NEPC Resources on School Choice

David S. Knight, David DeMatthews (). The Fiscal Impacts of Expanded Voucher Programs and Charter-School Growth on Public Schools: Recommendations for Sustaining Adequate and Equitable School Finance Systems. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/finance-equity

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Pennsylvania’s Education Tax Credit Scholarships: How EITC Serves Children and Families in the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Foundation, September 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/tax-credits

Robert Shand (). NEPC Review: Systemwide and Intervention-Specific Effects of Denver Public Schools’ Portfolio District Strategy on Individual Student Achievement (Center for Education Policy Analysis, University of Colorado Denver, September 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/denver

Christopher Saldaña, Joshua Cowen, Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Josh Cowen and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. About Privatization, School Choice, and Culture Wars. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-cowen-henry

(). Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-cowen-091924

(). Webinar: Examining the Public Funding of Religious Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-peabody-091224

Huriya Jabbar (). NEPC Review: Helping Families Navigate the Changing Education Landscape (Cato Institute, June 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/navigators

Luis A. Huerta, Trevor Baisden (). Strengthening Oversight of Education Savings Account (ESA) Funding for Private and At-Home Schooling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/esa-vouchers

Bryan Mann (). NEPC Review: Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/ohio-charters

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: K-12 School Choice Calculator (Reason Foundation and EdChoice, January 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/calculator

(). Disloyalty Is the Norm: How Choice Undermines Voice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-disloyalty-022924

(). Can a “Low-Touch” Intervention Help Make School Choice More Equitable?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-choice-020124

(). ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2023. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-top-five-2023-012524

Stephen Kotok (). NEPC Review: The Cost-Effectiveness of Wisconsin’s Private School Choice Programs (School Choice Wisconsin, September 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/wisconsin-vouchers

Amanda U. Potterton, Annah Rogers, Jeanne M. Powers (). NEPC Review: From Surviving to Thriving: K-12 Choice and Opportunity for Rural Texas Students and Teachers (The Heritage Foundation, August 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/rural-choice

(). Tricky Marketing? How Schools Sell Themselves to Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-marketing-112823

Christopher Saldaña, Christopher Lubienski, Suzanne E. Eckes (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Christopher Lubienski and Suzanne Eckes About School Choice and Vouchers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-lubienski-eckes

Andrene J. Castro (). NEPC Review: Integrating Housing and Education Solutions to Reduce Segregation and Drive School Equity (Urban Institute, August 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/boundaries

Valerie Strauss (). Why What Looked Like Good News for Charter Schools Actually Wasn’t. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/resource-document-charter-schools

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: The 123s of School Choice: What the Research Says About Private School Choice Programs in America, 2023 Edition (EdChoice, June 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/school-choice

Christopher Saldaña, Thomas Dee, Sally Nuamah (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Thomas Dee and Sally Nuamah About Declining Enrollment . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-dee-nuamah

Huriya Jabbar (). NEPC Review: Think Again: Do Charter Schools Drain Resources From Traditional Public Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/think-again

Christine Sleeter, David R. Garcia (). NEPC Review: School Choice Is Not Enough: The Impact of Critical Social Justice Ideology in American Education (Manhattan Institute, February 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/csj

Mark Weber (). NEPC Review: Public Education Funding Without Boundaries: How to Get K-12 Dollars to Follow Open Enrollment Students (Reason Foundation, January 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/portability

Christopher Saldaña, Huriya Jabbar (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Huriya Jabbar About School Choice Policy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-jabbar

Christopher Lubienski, T. Jameson Brewer (). NEPC Review: K-12 Without Borders: Public School Students, Families, and Teachers Shut In by Education Boundaries (Manhattan Institute, November 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/boundaries

Joshua Cowen (). NEPC Review: The Ohio EdChoice Program’s Impact on School District Enrollments, Finances, and Academics (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, December 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/edchoice

Robert Shand (). NEPC Review: The System-Level Effects of Denver’s Portfolio District Strategy: Technical Report (Center for Education Policy Analysis, University of Colorado Denver, December 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/portfolio

(). ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2022. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-top-five-012623

Christine Sleeter, T. Jameson Brewer (). NEPC Review: Empowering Parents with School Choice Reduces Wokeism in Education (Heritage Foundation, November 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/wokeism

