Publications: Alex Molnar

AI: Invitation or Command?

FYI

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

January 24, 2025

Time for a Pause: Without Effective Public Oversight, AI in Schools Will Do More Harm Than Good.

Policy Brief

Ben Williamson, Alex Molnar, and Faith Boninger

March 5, 2024

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We Need Better Education Policy. Summit Public Schools Shows Why.

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Anna Noble, and Meenakshi Mani

September 21, 2023

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2023

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Shelby Hagle, Charisse Gulosino, Bryan Mann, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Amanda Glover, and Kayla Bill

May 11, 2023

Don’t Go ‘Along’ With Corporate Schemes to Gather up Student Data

Resource Document

Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar

March 1, 2022

Understanding the Attacks on Critical Race Theory

Policy Memo

Francesca López, Alex Molnar, Royel Johnson, Ashley Patterson, LaWanda Ward, and Kevin K. Kumashiro

September 23, 2021

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2021

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, Amanda Glover, Nathan Browning, Shelby Hagle, and Faith Boninger

May 6, 2021

New Report Provides Reality Check on Virtual Schools

Resource Document

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, and Faith Boninger

May 6, 2021

Issues to Consider Before Adopting a Digital Platform or Learning Program

Policy Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Michael K. Barbour

September 24, 2020

The Commercial Transformation of America’s Schools

Resource Document

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

September 21, 2020

Big Claims, Little Evidence, Lots of Money: The Reality Behind the Summit Learning Program and the Push to Adopt Digital Personalized Learning Platforms

Research Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Christopher Saldaña

June 25, 2020

New Concerns Raised About a Well-Known Digital Learning Platform

Resource Document

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, and Faith Boninger

June 25, 2020

New Report on Virtual Education: ‘It Sure Sounds Good. As It Turns Out, It’s Too Good to Be True.’

Resource Document

Valerie Strauss and Alex Molnar

May 29, 2019

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2019

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Najat Elgeberi, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, and Jennifer King Rice

May 28, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar About Personalized Learning and Digital Privatization

FYI

Gregory A. Smith, Faith Boninger, and Alex Molnar

May 14, 2019

Personalized Learning and the Digital Privatization of Curriculum and Teaching

Research Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Christopher Saldaña

April 30, 2019

How Corporate Interests Are Overtaking Well-Intentioned Goals of Personalized Learning

Resource Document

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, and Faith Boninger

April 30, 2019

Why We’re Glad that the National Education Policy Center Deleted Its Facebook Account

Resource Document

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

April 5, 2018

Asleep at the Switch: Schoolhouse Commercialism, Student Privacy, and the Failure of Policymaking

Research Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Kevin Murray

August 15, 2017

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2017

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, and David Nitkin

April 11, 2017

Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

March 1, 2017

Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at School

Research Brief

Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar

May 17, 2016

MPS School Board Should Reject Proposal to Increase Class Size

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

March 21, 2016

How Companies Learn What Children Secretly Want

Resource Document

Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar

March 17, 2016

How to Create and Maintain Civil Society Space

Policy Memo

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

September 18, 2015

On the Block: Student Data and Privacy in the Digital Age

Research Brief

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

April 9, 2015

State Sen. Alberta Darling's Recovery District Idea is Designed to Fail

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

April 9, 2015

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2015: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, and Charisse Gulosino

March 10, 2015

Schoolhouse Commercialism Leaves Policymakers Behind

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Ken Libby, and Joseph Fogarty

March 11, 2014

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, and Brian Horvitz

March 4, 2014

Representative CERU Publications (prepared for United Nations Consultation on “The Impact of Advertising on Cultural Rights”)

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

October 28, 2013

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2013: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Larry Cuban, Brian Horvitz, Charisse Gulosino, and Sheryl Rankin Shafer

May 2, 2013

Promoting Consumption at School: Health Threats Associated with Schoolhouse Commercialism

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Michael D. Harris, Ken Libby, and Joseph Fogarty

April 18, 2013

Study's Results Are Flawed and Inconsequential

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

March 3, 2012

Privatization, Politics, and Policymaking in Public Education

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

March 1, 2012

Researchers as Resources: A List of Experts Who Can Speak to the Overall Knowledge Base on Important Education Issues

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner, William J. Mathis, and Alex Molnar

