Publications: 2008

Fellows’ Education Letters to the President

Policy Brief

Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kevin G. Welner

December 29, 2008

Legislature's Vouchers Report is Based on Smoke and Mirrors

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

December 24, 2008

Profiles of Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: 2007-2008

Research Brief

Gary Miron and Jessica Urschel

December 23, 2008

NEPC Review: Public Charter Schools: A Great Value for Ohio’s Public Education System (November 2008)

NEPC Review

Gary Miron

December 10, 2008

NEPC Review: Reports on 10 state public opinion surveys on K-12 school choice (October 2008)

NEPC Review

Jon Lorence and Anthony Gary Dworkin

December 2, 2008

Multiple Pathways: 21st Century High Schools that Prepare All Students for College, Career and Civic Participation

Legislative Brief

Marisa Saunders and Christopher A. Chrisman

December 1, 2008

What Do We Know About the Outcomes of KIPP Schools?

Policy Brief

Jeffrey R. Henig

November 10, 2008

High Stakes, but Low Validity? A Case Study of Standardized Tests and Admissions into New York City Specialized High Schools

Research Brief

Joshua Feinman

October 22, 2008

NEPC Review: Education Olympics 2008: The Games in Review (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2008)

NEPC Review

Edward García Fierros and Mindy L. Kornhaber

October 15, 2008

NEPC Review: The Misplaced Math Student: Lost in Eighth-Grade Algebra (September 2008)

NEPC Review

Carol C. Burris

October 14, 2008

NEPC Review: Markets vs. Monopolies in Education: A Global Review of the Evidence (September 2008)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

September 30, 2008

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

Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications

Policy Brief

W. Steven Barnett

September 10, 2008

NEPC Review: Promising Start: An Empirical Analysis of How EdChoice Vouchers Affect Ohio Public Schools (August 2008)

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski

September 8, 2008

Under the Voucher Radar

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

September 3, 2008

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

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, and Jessica Urschel

July 30, 2008

NEPC Review: High-Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2008)

NEPC Review

Gregory Camilli

July 29, 2008

Strengthening the Link Between Effective School Expenditures and State Funding Mechanisms

Policy Brief

Anthony Rolle

July 14, 2008

The Overselling of Growth Modeling

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 1, 2008

NEPC Review: The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program (Manhattan Institute, April 2008)

NEPC Review

John T. Yun

May 22, 2008

Alternative Certification of Teachers

Policy Brief

Gene V Glass

May 12, 2008

NEPC Review: Choice and Education across the States (April 2008)

NEPC Review

Wendy C. Chi

April 29, 2008

NEPC Review: The Turnaround Challenge: Why America’s Best Opportunity to Dramatically Improve Student Achievement Lies in Our Worst-Performing Schools (December 2007)

NEPC Review

Patrick McQuillan

April 24, 2008

NEPC Review: Fund the Child: Bringing Equity, Autonomy and Portability to Ohio School Finance (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2008)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

April 7, 2008

A Guide to Contracting Out School Support Services: Good for the School? Good for the Community?

Policy Brief

Lorna Jimerson and William J. Mathis

March 31, 2008

NEPC Review: How Sound an Investment? An Analysis of Federal Prekindergarten Proposals (March 2008)

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett

March 24, 2008

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

How Legislation and Litigation Shape School Choice

Policy Brief

Julie F. Mead

March 1, 2008

The Impact of Advocacy Funding on the School Choice Debate

Policy Brief

Wendy C. Chi

March 1, 2008

School Choice and Accountability

Policy Brief

Casey Cobb and Gregg Garn

March 1, 2008

Negotiating Public and Private: Philosophical Frameworks for School Choice

Policy Brief

Terri S. Wilson

March 1, 2008

Funding Formulas, School Choice, and Inherent Incentives

Policy Brief

Clive Belfield

March 1, 2008

Teacher Qualifications and Work Environments Across School Types

Policy Brief

Marisa Cannata

March 1, 2008

School Choice and Segregation by Race, Class, and Achievement

Policy Brief

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Martha Bottia, and Stephanie Southworth

March 1, 2008

The Competitive Effect of School Choice Policies on Performance in Traditional Public Schools

Policy Brief

David Arsen and Yongmei Ni

March 1, 2008

The Impact of School Choice Reforms on Student Achievement

Policy Brief

Gary Miron, Stephanie Evergreen, and Jessica Urschel

March 1, 2008

Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking

Resource Document

Carol C. Burris, Edward W. Wiley, and Kevin G. Welner

March 1, 2008

The Privatization Infatuation

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

February 20, 2008

NEPC Review: A School Privatization Primer for Michigan School Officials, Media and Residents (Mackinac Center, June 2007)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

February 19, 2008

Promoting ELL Parental Involvement: Challenges in Contested Times

Policy Brief

Beatriz Arias and Milagros Morillo-Campbell

January 28, 2008

NEPC Review: Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure (Urban Institute, November 2007)

NEPC Review

Damian W. Betebenner

January 15, 2008

NEPC Review: The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Missouri (March 2006)

NEPC Review

Sherman Dorn

January 9, 2008

Promoviendo la participación de los padres de estudiantes que aprenden inglés: Desafíos en tiempos de conflicto

Policy Brief

Beatriz Arias and Milagros Morillo-Campbell

January 8, 2008

Who Chooses Schools, and Why?

Policy Brief

Natalie Lacireno-Paquet and Charleen Brantley

January 7, 2008

Charter Ranking Roulette: An Analysis of Reports That Grade States’ Charter School Laws

Resource Document

Wendy C. Chi and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2008

Educational Innovation and Diversification in School Choice Plans

Policy Brief

Christopher Lubienski

January 1, 2008

Schooling and the Construction of Identity Among Minority Students in Spain and the United States

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

January 1, 2008