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Bedrick, Jason; Greene, Jay P.; Burke, Lindsey M. – Heritage Foundation, 2023
In the past three years, more than 20 states have enacted new education choice policies or expanded existing ones. Several more states are considering adopting policies that would allow parents to choose the learning environments that align with their values and work best for their children. However, some critics have raised concerns that school…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Tuition, School Choice, Educational Policy
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Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2006
This study evaluates the effect of school district size on public high school graduation rates. The study calculates the graduation rate for each graduating class in each state between 1991 and 2002 and uses a fixed-effects model to examine the relationship between these graduation rates and changes in the size of each state's school districts…
Descriptors: School Choice, Residential Schools, High Schools, High School Graduates
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2005
This study evaluates the effect that the size of a state's school districts has on public high school graduation rates. The authors calculate the graduation rate over the last decade and examine the relationship between these graduation rates and changes in each state's average school district size. The study finds that decreasing the size of…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, High Schools, Educational Change, School District Size