We review the theoretical, computational, and empirical research on school vouchers, with a
focus on the latter. Our assessment is that the evidence to date is not sufficient to warrant …

Increased parental school choice has become a popular education reform strategy, but
evidence of its effectiveness in improving student achievement is mixed. In this paper, we …

This article investigates legal and political issues as they relate to school vouchers serving
students of color. Specifically, we draw on the empirical, historical, and legal research to …

Almost every major education reform of the past 20 years at both the state and national level
has rested on a common assumption: Standardized test scores are an accurate and …

We review the theory and evidence on school vouchers to draw conclusions about their
efficacy and optimal design. First, we summarize Friedman's case for vouchers, which …

I argue that lottery-based school choice programs offer the opportunity to study a unique
group of students: those who want to attend or are very interested in attending private school …

EXECUTIVESUMMARY ducation choice exercises a powerful pull on parents of school
children: Twenty-four percent report that they moved to their current neighborhood so their …

This study suggests that police professionalism can both reduce homicides and prevent
unnecessary police-related civilian deaths (PRCD). Those improvements would particularly …

Special education and parental school choice are two of the most controversial issues in K-
12 education in the United States. Those policies converge on an important question in an …

In this report we continue our examination of high school graduation and post-secondary
enrollment in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). We consider students …