A Case for Public School Choice? Lessons from Los Angeles

08/08/2023 23 min
A Case for Public School Choice? Lessons from Los Angeles

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When the Los Angeles Unified School District combined some neighborhood high schools into Zones of Choice, schools had to compete for students. The result? Achievement gaps narrowed, and more kids reported that they liked school. Chris Campos of Chicago Booth joins The Pie to discuss the results of a new study.

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