This working paper seeks to determine the preferences of Boston parents for certain school attributes. It analyzes data provided by the…
We analyze a Massachusetts merit aid program in which high-scoring students received
tuition waivers at in-state public colleges with lower…
We present a method of ranking U.S. undergraduate programs based on students’ revealed preferences. When a student chooses a college among…
Cash-strapped municipalities throughout the United States are increasingly proposing innovative education policies linking school-based…
The United States is a nation of immigrants. Except for a small number of Native Americans, everyone is originally from somewhere else, and…
Book abstract: Education, long the key to opportunity in the United States, has become simply essential to earning a decent living. By 2018…
President Barack Obama last month signed an executive order promising to "improve outcomes and advance educational opportunities for…
It’s one thing to entice promising students to stay in Massachusetts by giving them free tuition at state colleges. But making sure those…
Proponents of the recent and widely adopted Common Core State Standards argue that
high quality curricular standards are critical to…
It has been difficult to open up the black box of knowledge production. We use unique international data on the publications, citations,…