Detroit Prototype of the Nber Urban Simulation Model (Urban and Regional Studies : No 1)

Ingram, Gregory K.

Science & Math

Natl Bureau of Economic Res

Because most children throughout the world attend elementary and secondary schools near their homes, where they live usually determines where they go to school. In the United States, the relationship between residential location and education has been especially strong given the dominance of local funding and local control of K–12 education. School quality varies markedly among the more than 14,000 school districts across the United States and within many of the country’s large urban districts. Housing prices reflect school quality; houses in better school districts or more advantaged neighborhoods of large districts sell at a premium. In other words, school quality is capitalized into the price of land. The chapters in this volume explore the links between education, location, and land based on the proceedings of the 8th Annual Land Policy Conference of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Three policy outcomes are the focus: academic achievement of schoolchildren; racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic segregation; and equality of opportunity, all of which have broad relevance to U.S. public policy. The topics include the expansion of school choice, especially through charter schools and home schooling; the importance of cognitive skills for economic growth; the role of the property tax in school finance and alternative revenue sources; the structure of school districts; transportation to school; effects of school location; and housing policies that can unlink education and location. This volume features the papers presented at the Lincoln Institute's 8th annual Land Policy Conference in June 2013.

Education, Land, and Location (Land Policy Series)

Education & Teaching

Kenyon, Daphne A.

Schools & Teaching

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

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