School Choice in the News
Predicted Pandemic-Prompted Education Revolution May Be Hype
Home Schooling Is Way Up With COVID-19. Will It Last?
Charter Schools Show Steeper Upward Trend in Student Achievement than District Schools
How Big Charter Networks Made the Switch to Remote Learning
How To Make the Case For School Choice
What You Need to Know from the Massive NCES School Choice Report
How charter school attendance affects students’ special-needs status
Desegregation Plan: Eliminate All Gifted Programs in New York
Many Countries Support School Choice for Families. The U.S. Used to, Too. 3 Ways to Get Back to That Democratic Approach
The Psychology of School Choice
Why we should examine what 'public' means in US schooling
Choose Your Own Adventure: K-12 Educational Options Aren't Just For The Elite Any More
An NAACP Revolt on Charters
School Choice Coalition Looks to Rebrand
Democrats, Support Charter Schools
Teachers at a D.C. charter school are trying to unionize, in a rare move
All Tennessee students deserve opportunity
U.S. Public Education Is Not Suffering From Financial Starvation, Contrary To Claims
Bill giving parents public money for private school narrowly passes House in historic vote
Analysis: Charter Schools Yield 53% Greater Return on Investment Than Traditional Public Schools
Cuomo’s Good Charter Fight
New Analysis Shows How a $13 Billion Funding Gap Between Charter Schools & Traditional Public Schools Hurts Underserved Students
DeSantis: Let’s clear scholarship backlog
A Life Lesson In Civics: How Democracy Prep Charter Schools Boost Student Voting
at EducationNext→
Commentary: Free public schools won’t ever work for all children
by Catherine Durkin Robinson at redefinED→
Should middle-class private schools be part of education reform?
by Mike Goldstein at the Fordham Institute→
Murphy’s troubling failure to defend charter school success
by Tom Moran at nj.com→
DeVos: ‘One-Size-Fits-All Approach’ to education won’t do
by Mairead McArdle at the National Review→
How would a federal school choice tax credit work?
a conversation with Marty West and Jim Blew at EdNext→
Controversial education voucher proposal clears second hurdle in Tennessee legislature
by Marta W. Aldrich at Chalkbeat→
Tennessee education savings account proposal moves forward
at WMC5 in Memphis, TN→
School choice empowers parents, helps students
Op-Ed by Patrick Gibbons at the Gainesville Sun→
Expansion of private school vouchers moving in Florida House
by Curt Anderson, AP→
DeVos’ tax-credit scholarship proposal deserves serious consideration
by Nat Malkus at the American Enterprise Institute→
Reinvigorating the pipeline: Insights into proposed and approved charter schools
at the National Association of Charter School Authorizers→
Some regulations deter private schools from participating in voucher programs
By Corey DeAngelis, Lindsey M. Burke and Patrick J. Wolf at EducationNext→
Putting school choice in parents' hands helps neighborhoods. How it works.
Op-ed by at the Tennesseean→
More School Choice in the News
Choice Regulation Studies
Do Voucher Students Attain Higher Levels of Education? Extended Evidence from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
Wolf, Patrick J., John F. Witte, and Brian Kisida. (2019). Do Voucher Students Attain Higher Levels of Education? Extended Evidence from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. (EdWorkingPaper: 19-115). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown...
The Effects of Means-Tested Private School Choice Programs on College Enrollment and Graduation
Chingos, Matthew M., Kuehn, Daniel, Monarrez, Tomas, Wolf, Patrick J., Witte, John F., & Kisida, Brian (2019) The Effects of Means-Tested Private School Choice Programs on College Enrollment and Graduation. Urban Institute, Center on Education Data and Policy.
Private School Choice and Crime: Evidence from Milwaukee
DeAngelis, Corey & Wolf, Patrick (2019) Private School Choice and Crime: Evidence from Milwaukee. Social Science Quarterly.
The Schooling and Labor Market Effects of Vouchers
Rau, Tomas, Sanchez, Cristian & Urzua, Sergio (2019) The Schooling and Labor Market Effects of Vouchers.