Christopher Saldaña, Derek W. Black (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Derek Black About the Role of Law in Education Policy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-black

Joshua Cowen (). NEPC Review: For-Profit Charter Schools: An Evaluation of Their Spending and Outcomes (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/for-profit-charters

David S. Knight (). NEPC Review: #StudentsFirst: Empowering Parents to Help Students Regain Lost Learning (The Buckeye Institute, September 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/learning-loss

Carrie Sampson (). NEPC Review: Some Assembly Required: How a More Flexible Learning Ecosystem Can Better Serve All Kids and Unlock Innovation (Bellwether, August 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/assembly

(). Omisión y Confusión: Six Ways Schools of Choice Advertise Their Approach to Teaching Emerging Bilinguals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-bilinguals-102522

Bryan Mann (). NEPC Review: Use of Personalized Learning Platforms in One Pandemic-Era Microschool: A Case Study (Center on Reinventing Public Education, June 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/models

Christopher Saldaña (). NEPC Review: Michigan Student Opportunity Scholarships: Overview and Fiscal Analysis (Mackinac Center, May 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/opportunity-scholarships

(). What’s Wrong With Open Enrollment?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-open-enrollment-06092022

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley (). NEPC Review: Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools (Summit Public Schools, September 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/summit

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: From School Aid to Student Aid: Modernizing K-12 Funding in Michigan (Mackinac Center, March 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/mi-funding

(). Four Ways School Choice Worsens Segregation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-segregation-04212022

Christopher Saldaña, Wagma Mommandi, Kevin G. Welner (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Wagma Mommandi and Kevin Welner About How Charter Schools Shape Their Enrollment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-mommandi-welner

Luis A. Huerta, Steven J. Koutsavlis (). NEPC Review: Fiscal Effects of School Choice: Analyzing the Costs and Savings of Private School Choice Programs in America (EdChoice, November 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/fiscal-effects

(). Is School Choice Really About Equity? Can It Be?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-choice-equity-02032022

Erica Frankenberg (). NEPC Review: Priced Out of Public Schools: District Lines, Housing Access, and Inequitable Educational Options (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/housing

Jack Schneider (). NEPC Review: Accountability and Private-School Choice (Manhattan Institute, October 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/accountability-choice

(). Do Students Choose Their Charter Schools, or Is It the Other Way Around?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-charter-choice-092121

Henry M. Levin (). Charter Schools: Rending or Mending the Nation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rending-or-mending

Samuel E. Abrams, Steven J. Koutsavlis (). NEPC Review: Florida Versus Kentucky: School Choice Improves Public School Performance, Too (Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, May 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/fl-ky-school-choice

T. Jameson Brewer, Joel R. Malin (). 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). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/education-freedom

Robert Shand, Henry M. Levin (). Estimating a Price Tag for School Vouchers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/voucher-costs

(). “Turducken Voucher” Bill Introduced in Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-turducken-040121

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: Toward Equitable School Choice (Hoover Institution, November 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/equitable-choice

Derek W. Black (). NEPC Review: Religious Charter Schools: Legally Permissible? Constitutionally Required? (Manhattan Institute, December 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/religious-charters

Carrie Sampson, Sarah Diem (). NEPC Review: The Third Way: A Guide to Implementing Innovation Schools (Progressive Policy Institute, October 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/innovation-schools

Christopher Saldaña, Jack Schneider, Jennifer Berkshire (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire About Their New Book. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publications/podcast-saldana-schneider-berkshire

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Unleashing Educational Opportunity: The Untapped Potential of Expanded Tax Credit Scholarships in Pennsylvania (Commonwealth Foundation, August 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/tax-credits

Christopher Saldaña, Diane Ravitch (). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Diane Ravitch About Privatization. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/saldana-ravitch

Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos, Gabriella Garriga (). NEPC Review: Child Safety Accounts: Protecting Our Children through Parental Freedom (Heartland Institute, November 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/child-safety-accounts

William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: Ripple Effect: How Expanding School Choice Programs Can Lead to More College Graduates and a Stronger Economy (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, January 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/ripple-effect

(). Between-District Desegregation: Three Districts That Are Doing It Right. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-desegregation-021120

