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Publications: Foundation Involvement in School Reform

Mark Zuckerberg Tried to Revolutionize American Education With Technology. It Didn’t Go as Planned.

Resource Document

Matt Barnum

October 11, 2023

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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

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NEPC Review: Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools (Summit Public Schools, September 2021)

NEPC Review

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley

May 10, 2022

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

Might the New Gates Education Initiative Close Opportunity Gaps?

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

December 12, 2017

NEPC Review: Reimagining Learning: A Big Bet on the Future of American Education (NewSchools Venture Fund)

NEPC Review

Jeffrey W. Snyder

March 7, 2017

Review of State Policy Report Card

NEPC Review

Sherman Dorn and Ken Libby

February 20, 2013

NEPC Review: Have We Identified Effective Teachers? (Gates Foundation, January 2013)

NEPC Review

Jesse Rothstein and William J. Mathis

January 31, 2013

School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations

Policy Brief

David Arsen, Clive Belfield, Marisa Cannata, Wendy C. Chi, Casey Cobb, Stephanie Evergreen, Gregg Garn, Christopher Lubienski, Julie F. Mead, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Gary Miron, Yongmei Ni, Stephanie Southworth, Jessica Urschel, and Terri S. Wilson

March 20, 2008

Bill Gates, If You're So Rich, How Come You're Not Smart?

Legacy Publication

Gerald W. Bracey

January 1, 2005

Let the Buyer Beware

Research Brief

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

January 1, 2001