This paper estimates the timing of identifying students with disabilities when students are race matched to their teachers. Early identification is vital for students that need additional resources to ensure a proper education. Delaying proper …
While most students with disabilities (SWDs) receive instruction from general education teachers, little empirical work has investigated whether these students have suitable access to high-quality teachers. We explore the differences in teacher …
Proponents of school choice argue that deregulating public education would allow for new firms to enter the market, generating competitive pressure on existing schools to increase educational quality. Although there exists a large school choice …
This paper estimates the impact of race matched faculty (i.e., any teacher outside of a particular student’s classroom) on student test scores. Using administrative panel data between school years 2008-09 through 2017-18 from Los Angeles Unified …
Students with disabilities make up approximately 14% of the K-12 student population, and over 60 percent of these students spend 80% or more of their time in school in the general education classroom setting. While the intention behind mainstreaming …
I provide evidence that diversifying the labor supply of teachers to better reflect the racial distribution of students increases learning and behavioral outcomes for students of color without diminishing outcomes for white students. I use …