Steven V. Miller (). NEPC Review: School Sector and Satisfaction: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample (Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, October 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/school-satisfaction

Christopher Saldaña, Kate Phillippo (). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Kate Phillippo About Competitive School Choice in Chicago. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/saldana-phillippo

(). Are Zillow and Realtors Contributing to School Segregation?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-greatschools-121219

Robert Kunzman (). NEPC Review: Homeschooling and Educational Freedom (Cato Institute, September 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/homeschooling

Joel Westheimer (). NEPC Review: The Case for Educational Pluralism in the U.S. (Manhattan Institute, July 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/pluralism

T. Jameson Brewer (). NEPC Review: The Effects of Means-Tested Private School Choice Programs on College Enrollment and Graduation (Urban Institute, July 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/choice

(). Bad and Better News about School Segregation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-latinx-segregation-091219

T. Jameson Brewer (). NEPC Review: The 123s of School Choice: What the Research Says About Private School Choice: 2019 Edition (EdChoice, April 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/school-choice

(). A Child’s School is the Child’s Choice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-school-choice-040119

(). Researchers Reprise Earlier Erroneous Crime-Cutting Voucher Verdict. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-crime-cutting-031919

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: 12 Myths and Realities about Private Educational Choice Programs (Institute for Justice, August 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/voucher-myths

Gregory A. Smith, Rick Mintrop, Miguel Órdenes (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Rick Mintrop and Miguel Órdenes on School Privatization in Chile. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smith-mintrop-ordenes

(). Education and the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-kavanaugh-091318

Kristopher Nordstrom (). Reviews Worth Sharing: An Impact Analysis of North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program on Student Achievement (June 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/RWS-vouchers

Ernesto Treviño, Rick Mintrop, Cristóbal Villalobos, Miguel Órdenes (). What Might Happen If School Vouchers and Privatization of Schools Were to Become Universal in the U.S.: Learning from a National Test Case—Chile. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/chilean-voucher

(). Apples to Aardvarks: WILL Replicates Erroneous Private School Findings. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-apples

Christopher Lubienski, T. Jameson Brewer (). NEPC Review: Do Impacts on Test Scores Even Matter? (American Enterprise Institute, March 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-goalposts

Gregory A. Smith, Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos on Education Savings Accounts. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smith-jimenez-castellanos

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Student-Centered State Funding: A How-to Guide for State Policymakers (The Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), November 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-student-centered-funding

Jeanne M. Powers (). NEPC Review: Why Indiana Parents Choose: A Cross-Sector Survey of Parents' Views in a Robust School Choice Environment (EdChoice, September 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-indiana-choice

Ellie Bruecker (). Assessing the Fiscal Impact of Wisconsin's Statewide Voucher Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/funding

Luis A. Huerta, Steven J. Koutsavlis (). NEPC Review: The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit: Do Publicly Funded Private School Choice Programs Save Money? (EdChoice, October 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-tax-credits

Joydeep Roy, William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: Back to the Staffing Surge: The Great Teacher Salary Stagnation and the Decades-Long Employment Growth in American Public Schools (EdChoice, May 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-staffing

Jennifer Jellison Holme, Emily Germain (). NEPC Review: Renewing Our Cities (EdChoice, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-choice

Sarah Cordes (). NEPC Review: New York Charter Schools Outperform Traditional Selective Public Schools: More Evidence that Cream-Skimming is Not Driving Charters' Success (Manhattan Institute , March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-nyc-charters

Benjamin Shear (). NEPC Review: Apples to Apples: The Definitive Look at School Test Scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-milwaukee-vouchers

T. Jameson Brewer, Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: Differences by Design? Student Composition in Charter Schools with Different Academic Models (American Enterprise Institute, February 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charters

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, David Nitkin (). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2017. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/virtual-schools-annual-2017

Lawrence Blum (). What We Can Learn from the Massachusetts Ballot Question Campaign on Charter School Expansion. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/ma-charter

Erica Frankenberg (). NEPC Review: Segregation, Race, and Charter Schools: What Do We Know? (Brookings Institution, October 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-segregation

William J. Mathis (). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/research-based-options

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on School Choice (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, May 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-meta-analysis

