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The Longstanding Research Supporting the New Ed Tech “Backlash”

Newsletter

June 25, 2026

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The Hidden Dangers of Meta’s Partnership Offer to Schools

Resource Document

Faith Boninger

December 15, 2025

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Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Policy Brief

Faith Boninger and T. Philip Nichols

September 25, 2025

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Faith Boninger and Andrew Liddell About Edtech in K-12 Schools

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Faith Boninger, and Andrew Liddell

June 19, 2025

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NEPC Review: Learning Systems: Shaping the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Education (Bellwether, September 2024)

NEPC Review

T. Philip Nichols

November 27, 2024

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

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

Consumer-Oriented School Rating Systems and Their Implications for Educational Equity

Policy Brief

Jeanne M. Powers

April 13, 2023

This Seemingly Benign Education App Seems Harmless. It Isn’t.

Newsletter

March 10, 2022

Malicious Math Games? The Problem with Prodigy

Newsletter

March 25, 2021

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Ben Williamson About Education Technology

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Ben Williamson

November 17, 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

Should For-Profit Corporations Be Writing America’s Curriculum to Best Serve Their Needs?

Newsletter

February 27, 2020

Misuse of Screens in Schools: An Action Kit to Help Parents

Newsletter

February 20, 2020

Investing for "Impact" or Investing for Profit? Social Impact Bonds, Pay for Success, and the Next Wave of Privatization of Social Services and Education

Policy Brief

Martin Carnoy and Roxana Marachi

February 4, 2020

NEPC Review: Commercial Cash: How NY Schools Can Raise Extra Money Without Raising Taxes (Urban Institute, September 2019)

NEPC Review

William S. Koski

November 19, 2019

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

Podcasts

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

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Christopher Saldaña About Teachers as Brand Ambassadors

Podcasts

Gregory A. Smith and Christopher Saldaña

February 14, 2019

Examining the New Phenomenon of Teachers as Brand Ambassadors

Research Brief

Christopher Saldaña, Kevin G. Welner, Susan Malcolm, and Eleanore Tisch

January 17, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Noliwe Rooks on School Segregation

Podcasts

Gregory A. Smith and Noliwe Rooks

November 15, 2018

Full-Time Virtual and Blended Schools: Enrollment, Student Characteristics, and Performance

Research Brief

Gary Miron, Christopher Shank, and Caryn Davidson

May 1, 2018

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

Resource Document

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

April 5, 2018

National Education Policy Center Deletes Its Facebook Account and Calls for Strict Data Protections Plus Public Regulation and Oversight of Digital Platforms

Newsletter

March 27, 2018

NEPC Review: School District Reform in Newark (National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2017)

NEPC Review

Mark Weber and Bruce D. Baker

December 14, 2017

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger on Student Privacy

Podcasts

Gregory A. Smith and Faith Boninger

September 21, 2017

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

The Business of Charter Schooling: Understanding the Policies that Charter Operators Use for Financial Benefit

Research Brief

Bruce D. Baker and Gary Miron

December 10, 2015

School-Based Marketing Threats to Children’s Well-Being Intensify

Newsletter

September 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

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

Corporate Involvement in School Reform

Resource Document

January 1, 2002

Media Impact of Think Tank Education Publications 2001

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, Eric Haas, and Rafael Serrano

January 1, 2002

Corporate Involvement in School Reform

Publication

January 1, 2002

Let the Buyer Beware

Research Brief

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

January 1, 2001

Business Community Views on Reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Hearing before the Committee on Education and

Resource Document

July 1, 1999

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