For example, although there are no longer laws that allow racial segregation, a state's housing and school choice laws affect the student demographics of schools. (hechingerreport.org)
If resources were what drove performance, then at about $ 30,000 per pupil, Washington, D.C.'s district schools would be among the best in the nation instead of the worst (though they have made significant gains since the advent of school choice laws in the city). (edchoice.org)
Fortunately there have been 23 empirical studiesinvestigating the impact of school choice laws on the students at district schools. (edchoice.org)