Evaluating Non-Cognitive Skills among Students Switching Into and Out of Charter Schools in North Carolina
Lisa P. Spees (2019) Evaluating Non-Cognitive Skills among Students Switching Into and Out of Charter Schools in North Carolina, Journal of School Choice,13:2, 135-157, DOI: 10.1080/15582159.2018.1560856
Will Democracy Endure Private School Choice? The Effect of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program on Adult Voting Behavior
DeAngelis, Corey A.; Wolf, Patrick J. / 2019. “Will Democracy Endure Private School Choice? The Effect of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program on Adult Voting Behavior.” The Journal of Private Enterprise, 34(3): 1-21.
Do You Get Cream with Your Choice? Characteristics of Students Who Moved into or Out of the Louisiana Scholarship Program
Sude, Yujie and Wolf, Patrick, Do You Get Cream with Your Choice? Characteristics of Students Who Moved into or Out of the Louisiana Scholarship Program (April 23, 2019). EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-13. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3376237 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3376237
Heterogeneous Impacts Across Schools in the First Four Years of the Louisiana Scholarship Program
Lee, Matthew H. and Mills, Jonathan and Wolf, Patrick, Heterogeneous Impacts Across Schools in the First Four Years of the Louisiana Scholarship Program (April 23, 2019). EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-11. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3376234 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3376234
The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement after Four Years
Mills, Jonathan and Wolf, Patrick, The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement after Four Years (May 10, 2019). EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-10. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3376230 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3376230
A good investment: The updated productivity of public charter schools in eight U.S. cities
DeAngelis, C. A., Wolf, P. J., Maloney, L. D., & May, J. F. (2019). EDRE Working Paper 2019-09.
Private School Choice and Character: More Evidence from Milwaukee
DeAngelis, Corey A.; Wolf, Patrick J. / 2020. "Private School Choice and Character: More Evidence from Milwaukee." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 35(3): 13-48. http://journal.apee.org/index.php/Parte3_2020_Journal_of_Private_Enterprise_Vol_35_No_3_Fall
Charter School Regulation as a Disproportionate Barrier to Entry
Kingsbury, I., Maranto, R., & Karns, N. (2020). Charter School Regulation as a Disproportionate Barrier to Entry. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085920923011
Academic Achievement of Home-schooled Students: Literature Review
Burke, Lindsey (2020). Academic Achievement of Home-schooled Students: Literature Review. Homeschool Legal Defense Association.
The Impact of Attending an Independent Upper Secondary School: Evidence from Sweden Using School Ranking Data
Edmark, Karin & Persson, Lovisa (2020) The Impact of Attending an Independent Upper Secondary School: Evidence from Sweden Using School Ranking Data. Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University. Working Paper 2/2020.
Dollars and Sense: Calculating the Fiscal Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program
Julie R. Trivitt & Corey A. DeAngelis (2020) Dollars and Sense: Calculating the Fiscal Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program. Journal of School Choice.
Effects of Scaling Up Private School Choice Programs On Public School Students
Figlio, David N., Hart, Cassandra M.D., Karbownik, Krzysztof (2020) Effects of Scaling Up Private School Choice Programs On Public School Students. National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper 26758.
Chartering in Kansas City
McShane, Michael Q. (2020) Chartering in Kansas City. R Street Institute Public Policy and Civil Society Series.
The Competitive Effects of School Choice on Student Achievement: A Systematic Review
Huriya Jabbar, Carlton J. Fong, Emily Germain, Dongmei Li, Joanna Sanchez, Wei-Ling Sun, Michelle Devall (2019) The Competitive Effects of School Choice on Student Achievement: A Systematic Review. Education Policy Journal.
Nearly three decades into the charter school movement, what has research told us about charter schools?
Zimmer, Ron, Richard Buddin, Sarah Ausmus Smith, Danielle Duffy. (2019). Nearly three decades into the charter school movement, what has research told us about charter schools?. (EdWorkingPaper: 19-156). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University:...
How Does School Choice Affect Racial Integration?
McCallum, Diana, Tuttle, Christina, Max, Jeffrey, Gill, Brian & Gleason, Philip (2019) How Does School Choice Affect Racial Integration? Washington, DC: Mathematica.