Education Finance and Policy

2006 - 2025

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Volume 20, issue 1, 2025

The Advanced Placement Program and Educational Inequality pp. 1-32

Stephanie Owen

Six Years Later: Examining the Academic and Employment Outcomes of the Original and Reinstated Summer Pell Grant pp. 33-55

Vivian Yuen Ting Liu, Rachel Yang Zhou and Jordan Matsudaira

The Effect of Students with Special Needs on Their Peers’ Cognitive Outcomes: Results from Student-level Population Data in the Netherlands pp. 56-84

Laurens de Croes, Ilja Cornelisz, Chris van Klaveren and Nienke Ruijs

At What Cost? Is Technical Education Worth the Investment? pp. 85-109

Shaun M. Dougherty and Mary M. Smith

The Academic and Behavioral Impacts of an Autism Health Insurance Mandate: Evidence from Massachusetts pp. 110-136

Stephanie Coffey

Can Personnel Policy Improve Teacher Quality? The Role of Evaluation and the Impact of Exiting Low-Performing Teachers pp. 137-163

Lauren Sartain and Matthew P. Steinberg

State-Level Common Application Policies and College Enrollment pp. 164-171

Jennifer A. Delaney and Taylor K. Odle

Volume 19, issue 4, 2024

The Effects of School Accountability on Teachers in Public and Private Schools: Evidence from Chile pp. 539-566

Gregory Elacqua, Diana Hincapié and Matías Martínez

The Effects of Charter High Schools on Academic Achievement and College Enrollment: Evidence from Los Angeles pp. 567-585

Sarah J. Reber, Dennis Rünger and Mitchell D. Wong

Public Schools and Their Pensions: How Is Pension Spending Affecting U.S. School Districts? pp. 586-611

Sarah F. Anzia

CTE-focused Dual Enrollment: Participation and Outcomes pp. 612-633

Julie A. Edmunds, Fatih Unlu, Brian Phillips, Christine Mulhern and Bryan C. Hutchins

School District Borrowing and Capital Spending: The Effectiveness of State Credit Enhancement pp. 634-664

Lang (Kate) Yang

A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams pp. 665-691

Jane Arnold Lincove, Catherine Mata and Kalena E. Cortes

Gifted & Talented Programs and Racial Segregation pp. 692-715

Owen Thompson

Assessing the Relative Progressivity of the Biden Administration's Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Proposal pp. 716-733

Jacob Goss, Daniel Mangrum and Joelle Scally

Volume 19, issue 3, 2024

Cyber versus Brick and Mortar: Achievement, Attainment, and Postsecondary Outcomes in Pennsylvania Charter High Schools pp. 361-384

Sarah A. Cordes

Making the (Letter) Grade: The Incentive Effects of Mandatory Pass/Fail Courses pp. 385-408

Kristin Butcher, Patrick McEwan and Akila Weerapana

The Determinants of Early Investments in Urban School Systems in the United States pp. 409-436

Ethan Schmick

The Effect of Early College High Schools on STEM Bachelor's Degree Attainment: Evidence from North Carolina pp. 437-460

Tom Swiderski

The Effect of Universal Free School Meals on Child BMI pp. 461-491

Will Davis, Daniel Kreisman and Tareena Musaddiq

Instructional Coaching Personnel and Program Scalability pp. 492-523

David Blazar, Doug McNamara and Genine Blue

Compensation and Staffing Challenges in Child Care: Statewide Evidence from Pandemic Relief Applications pp. 524-537

Todd Hall, Isabelle Fares, Anna J. Markowitz, Kate Miller-Bains and Daphna Bassok

