Effective School District Policies and Practices: Synthesizing Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Findings across Disciplines

D Blazar, B Schueler - Journal of Research on Educational …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
What guidance does research provide about how to improve school district performance in
the United States? Despite over 30 years of inquiry on the topic of effective districts, existing …

No spending without representation: School boards and the racial gap in education finance

B Fischer - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023 - aeaweb.org
This paper provides causal evidence that greater minority representation on school boards
translates into greater investment in minority students. Focusing on California school boards …

Rent-Seeking through collective bargaining: Teachers unions and education production☆

J Cook, S Lavertu, C Miller - Economics of Education Review, 2021 - Elsevier
We explore how teachers unions affect education production by comparing outcomes
between districts allocating new tax revenue amidst collective bargaining negotiations and …

Assessing school district decision-making: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

A Christian, B Jacob, JD Singleton - 2022 - nber.org
The COVID-19 pandemic drew new attention to the role of school boards in the US In this
paper, we examine school districts' choices of learning modality—whether and when to offer …

[PDF][PDF] Why do school districts matter? An interdisciplinary framework and empirical review

D Blazar, B Schueler - … , 22 (581), 1-45. https:/doi. org …, 2022 - edworkingpapers.com
What guidance does research provide school districts about how to improve system
performance and increase equity? Despite over 30 years of inquiry on the topic of effective …

School Board Elections Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

BA Jacob - AERA Open, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Media reports suggest that parent frustration with COVID school policies and the growing
politicization of education have increased community engagement with local public schools …

Racial and Ethnic Representation in Local Government

B Beach, DB Jones, T Twinam… - … Journal: Economic Policy, 2024 - pubs.aeaweb.org
Does the presence of underrepresented racial/ethnic groups in a legislative body
differentially impact outcomes for members of those groups? We study close elections …

Assessing School District Decision-Making: In-Person Schooling and COVID-19 Transmission

A Christian, B Jacob, JD Singleton - Education Finance and Policy, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Recent controversies have highlighted the importance of local school district governance,
but little empirical evidence exists evaluating the quality of district policymakers or policies …

The politics of teachers' union endorsements

MT Hartney, V Kogan - American Journal of Political Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
School board candidates supported by local teachers' unions overwhelmingly win, and we
examine the causes and consequences of the “teachers' union premium” in these elections …

Assessing School District Decision-Making: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic. EdWorkingPaper No. 22-660.

A Christian, B Jacob, JD Singleton - Annenberg Institute for School Reform at …, 2022 - ERIC
The COVID-19 pandemic drew new attention to the role of school boards in the US In this
paper, we examine school districts' choices of learning modality--whether and when to offer …