Consider the information about school choice and charter schools presented in the Berends article and the NPR piece. The authors both point to several ‘gaps in the research’—i.e. questions or topics that they think researchers must address in order to have a better understanding of how charter schools and school choice operate.

If you set out to be a researcher in this field, which gap or question would you focus on studying? What are the sociological implications of learning more about that particular area?