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: The School Choice Voucher: A "Get Out of Jail" Card? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-choice

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Erica Frankenberg (). NEPC Review: The Integration Anomaly: Comparing the Effects of K-12 Education Delivery Models on Segregation in Schools (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, October 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-integration

(). Charter Researchers Promoting “No Excuses” Schools Republish Inflated Claims. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/charter-researchers-promoting-no-excuses-schools-republish-inflated-claims

Alex Molnar (). State Sen. Alberta Darling's Recovery District Idea is Designed to Fail. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/state-sen-alberta-darling

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Charisse Gulosino (). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2015: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/virtual-schools-annual-2015

Christopher Lubienski, Ee-Seul Yoon (). Review of The Texas Economy and School Choice . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-texas-economy-school-choice

Mark R. Warren (). Review of Turning Lightning into Electricity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-turning-lightning-into-electricity

(). “School Choice Week” is a Good Time to Review the Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-week

Erin McNamara Horvat, David Everington Baugh (). Review of Better Data, Better Decisions and A Crisis We Can Solve. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charter-aei-conncan

Gail L. Sunderman (). Review of Federal School Finance Reform. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-title-1-reason-foundation

Patricia Burch, Jahni Smith, Mary Stewart (). Review of Expanding the Education Universe. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-expanding-the-education-universe

Amy Stuart Wells (). Seeing Past the “Colorblind” Myth of Education Policy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/seeing-past-the-colorblind-myth

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Brian Horvitz (). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/virtual-schools-annual-2014

(). Bunkum Awards Winners Brookings and StudentsFirst Reprise Their Shoddy Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/bunkum-awards-winners

Patricia Burch, Mary Stewart, Jahni Smith (). Review of School Choice and School Performance in the New York City Public Schools . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-choice-nyc-brookings

Julie F. Mead (). NEPC Review: Why the Gap? Special Education and New York City Charter Schools (Center on Reinventing Public Education and Manhattan Institute, September 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-why-the-gap

William J. Mathis (). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/options

Christopher Lubienski, T. Jameson Brewer (). Review of Report Card on American Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-report-card-ALEC-2013

David R. Garcia (). NEPC Review: The Education Choice and Competition Index: Background and Results 2012 (December 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-brookings-ecci

Charisse Gulosino, Jonah Liebert (). NEPC Review: The Way of the Future: Education Savings Accounts for Every American Family (September 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-ESA

Sara Goldrick-Rab (). NEPC Review: The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City (August 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-vouchers-college

Casey Cobb (). Review of Three Reports from the Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-Milwaukee-Choice-Year-5

Kevin G. Welner, Alex Molnar (). Study's Results Are Flawed and Inconsequential. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/studys-results-are-flawed-and-inconsequential

Kevin G. Welner (). How Many Decades Before 'Reform' Becomes 'Status Quo'?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/how-many-decades-reform-becomes-status-quo

David R. Garcia (). NEPC Review: Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap-Closing Reform (October 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-chartering-and-choice

Gene V Glass, Kevin G. Welner, Justin Bathon (). Online K-12 Schooling in the U.S.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/online-k-12-schooling

Tina Trujillo (). NEPC Review: Charting New Territory: Tapping Charter Schools to Turn Around the Nation's Dropout Factories (Center for American Progress, June 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charting-new-territory

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: The Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: Summary of Fourth Year Reports (March 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-milwaukee-choice-4

David R. Garcia (). NEPC Review: Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best (February 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-going-exponential

Kevin G. Welner (). How to Calculate the Costs or Savings of Tax Credit Voucher Policies. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/how-to-calculate

William Tate (). Review of The Lottery . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-lottery

Elizabeth Dutro (). Review of Waiting for Superman. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-waiting-superman

Gary Miron (). NEPC Review: Charter Schools: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charter-federal

Casey Cobb (). NEPC Review: An Analysis of Arizona Individual Income Tax-Credit Scholarship Recipients' Family Income (October 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-arizona-tax-credit

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: Fostering Innovation and Excellence (May 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-fostering-innovation

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (). Equal or Fair? A Study of Revenues and Expenditures in American Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/charter-school-finance

Charisse Gulosino (). NEPC Review: Charter School Autonomy: A Half-Broken Promise (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Public Impact, April 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charter-school-autonomy