Volume 19, issue 2, 2024

Situating Leadership at the Center of Education Finance and Policy pp. 183-186

Jason A. Grissom

Hate Crimes and Black College Student Enrollment pp. 187-217

Dominique J. Baker and Tolani Britton

An Empirical Analysis of Racial Segregation in Higher Education pp. 218-251

Peter Hinrichs

School-Based Health Care and Absenteeism: Evidence from Telemedicine pp. 252-282

Sarah Komisarow and Steven W. Hemelt

Crossing the Finish Line but Losing the Race? Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Labor Market Trajectories of Community College Graduates pp. 283-307

Brian Heseung Kim, Kelli A. Bird and Benjamin L. Castleman

Improving College Choice in Centralized Admissions: Experimental Evidence on the Importance of Precise Predictions pp. 308-340

Xiaoyang Ye

Stress and Cognitive Performance: Evidence from a South Korean Earthquake pp. 341-359

Hyunkuk Cho and Hwanyeon Kim

Volume 19, issue 1, 2024

Another One Rides the Bus: The Impact of School Transportation on Student Outcomes in Michigan (Another One Rides the Bus: The Impact of School Transportation on Student Outcomes in Michigan) pp. 1-31

Danielle Sanderson Edwards

Extreme Measures: A National Descriptive Analysis of Closure and Restructuring of Traditional Public, Charter, and Private Schools (Extreme Measures: A National Descriptive Analysis of Closure and Restructuring of Traditional Public, Charter, and Private Schools) pp. 32-60

Douglas N. Harris and Valentina Martinez-Pabon

College Football Performance, Student Earnings, and the Gender Wage Gap (College Football Performance, Student Earnings, and the Gender Wage Gap) pp. 61-80

Monica Carney

Out of the Gate, But Not Necessarily Teaching: A Descriptive Portrait of Early Career Earnings for Those Who Are Credentialed to Teach (Out of the Gate, But Not Necessarily Teaching: A Descriptive Portrait of Early Career Earnings for Those Who Are Credentialed to Teach) pp. 81-105

Dan Goldhaber, John M. Krieg, Stephanie Liddle and Roddy Theobald

Social Information and Educational Investment—Nudging Remedial Math Course Participation (Social Information and Educational Investment—Nudging Remedial Math Course Participation) pp. 106-142

Raphael Brade

College Gap Time and Academic Outcomes for Women: Evidence from Missionaries (College Gap Time and Academic Outcomes for Women: Evidence from Missionaries) pp. 143-168

Margaret Marchant and Jocelyn S. Wikle

Funding High-poverty School Districts: Federal Policy Tools and the Limits of Incentives (Funding High-poverty School Districts: Federal Policy Tools and the Limits of Incentives) pp. 169-181

Nora Gordon and Sarah Reber

Volume 18, issue 4, 2023

Introducing the New Editorial Team pp. 565-567

Li Feng and Cassandra Hart

Leveraging Experimental and Observational Evidence to Assess the Generalizability of the Effects of Early Colleges in North Carolina pp. 568-596

Sarah Fuller, Douglas Lee Lauen and Fatih Unlu

Gaining, Losing, and Regaining Merit-based Scholarships pp. 597-622

David Ribar and Ross Rubenstein

Private Schools and Student Achievement pp. 623-653

Ebrahim Azimi, Jane Friesen and Simon Woodcock

Testing, Teacher Turnover, and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools pp. 654-675

Dillon Fuchsman, Tim R. Sass and Gema Zamarro

Let's Tweet Again? Social Networks and Literature Achievement in High School Students pp. 676-707

Gian Paolo Barbetta, Paolo Canino and Stefano Cima

Paying for Free Lunch: The Impact of CEP Universal Free Meals on Revenues, Spending, and Student Health pp. 708-737

Michah W. Rothbart, Amy Schwartz and Emily Gutierrez

Racial Differences in Student Access to High-Quality Teachers pp. 738-752

Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen Ladd and Calen R. Clifton

Volume 18, issue 3, 2023

Do College Applicants Respond to Changes in Sticker Prices Even When They Don't Matter? pp. 365-394

