Making Schools Work: Improving Performance and Controlling Costs

Educational reform is a big business in the United States. Parents, educators, and policymakers generally agree that something must be done to improve schools, but the consensus ends there. The myriad of reform documents and policy discussions that have appeared over the past decade have not helped to pinpoint exactly what should be done.
The case for investment in education is an economic one: schooling improves the productivity and earnings of individuals and promotes stronger economic gro...