This paper presents a model where students have cognitive and non-cognitive ability, and a teacher’s...

Using exogenous secondary school assignments to remove self-selection bias to schools and peers, I obtain...

Unlike in elementary school, high-school teacher effects may be confounded with both selection to tracks...

This paper presents an analysis of the longer-run effects of a college-preparatory program implemented in...

I investigate the importance of the match between teachers and schools for student achievement. I...

I analyze changes in teacher turnover, hiring, effectiveness, and salaries at traditional public schools after...

Existing studies on single-sex schooling suffer from biases because students who attend single-sex schools differ...

This article synthesizes the research literature on how to ensure that the teaching workforce is...

We exploit arguably exogenous train schedule changes in Washington DC to investigate the relationship between...

We investigate the role of social networks in aligning the incentives of agents in settings...

The Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program pays both students and teachers for passing grades on...

In Trinidad and Tobago students are assigned to secondary schools after fifth grade based on...

Using student examination data linked to longitudinal teacher personnel data, we document that a teacher’s...

The reshuffling of students due to the end of student busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg provides a...

I analyze the longer-run effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade...

In Trinidad and Tobago students are assigned to secondary schools after fifth grade based on...

This paper evaluates the first year of Harvard’s Financial Aid Initiative, which increased aid and...