January 23, 2012

The Educational Cost of Schoolhouse Commercialism

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, and Joseph Fogarty

November 7, 2011

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: Twelfth Annual Report - 2009-2010

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, and Jessica Urschel

December 9, 2010

Effectively Embedded: The Thirteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends: 2009-2010

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Gary Wilkinson, Joseph Fogarty, and Sean Geary

December 2, 2010

Policy and Statutory Responses to Advertising and Marketing in Schools

Legislative Brief

Alex Molnar, William S. Koski, and Faith Boninger

January 13, 2010

Click: The Twelfth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends: 2008-2009

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Gary Wilkinson, and Joseph Fogarty

October 6, 2009

Profiles of For-Profit Educational Management Organizations: 2008-2009

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, and Jessica Urschel

September 14, 2009

Marketing of Food in Schools: Little Educational or Nutritional Content

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

May 29, 2009

At Sea in a Marketing-Saturated World: The Eleventh Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends: 2007-2008

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Gary Wilkinson, and Joseph Fogarty

September 22, 2008

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2007-2008

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, and Jessica Urschel

July 30, 2008

The Privatization Infatuation

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

February 20, 2008

The Commercial and Non-Commercial in Education: A Dialogue

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

November 17, 2007

Adrift: Schools in a Total Marketing Environment. The Tenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends: 2006-2007

Research Brief

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

October 1, 2007

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2006-2007

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, David R. Garcia, Gary Miron, and Shannon Berry

August 1, 2007

Truthiness in Education

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

January 1, 2007

A National Survey of the Types and Extent of the Marketing of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value in Schools

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, David R. Garcia, Faith Boninger, and Bruce Merrill

January 1, 2006

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2005-2006

Research Brief

Alex Molnar and David R. Garcia

January 1, 2006

The Ninth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends: 2005-2006

Research Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2006

Empty Calories: Commercializing Activities in America's Schools

Research Brief

Alex Molnar and David R. Garcia

November 1, 2005

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2004-2005

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, David R. Garcia, Carolyn Sullivan, Brendan McEvoy, and Jamie Joanou

April 1, 2005

School Commercialism and Adolescent Health

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2005

Reform Florida Executive Summaries

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, and Victoria-Maria MacDonald

January 1, 2004

Cashing in on the Classroom

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2004

Reform Florida

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, and Victoria-Maria MacDonald

January 1, 2004

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2003-2004

Research Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2004

Data on Charters Lacking

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2004

Virtually Everywhere: Marketing to Children in America's Schools

Research Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2004

Research Worth Knowing

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

No Student Left Unsold

Research Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

Testimony on AZ's Desegregation Funding Mechanism Prepared for Presentation to the Sunset Review Comm. of the AZ Legislature

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

Teaching Practices for Smaller Classes

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar, Anke Halbach, John Zahorik, and Karen Ehrle

January 1, 2003

Class-Size Reduction: A Fresh Look at the Data

Legacy Publication

Philip Smith, Alex Molnar, and John Zahorik

January 1, 2003

Recruiting, Preparing and Retaining High Quality Teachers: An Empirical Synthesis

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar and Gerald W. Bracey

January 1, 2003

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2002-2003

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Glen Wilson, and Daniel Allen

January 1, 2003

SAGE Advice: Research on Teaching in Reduced-Size Classes

Legacy Publication

John Zahorik, Alex Molnar, and Philip Smith

January 1, 2003

Low Pay + Big Classes = Teacher Crisis

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

School Commercialism, Student Health, and the Pressure to Do More With Less

Research Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

The Commercial Assault on Children and the School Environment

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

Parents, Are You Aware of the Commercialism Activity in Your School? You Should Be

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

Sold Out: Corporate Marketing in America's Schools

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

What's in a Name? The Corporate Branding of America's Schools

Research Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2002

School Reform Proposals: The Research Evidence Executive Summaries

Policy Brief

W. Steven Barnett, Jeremy D. Finn, Craig Howley, Douglas Downey, Catherine A. Lugg, Barak Rosenshine, Robert M. Carini, Haggai Kupermintz, Ulrich C. Reitzug, Gerald W. Bracey, and Alex Molnar

January 1, 2002

Media Impact of Think Tank Education Publications 2001

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, Eric Haas, and Rafael Serrano

