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Confusion in NYC high school wait lists

In August, the New York City Department of Education announced a change in the school choice assign…

Medical triage for Covid-19: if/when it comes to that, how should it be organized?

So far I haven't heard of any actual medical triage in the U.S. in which life-saving treatment …

School choice without the assumption of full-information equilibrium by Kapor, Neilson and Zimmerman

Forthcoming in the AER: Heterogeneous Beliefs and School Choice Mechanisms By Adam J. Kapor and Chr…

Thomas Toch on school choice and the presidential campaigns

Toch: School Choice Is Here to Stay. But How to Make It Fair and Equitable for All Families? High-T…

NSF 70th Anniversary Symposium--the video

I recently attended the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the National Science Foundation , a …

School choice, centralized and decentralized, in Japan, a century ago, by Tanaka, Narita and Moriguchi

I heard Yusuke Narita present this remarkable paper comparing centralized and decentralized school …

Aiming for diversity in Brooklyn schools

The Washington Post  has the story: What happened when Brooklyn tried to integrate its middle schoo…

NYC school choice: long lines for high school tours (and some confusion about first choices)

The high school choice process in New York City uses an algorithm that makes it safe for families t…

Interview with Parag Pathak on schools, and market design

From Business Insider: Parents choosing high schools for their kids place more value on the student…

Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching, by Rees-Jones, Shorrer, and Tergiman

Suppose it is costly to apply to schools (perhaps because you are only allowed n applications, and …

Parag Pathak celebrated in Science News

Science News advises us that Parag Pathak is worth watching ... Parag Pathak uses data and algorith…

Neil Dorosin and school choice in Brooklyn, in the WSJ

Neil Dorosin was the director of high school operations for the NY Department of Education, back wh…

Evaluating school choice in Chicago isn't simple

The effects of school choice don't just depend on what school you go to, but also on what other…

School choice at Chicago Booth

The University of Chicago's Booth school reviews school choice, with particular attention to Bo…

Waitlists in NYC school choice--early reflections on yesterday's initial announcements

Yesterday the New York City Department of Education announced a change in the school choice assignm…

Matching early when information is costly, by Grenet, He, and Kübler

Here's a new paper on school matching that takes preference formation seriously: Decentralizing…

Gail Cornwall responds to the recent NY Times story on SF schools

Gail Cornwall, who follows San Francisco schools, replies to a recent article in the NY Times: A ca…

School choice in San Francisco--update in the NYT

Here's the NY Times story:  San Francisco Had an Ambitious Plan to Tackle School Segregation. I…

Should NYC school choice diversify school assignments to match applicant demographics?

Some commentators are concerned that features closely correlated with race, for example, can be use…

Glitch in NYC high school admissions this year

An alert NYC parent points me to this account in the WSJ: Top New York City School Makes Big Admiss…

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