Intergroup Relations in Integrated Schools: A Glimpse Inside Interdistrict Magnet Schools

Magnet Schools and Student Achievement

The Effects of Career Magnet Schools

This Brief is a distillation of a report on a major research study comparing graduates of career magnet programs to graduates of comprehensive high schools in a large metropolitan area. The career magnet programs we studied are located either within regular comprehensive high schools or combined with other magnet programs to fill up an entire building. Many of our conclusions are based on compa...

Magnet Schools as a Strategy for Integration and School Reform

Mobility, Housing Markets, and Schools: Estimating General Equilibrium Effects of Interdistrict Choice

In theoretical models of residential sorting, a household’s location decision is closely tied to its demand for consuming local public services. School choice programs typically weaken the link between residential location and schooling options. Computable general equilibrium models suggest large general equilibrium effects from expanded school choice, but there is limited empirical evidence co...

Healthy Schools Act spurs integrated pest management in California public schools

B 2001, the kinds and amounts of pesticides used in public schools were mysteries to many Californians. For some parents, these mysteries were worrisome. California lawmakers aimed to address these concerns by passing the Healthy Schools Act of 2000 (HSA), which established right-to-know requirements for pesticide use (see sidebar, page 236) in public schools and required all school districts t...