Phillip Levine, Jennifer Ma and Lauren C. Russell

Spending More on the Poor? A Comprehensive Summary of State-Specific Responses to School Finance Reforms from 1990–2014 pp. 395-422

Kenneth A. Shores, Christopher A. Candelaria and Sarah E. Kabourek

Sibling Gender Effects on Test Scores pp. 423-441

Hyunkuk Cho

A Classroom Observer Like Me: The Effects of Race-Congruence and Gender-Congruence between Teachers and Raters on Observation Scores pp. 442-466

Olivia L. Chi

Does Developmental Education Reform Help or Hinder the Success of Language Minority Students? An Exploration by Language Minority, ESOL, and Foreign-Born Status pp. 467-497

Christine G. Mokher, Toby J. Park-Gaghan and Shouping Hu

Research Grants Crowding Out and Crowding In Donations to Higher Education pp. 498-521

Grant Gannaway, Garth Heutel and Michael Price

COVID-19 Crisis, Economic Hardships, and Schooling Outcomes pp. 522-546

Esther Gehrke, Friederike Lenel and Claudia Schupp

Data Access and the Study of Educational Equity: Implications from a National School Boundary Data Collection Effort pp. 547-563

Sarah Asson, Erica Frankenberg, Annie Maselli, Ian Burfoot-Rochford, Christopher S. Fowler and Ruth Krebs Buck

Volume 18, issue 2, 2023

An Invitation to Discomfort in Pursuit of Diversity, Inclusion, and Excellence pp. 173-180

Katharine O. Strunk

Teachers’ Preferences for Proximity and the Implications for Staffing Schools: Evidence from Peru pp. 181-212

Eleonora Bertoni, Gregory Elacqua, Diana Hincapié, Carolina Méndez and Diana Paredese

Race to the Tablet? The Impact of a Personalized Tablet Educational Program pp. 213-231

Elizabeth Setren

Pencils Down? Computerized Testing and Student Achievement pp. 232-252

John Gordanier, Orgul Ozturk and Crystal Zhan

CTE Teacher Licensure and Long-Term Student Outcomes pp. 253-276

Bingjie Chen, Shaun Dougherty, Dan Goldhaber, Kristian Holden and Roddy Theobald

The Effects of Campus Shootings on School Finance and Student Composition pp. 277-301

Lang (Kate) Yang and Maithreyi Gopalan

The Impact of Principal Attrition and Replacement on Indicators of School Quality pp. 302-318

Marcus A. Winters, Brian Kisida and Ikhee Cho

Can Community Crime Monitoring Reduce Student Absenteeism? pp. 319-350

Sarah Komisarow and Robert Gonzalez

Student Transportation in Choice-Rich Districts: Implementation Challenges and Responses pp. 351-364

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj

Volume 18, issue 1, 2023

The Effect of Extra School Funding on Students' Academic Achievements under a Centralized School Financing System pp. 1-24

Hosung Sohn, Heeran Park and Haeil Jung

How Much Does Public School Facility Funding Depend on Property Wealth? pp. 25-51

Eric J. Brunner, David Schwegman and Jeffrey M. Vincent

Advanced Placement and Initial College Enrollment: Evidence from an Experiment pp. 52-73

Dylan Conger, Mark Long and Raymond McGhee, Jr.

The Effects of Delivering Personalized Course Recommendations at Scale on Advanced Placement Participation and Performance pp. 74-96

Zachary Mabel, Michael D. Hurwitz, Matea Pender and Brooke White

School's Out: How Summer Youth Employment Programs Impact Academic Outcomes pp. 97-126

Alicia Modestino and Richard Paulsen

The Dynamic Effects of a Summer Learning Program on Behavioral Engagement in School pp. 127-155

Jaymes Pyne, Erica Messner and Thomas Dee

What Happened to the K-12 Education Labor Market During COVID? The Acute Need for Better Data Systems pp. 156-172

Joshua F. Bleiberg and Matthew A. Kraft