Brookings Papers on Education Policy provides the latest thinking from nationally recognized experts on policy issues affecting grades K-12. Tentative contents include: Is Small Really Better? Barbara Schneider (Michigan State University) Optimal Elementary School Size for Effectiveness and Equity Valerie E. Lee (University of Michigan) and Douglas D. Ready (University of Oregon) Class Size and School Size: Taking the Trade-Offs Seriously Douglas Harris (Florida State University) What Have We Learned from Project STAR? Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach (University of Chicago) Policy from the Hip: Class Size Reduction in California Peter Schrag (Sacramento Bee) International Evidence: Effects of Expenditure and Class Size on Student Achievement Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich) The Influence of Project STAR on State and Local Education Policy James Kim (University of California–Irvine)