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Juxtaposing some contradictory findings from research on school choice
(Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2009)
Research over the last twenty years on school choice and local markets in education has been contradictory or inconclusive: some supports the movement to give parents more freedom in choosing schools; other findings ...
Juxtaposing some contradictory findings from research on school choice
(Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2009)
Research over the last twenty years on school choice and local markets in education has been contradictory or inconclusive: some supports the movement to give parents more freedom in choosing schools; other findings ...
Socioeconomic school segregation in Chile: parental choice and a theoretical counterfactual analysis
(2016-08)
In this article, we examine the hypothesis that the policy of parental school choice in Chile has increased socioeconomic school segregation. We use a georeferenced database of students and schools in the Greater Metropolitan ...
"Cosmopolitan start-up" capital: mobility and school choices of global middle class parents
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-06)
In this paper the authors study 19 Global Middle Class (GMC) families currently residing in four global cities: Hong Kong; London; Buenos Aires; and Tel Aviv. Through qualitative in-depth interviews, they sought to gather ...
Why hasn’t inequality changed in Chile since 1990?
(Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2007)
This study measures the impact of changes in the income determinants
on inequality in the 1990 to 2003 period, in order to answer the
question of why income distribution as a whole has not changed. The
methodology ...
House prices and school choice: Evidence from Chicago's magnet schools’ proximity lottery.
Studies of open school policies predict house prices to rise in areas that gain access to high-quality schools. However, excess demand may limit access to high-quality schools. We take advantage of changes in Chicago's ...
School closures in Chile: Access to quality alternatives in a school choice system
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2012-12)
In this paper, we analyze the schooling alternatives of families that could face
school closure. This article identifies, characterizes, and georeferences the institutions
classified as low-performing by the SEP Law along ...
Perceptions of school health: A study of selected primary schools in the St. George East Education District of Trinidad and Tobago
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008)
This study investigated teachers' perceptions of school health in 18 primary government and government-assisted schools in the St. George East Education District of Trinidad and Tobago. School health issues have emerged ...