Vaughn Altemus (). NEPC Review: They Spend WHAT? The Real Cost of Public Schools (March 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-they-spend-what

Katrina Bulkley (). NEPC Review: Fix the City Schools: Moving All Schools to Charter-Like Autonomy (March 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-fix-city-schools

Robert Bifulco (). NEPC Review: Connecticut's Charter School Law and Race to the Top (ConnCAN, February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-Connecticut-Charter

Janelle T. Scott (). NEPC Review: Expanding Choice in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education (February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-expanding-choice

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel, William J. Mathis, Elana Tornquist (). Schools Without Diversity: Education Management Organizations, Charter Schools, and the Demographic Stratification.... Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/schools-without-diversity

Joydeep Roy (). NEPC Review: How School Choice Can Create Jobs for South Carolina (December 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-how-school-choice

Bob Williams (). Reviews Worth Sharing: Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation (November 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/does-grading-bias-apply-education-reports

Patrick McEwan (). NEPC Review: Everyone Wins: How Charter Schools Benefit All New York City Public School Students (Manhattan Institute, October 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-everyone-wins

Sean Reardon (). NEPC Review: How New York City’s Charter Schools Affect Achievement (September 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-how-New-York-City-Charter

Bruce D. Baker (). Private Schooling in the U.S.: Expenditures, Supply, and Policy Implications. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/private-schooling-US

Gary Miron, Brooks Applegate (). NEPC Review: Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States (June 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-multiple-choice

Luis A. Huerta (). NEPC Review: The Fiscal Impact of Tax-Credit Scholarships in Montana (February 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-tuition-tax-credits

Kevin G. Welner (). The Neovoucher: A Kissing Cousin in Disguise. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/neovoucher-kissing-cousin-disguise

Casey Cobb (). NEPC Review: The MPCP Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Second Year Report (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-mpcp-longitudinal

Derek C. Briggs (). NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration and Competition (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charter-schools-eight-states

Martin Carnoy (). NEPC Review: Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-evaluation-dc-opportunity

Gregory Camilli (). NEPC Review: The Effect of Milwaukee’s Parental Choice Program on Student Achievement in Milwaukee Public Schools (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-Effect-Milwaukee-Parental-Choice

Robert Bifulco (). NEPC Review: The Impact of Milwaukee Charter Schools on Student Achievement (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-impact-Milwaukee-charter

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: The Fiscal Impact of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: 2009 Update (April 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-fiscal-impact-Milwaukee

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on How Vouchers Affect Public Schools (February 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-win-win-solution

Gene V Glass (). The Realities of K-12 Virtual Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/realities-K-12-virtual-education

Ernest R. House (). NEPC Review: When Private Schools Take Public Dollars: What’s the Place of Accountability in School Voucher Programs? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-when-private-schools-take-public-dollars

Sherman Dorn (). NEPC Review: The High Cost of High School Dropouts in Ohio (February 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-the-high-cost

Meredith P. Richards, Jennifer Jellison Holme (). NEPC Review: "Plotting School Choice" and "In Need of Improvement" (November 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-plotting-school-choice

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Kevin G. Welner (). Fellows’ Education Letters to the President. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/Letters-to-Obama

Kevin G. Welner (). Legislature's Vouchers Report is Based on Smoke and Mirrors. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/legislatures-vouchers-report-based-smoke-and-mirrors

Gary Miron (). NEPC Review: Public Charter Schools: A Great Value for Ohio’s Public Education System (November 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charters-ohio

Jon Lorence, Anthony Gary Dworkin (). NEPC Review: Reports on 10 state public opinion surveys on K-12 school choice (October 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-voucher-surveys

Jeffrey R. Henig (). What Do We Know About the Outcomes of KIPP Schools?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/outcomes-of-kipp-schools

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: Promising Start: An Empirical Analysis of How EdChoice Vouchers Affect Ohio Public Schools (August 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-promising-start

Kevin G. Welner (). Under the Voucher Radar. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/under-voucher-radar

John T. Yun (). NEPC Review: The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program (Manhattan Institute, April 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-effect-of-special

Wendy C. Chi (). NEPC Review: Choice and Education across the States (April 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-choice-education

