In this article, Scott Latham, Jennifer Jennings, Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, and I examine the distribution of pre-K quality in NYC. On average, program quality in NYC is high. However, there are sizable disparities by race/ethnicity. These gaps are explained in part—though not entirely—by differences in proximity to high-quality programs.

Nicholas Mark, Jennifer Jennings, and I posted a new working paper at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform on peer similarity in high school choices in NYC.

In recent articles from CBS News and CNN Politics, I weighed in on President Trump’s threaten to withhold federal funding from schools that fail to open for in-person instruction in the fall. Bottom line: the federal government currently provides only about 8% of all K-12 revenues, so even if he could make such a move, the aggregate impact would be small. Still, high-poverty districts depend more on federal aid, and the US Dept of Education has more discretion over Covid relief aid to school, so there are reasons to pay attention. But politically this is threat is almost surely an empty one.