January 1, 2002

Professional Development Needs of Teachers in SAGE Classrooms

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Daniel Allen, Glen Wilson, and Sandra Foster

January 1, 2002

School Reform Proposals: The Research Evidence

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, W. Steven Barnett, Jeremy D. Finn, Craig Howley, Douglas Downey, Catherine A. Lugg, Barak Rosenshine, Robert M. Carini, Haggai Kupermintz, Ulrich C. Reitzug, and Gerald W. Bracey

January 1, 2002

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies: 2001-2002

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Glen Wilson, Melissa Restori, and John Hutchinson

January 1, 2002

Salem-Keizer School District and Pepsi Pouring Rights

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2002

Tuition Tax Credits Can't Be Credited for Helping Poor

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar and Glen Wilson

January 1, 2002

The Corporate Branding of Our Schools

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2002

Commercializing Schools: A Threat to Our Children's Health

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2002

2000-2001 Evaluation Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Program

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Philip Smith, John Zahorik, Anke Halbach, Karen Ehrle, and Lawrence M. Hoffman

December 1, 2001

The Media and Educational Research: What We Know vs. What the Public Hears

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2001

School Vouchers: The Law, the Research, and the Public Policy Implications

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2001

Buy Me! Buy Me!

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar and Joseph A. Reaves

January 1, 2001

Companies and Organizations Involved in Schoolhouse Commercializing Activities

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2001

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies: 2000-2001

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Jennifer Morales, and Alison Vander Wyst

January 1, 2001

Buy Me! Buy Me!

Research Brief

Alex Molnar and Joseph A. Reaves

January 1, 2001

Let the Buyer Beware

Research Brief

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Alex Molnar, and Katie Embree

January 1, 2001

Evaluation of the Wisconsin Charter School Program, 2000-2001

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2001

Corporate Involvement in Schools: Time for a More Critical Look

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2001

1999-2000 Evaluation Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Program

Legacy Publication

John Zahorik, Philip Smith, and Alex Molnar

December 1, 2000

Commercials as Curriculum

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar and Jennifer Morales

October 5, 2000

Looking for Funds in All the Wrong Places

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2000

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies: 1999-2000

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Jennifer Morales, and Alison Vander Wyst

January 1, 2000

Commercialism@School.com

Research Brief

Jennifer Morales and Alex Molnar

January 1, 2000

ZapMe! Linking Schoolhouse and Marketplace in a Seamless Web

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2000

Voucher and Class-Size Research

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar and Charles M. Achilles

January 1, 2000

Colonizing Our Future: The Commercial Transformation of America's Schools

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2000

1998-99 Evaluation Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Program

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar, Philip Smith, and John Zahorik

December 1, 1999

Evaluating the SAGE Program: A Pilot Program in Targeted Pupil-Teacher Reduction in Wisconsin

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar, Philip Smith, John Zahorik, Amanda Palmer, Anke Halbach, and Karen Ehrle

July 1, 1999

Educational Vouchers: A Review of the Research

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1999

School Chartering Processes: Academic Accountability Issues

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1999

Cashing in on Kids

Research Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1999

Chronology of Edison Project Funding

Research Brief

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1999

The Commercial Transformation of American Public Education

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1999

Integrating the Schoolhouse and the Marketplace: A Preliminary Assessment of the Emerging Role of Electronic Technology

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1999

Student Achievement Smaller Classes and Educational Vouchers: A Research Update

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1999

Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies: 1998-1999

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Jennifer Morales, and Alison Vander Wyst

January 1, 1999

Unfinished Business in Milwaukee

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1999

1997-98 Evaluation Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Program

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar, Philip Smith, and John Zahorik

December 1, 1998

The Hidden Costs of Channel One: Estimates for the 50 States

Research Brief

Max B. Sawicky and Alex Molnar

January 1, 1998

Smaller Classes–Not Vouchers–Increase Student Achievement

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1998

Alex Molnar's Testimony to the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1998

First Year Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program

Legacy Publication

Peter Maier, Alex Molnar, Stephen Percy, Philip Smith, and John Zahorik

December 1, 1997

The Real Lessons of Milwaukee's Voucher Experiment

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

August 6, 1997

Charter Schools: The Smiling Face of Disinvestment

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1996