hungarian secondary school centralized assignment mechanism …

This paper evaluates the Zones of Choice (ZOC) program in Los Angeles, a school choice initiative that created small … high school markets in some neighborhoods but left traditional attendance zone boundaries in place throughout the rest of … gaps between ZOC neighborhoods and the rest of the district. These gains are explained by general improvements in school …

Suspension from school is a commonly-used, yet controversial, school disciplinary measure. This paper uses unique … may continue to play a role in school discipline without harming the educational prospects of those sanctioned. …