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Funder

Smith Richardson Foundation

Recipient

University of Texas at Dallas

Date: 12-31-2000

Amount: 134,350

Comment: Finding Better Schools: Publics, Charters, and Parental Choice
John Kain will assess the effects on student performance of offering parents a range of alternative school choices. He will examine the factors influencing parental choices of schools and measure the student achievement differences between charter schools and regular district schools. The project’s findings will be published in a series of working papers and articles in academic and public policy journals.