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Publications: Market-Based School Reforms

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Demystifying Education Public-Private Partnerships: What Every Policymaker Should Know

Resource Document

Frank Adamson, Anjela Taneja, and Jo Walker

February 27, 2025

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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NEPC Review: As a Matter of Fact: National Charter School Study III 2023 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), June 2023)

NEPC Review

Joseph J. Ferrare

September 8, 2023

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NEPC Review: Some Assembly Required: How a More Flexible Learning Ecosystem Can Better Serve All Kids and Unlock Innovation (Bellwether, August 2022)

NEPC Review

Carrie Sampson

November 8, 2022

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NEPC Review: Education Freedom and Student Achievement: Is More School Choice Associated with Higher State-Level Performance on the NAEP? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2021)

NEPC Review

T. Jameson Brewer and Joel R. Malin

June 16, 2021

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NEPC Review: School Accountability--Past, Present, and Future (Hoover Institution, November 2020)

NEPC Review

Gail L. Sunderman

February 10, 2021

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

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Alyssa Hadley Dunn on Viral Teacher Resignation Letters

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Gregory A. Smith and Alyssa Hadley Dunn

October 17, 2017

NEPC Review: Renewing Our Cities (EdChoice, March 2017)

NEPC Review

Jennifer Jellison Holme and Emily Germain

June 20, 2017

What We Can Learn from the Massachusetts Ballot Question Campaign on Charter School Expansion

Policy Memo

Lawrence Blum

March 14, 2017

Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

March 1, 2017

Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo

November 17, 2016

Review of The State Education Agency: At the Helm, Not the Oar

NEPC Review

Peter W. Cookson, Jr.

June 17, 2014

The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

March 26, 2014

Teach for America: A Return to the Evidence

Policy Brief

Julian Vasquez Heilig and Su Jin Jez

January 7, 2014

Review of Report Card on American Education

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski and T. Jameson Brewer

May 9, 2013

NEPC Review: The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America’s Public Schools, Part II (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, February 2013)

NEPC Review

Joydeep Roy

March 26, 2013

NEPC Review: The Education Choice and Competition Index: Background and Results 2012 (December 2012)

NEPC Review

David R. Garcia

January 29, 2013

Review of The School Staffing Surge

NEPC Review

Joydeep Roy

December 4, 2012

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