In this study, we examine whether students in violent neighborhoods actively avoid their
local school as a form of social and physical protection. Specifically, we use 10 years of …

School choice policies are often based on the idea that competition will generate better
outcomes for all students. Yet there is limited empirical research about how school leaders …

This study proposes and applies a novel method for empirically evaluating the role of social
structure in the school sorting process. We use administrative records from Baltimore City …

In this cultural cycle analysis, authors sketch reveals that free choice and independence is a
function of a cultural context that affords the opportunity to develop preferences and practice …

In severing the link between residential address and school assignment, school choice
policies have the potential to decrease school segregation and increase educational equity …

We investigate student mobility in a choice-based system that has gone to scale, New
Orleans, to gain insight into an underlying improvement mechanism of choice-based reform …

This research examines whether extensive community engagement activities are associated
with increased institutional-level public high-school performance controlling for contextual …

High academic expectation—how far a student expects to get in school—is usually
predictive of positive outcomes for a student. Yet less is known about mechanisms behind …

High levels of school mobility are a problem in many urban districts. Many of these same
districts are also dealing with high rates of violent crime. In this study, we use 6 years (2010 …

Although studies on school suspensions focus on the disproportionate number of Black
students receiving them, policy changes reducing suspensions offer new insights into the …