Readings in Education

2.0 credits

Faculty and students will go through a series of recent papers in the analysis of elementary and secondary education in the United States. Topics include, but will not be limited to: education investment decisions of individuals and society; measuring the returns to education; the production of human capital with a focus on the role of school inputs' and evaluating recent k-12 education reforms (high-stakes testing, school choice, school finance) and higher education reforms (financial aid, affirmative