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The Fiscal Impacts of Expanded Voucher Programs and Charter-School Growth on Public Schools: Recommendations for Sustaining Adequate and Equitable School Finance Systems

Policy Brief

David S. Knight and David DeMatthews

November 21, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Michael Gottfried About Chronic Absenteeism

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Michael A. Gottfried

November 14, 2024

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NEPC Review: Pennsylvania’s Education Tax Credit Scholarships: How EITC Serves Children and Families in the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Foundation, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

November 12, 2024

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Austerity or Accountability? State Financial Interventions During Economic Downturns

Newsletter

October 24, 2024

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How Can States Make School Voucher Systems More Accountable, Accessible, and Transparent?

Policy Brief

Joshua Cowen and Ryan D. Nowak

October 3, 2024

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Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views

Newsletter

September 19, 2024

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Webinar: Examining the Public Funding of Religious Schools

Newsletter

September 12, 2024

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NEPC Review: Helping Families Navigate the Changing Education Landscape (Cato Institute, June 2024)

NEPC Review

Huriya Jabbar

September 10, 2024

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Strengthening Oversight of Education Savings Account (ESA) Funding for Private and At-Home Schooling

Policy Brief

Luis A. Huerta and Trevor Baisden

September 5, 2024

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What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Education Policy?

Newsletter

August 22, 2024

When Schools Spend Less, Do Families Spend More? The Responsiveness of Supplementary Education Spending to Changes in the Local Schooling Context

Resource Document

Thomas Downes and Kieran Killeen

July 4, 2024

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NEPC Review: The Reality of Switchers (EdChoice, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Joshua Cowen

May 3, 2024

Pursuing an "Every Child Thrives" Public School System in North Carolina

Resource Document

Kathryn Wiley, Adam York, Tatianna Grant, Michelle Renée Valladares, Kevin G. Welner, Christopher Saldaña, Anna Deese, and John L. Myers

April 25, 2024

Taking Equal Opportunity Rhetoric Seriously: Envisioning and Costing-Out a P–12 Public School System in North Carolina Where Every Child Thrives: A Working Document

Resource Document

Christopher Saldaña, Anna Deese, Kevin G. Welner, Kathryn Wiley, Tatianna Grant, Adam York, Michelle Renée Valladares, and John L. Myers

April 25, 2024

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Project Estimates Price Tag for Equal Educational Opportunity in K-12

Newsletter

April 25, 2024

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NEPC Review: Public Education at a Crossroads: A Comprehensive Look at K-12 Resources and Outcomes (Reason Foundation, February 2024)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

April 10, 2024

NEPC Review: K-12 School Choice Calculator (Reason Foundation and EdChoice, January 2024)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

March 19, 2024

Students Lose Out as Cities and States Give Billions in Property Tax Breaks to Businesses − Draining School Budgets and Especially Hurting the Poorest Students

Resource Document

Christine Wen, Danielle McLean, Kevin G. Welner, and Nathan Jensen

February 22, 2024

School Spending Is Unfair. Here’s Why.

Newsletter

January 30, 2024

NEPC Review: Still a Good Investment: Charter School Productivity in Nine Cities (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, November 2023)

NEPC Review

Mark Weber

January 23, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Matthew Kelly About the History of School Finance

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña

January 16, 2024

NEPC Review: The Cost-Effectiveness of Wisconsin’s Private School Choice Programs (School Choice Wisconsin, September 2023)

NEPC Review

Stephen Kotok

December 12, 2023

Are These Vouchers on Steroids a Trainwreck in Slow Motion?

Newsletter

November 7, 2023

Football Gets Lots of Love. The Colleges? Not So Much.

Newsletter

October 24, 2023

Key Policy Issues in School Finance in the COVID-19 and Federal Stimulus Era

FYI

David S. Knight

October 13, 2023

NEPC Review: The 123s of School Choice: What the Research Says About Private School Choice Programs in America, 2023 Edition (EdChoice, June 2023)

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski

October 12, 2023

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

Resource Document

Matt Barnum

October 11, 2023

NEPC Review: Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit: Economic Analysis (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, June 2023)

NEPC Review

David S. Knight

September 27, 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

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, and David DeMatthews About District Takeovers

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, and David DeMatthews

September 14, 2023

Evaluating Research That Alleges Funding Disparities Between Charter and District Schools

Policy Memo

Mark Weber

September 12, 2023

NEPC Review: Think Again: Is Education Funding in America Still Unequal? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, July 2023)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

September 5, 2023

How Corporate Welfare Can Pilfer Money From Marginalized Students and Their Schools

Newsletter

August 3, 2023

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Thomas Dee and Sally Nuamah About Declining Enrollment

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Thomas Dee, and Sally Nuamah

May 23, 2023

NEPC Review: Think Again: Do Charter Schools Drain Resources From Traditional Public Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2023)

NEPC Review

Huriya Jabbar

May 19, 2023

NEPC Review: Assessing the National Landscape of Capital Expenditures for Public School Districts (Urban Institute, January 2023)

NEPC Review

Jeffrey Vincent

April 20, 2023

NEPC Review: Public Education Funding Without Boundaries: How to Get K-12 Dollars to Follow Open Enrollment Students (Reason Foundation, January 2023)

NEPC Review

Mark Weber

April 6, 2023

School Finance Is Unfair. This New Plan Would Help Fix It.

Newsletter

March 23, 2023

Evidence That Vouchers Are Cannibalizing Public School Budgets

Newsletter

March 9, 2023

The Concerning Connection Between School Spending, Poverty, and Race

Newsletter

February 23, 2023

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