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, Terri S. Wilson (). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations

Julie F. Mead (). How Legislation and Litigation Shape School Choice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/how-legislation-and-litigation-shape-school-choice

Wendy C. Chi (). The Impact of Advocacy Funding on the School Choice Debate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-impact-advocacy-funding-school-choice-debate

Casey Cobb, Gregg Garn (). School Choice and Accountability. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-and-accountability

Marisa Cannata (). Teacher Qualifications and Work Environments Across School Types. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teacher-qualifications-and-work-environments-across-school-types

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Martha Bottia, Stephanie Southworth (). School Choice and Segregation by Race, Class, and Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-and-segregation-race-class-and-achievement

David Arsen, Yongmei Ni (). The Competitive Effect of School Choice Policies on Performance in Traditional Public Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-competitive-effect-school-choice-policies-performance-traditional-public-schools

Gary Miron, Stephanie Evergreen, Jessica Urschel (). The Impact of School Choice Reforms on Student Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-impact-school-choice-reforms-student-achievement

Terri S. Wilson (). Negotiating Public and Private: Philosophical Frameworks for School Choice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/negotiating-public-and-private-philosophical-frameworks-school-choice

Clive Belfield (). Funding Formulas, School Choice, and Inherent Incentives. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/funding-formulas-school-choice-and-inherent-incentives

Kevin G. Welner, Alex Molnar (). The Privatization Infatuation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-privatization-infatuation

Damian W. Betebenner (). NEPC Review: Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure (Urban Institute, November 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-feeling-florida-heat-how-low-performing-schools-respond-voucher-and-accountability-

Sherman Dorn (). NEPC Review: The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Missouri (March 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-five-state-dropout-reports

Natalie Lacireno-Paquet, Charleen Brantley (). Who Chooses Schools, and Why?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/who-chooses-schools-and-why

Christopher Lubienski (). Educational Innovation and Diversification in School Choice Plans. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/educational-innovation-and-diversification-school-choice-plans

Wendy C. Chi, Kevin G. Welner (). Charter Ranking Roulette: An Analysis of Reports That Grade States’ Charter School Laws. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/charter-ranking-roulette

Jaekyung Lee (). NEPC Review: Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools? (October 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-two-reports-addressing-achievement-students-private-and-public-schools

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: The ABC's of School Choice (September 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-abcs-school-choice

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: School Choice by the Numbers: The Fiscal Effect of School Choice Programs 1990-2006 (May 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-choice-numbers-the-fiscal-effect-school-choice-programs-1990-%E2%80%93-2006

Gene V Glass (). NEPC Review: Report Card on American Education (November 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-report-card-american-education

Gary Miron, Chris Coryn, Dawn Mackety (). Evaluating the Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Look at the Great Lakes States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/evaluating-impact-charter-schools-student-achievement-a-longitudinal-look-great-lakes-st

Brooks Applegate, Gary Miron (). Teacher Attrition in Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teacher-attrition-charter-schools

Gary W. Ritter (). NEPC Review: Segregation Levels in Cleveland Public Schools and the Cleveland Voucher Program (August 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-segregation-levels-cleveland-public-schools-and-cleveland-voucher-program

Christopher Lubienski, Sarah Lubienski (). NEPC Review: On the Public-Private School Achievement Debate (August 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-on-public-private-school-achievement-debate

Gene V Glass (). NEPC Review: The Financial Impact of Ohio's Charter Schools (July 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-the-financial-impact-ohios-charter-schools

Gary Miron (). NEPC Review: Playing to Type? Mapping the Charter School Landscape (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, May 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-playing-type-mapping-charter-school-landscape

Ernest R. House (). NEPC Review: Trends in Charter School Authorizing (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, May 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-trends-charter-school-authorizing

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: Spreading Freedom and Saving Money: The Fiscal Impact of the D.C. Voucher Program (January 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-spreading-freedom-and-saving-money-the-fiscal-impact-dc-voucher-program

Damian W. Betebenner, Kenneth R. Howe, Samara S. Foster (). On School Choice and Test-Based Accountability. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/on-school-choice-and-test-based-accountability

Gerald W. Bracey (). Charter Schools' Performance and Accountability: A Disconnect. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/charter-schools-performance-and-accountability-a-disconnect

