Economics Amplified   /     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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Duration
1389
Publishing date
2023-08-08 10:00
Link
http://thepie.uchicago.edu/
Contributors
  Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago
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https://traffic.megaphone.fm/UCHI5048461455.mp3?updated=1691447423
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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.