As the number of charter schools has grown nationally, there is increasing discussion of the consolidation of such schools into charter districts in which all schools would be charter schools from which parents would have the freedom to choose the school that they wished their student to attend. A major question is how such a charter school…

Presents results of a detailed study of potential cost savings from consolidation of New York school districts. Develops a theoretical framework that distinguishes several economy-of-scale dimensions and defines an empirical cost function for schooling. Results indicate substantial cost savings from consolidating districts with fewer than 500…

Using a methodology previously applied to municipalities, this paper examines the fiscal condition of Nebraska's school districts. Nebraska contains over 900 districts, ranging from very small to large full-service districts in Lincoln and Omaha. The largest and smallest districts are in best fiscal condition. State aid inequities could be…