Kenneth R. Howe, Samara S. Foster (). An Assessment of Colorado's Charter Schools: Implications for Policy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/an-assessment-colorados-charter-schools-implications-policy

Gerald W. Bracey (). Data Point to Failure. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/data-point-failure

Kenneth R. Howe (). Deliberative Democratic Evaluation: Successes and Limitations of an Evaluation of School Choice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/deliberative-democratic-evaluation-successes-and-limitations-evaluation-school-choice

Alex Molnar (). Data on Charters Lacking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/data-charters-lacking

Gerald W. Bracey (). The AFT Charter School Study: Not News. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-aft-charter-school-study-not-news

B. Bartels, Kevin G. Welner (). Colorado Charter School Authorization and Funding Reform: An Analysis of HB 04-1141. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/colorado-charter-school-authorization-and-funding-reform-an-analysis-hb-04-1141

Susan Ohanian (). The K12 Virtual Primary School History Curriculum: A Participant's-eye View. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-k12-virtual-primary-school-history-curriculum-a-participants-eye-view

Gerald W. Bracey (). City-wide Systems of Charter Schools: Proceed With Caution. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/city-wide-systems-charter-schools-proceed-with-caution

Kevin G. Welner (). Education Tax Credits: No Net Benefit to Arizona's Impoverished Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/education-tax-credits-no-net-benefit-arizonas-impoverished-students

Kenneth R. Howe, Kevin G. Welner (). An Analysis of Colorado's School Voucher Proposals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/an-analysis-colorados-school-voucher-proposals

Kevin G. Welner (). An Examination of Colorado's Tuition Tax Credit Proposal. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/an-examination-colorados-tuition-tax-credit-proposal

Peter W. Cookson, Jr. (). Limitations of the Market Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/limitations-market-model-0

Kenneth R. Howe, Kevin G. Welner (). School Choice and the Pressure to Perform: Déjà Vu for Children with Disabilities?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-and-pressure-perform-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-children-with-disabilities

Glen Wilson (). The Equity Impact of Arizona's Education Tax Credit Program: A Review of the First Three Years (1998-2000). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-equity-impact-arizonas-education-tax-credit-program-a-review-first-three-years-1998-

Alex Molnar, Glen Wilson (). Tuition Tax Credits Can't Be Credited for Helping Poor. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/tuition-tax-credits-cant-be-credited-helping-poor

David C. Berliner (). Vouchers a Costly Path to a Divisive Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/vouchers-a-costly-path-a-divisive-education

Damian W. Betebenner, Margaret Eisenhart, Kenneth R. Howe (). School Choice Crucible: A Case Study of Boulder Valley. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-crucible-a-case-study-boulder-valley

Alex Molnar (). Evaluation of the Wisconsin Charter School Program, 2000-2001. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/evaluation-wisconsin-charter-school-program-2000-2001

(). Milwaukee Parental Choice Program . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/milwaukee-parental-choice-program

Gerald W. Bracey (). Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/charter-schools

Gregory A. Smith (). Small Public Schools: Returning Education to Families and Communities. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/small-public-schools-returning-education-families-and-communities

Kevin G. Welner (). Taxing the Establishment Clause: The Revolutionary Decision of the Arizona Supreme Court in Kotterman v. Killian. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/taxing-establishment-clause-the-revolutionary-decision-arizona-supreme-court-kotterman-v

Michele S. Moses (). The Arizona Education Tax Credit and Hidden Considerations of Justice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-arizona-education-tax-credit-and-hidden-considerations-justice

Kenneth R. Howe (). A Study of Boulder Valley School District's Open Enrollment Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/a-study-boulder-valley-school-districts-open-enrollment-program

Alex Molnar (). School Chartering Processes: Academic Accountability Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-chartering-processes-academic-accountability-issues

Kevin G. Welner, K. M. Welner (). Contextualizing Homeschooling Data: A Response to Rudner. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/contextualizing-homeschooling-data-a-response-rudner

(). Pilot Evaluation of the Wisconsin Charter School Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/pilot-evaluation-wisconsin-charter-school-program

Alex Molnar (). Charter Schools: The Smiling Face of Disinvestment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/charter-schools-the-smiling-face-disinvestment

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