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Kenneth R. Howe

University of Colorado Boulder

Kenneth R. Howe is professor emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder. He specializes in education ethics, policy, and research methodology, with his most recent research focusing on school choice. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy/education (joint), and MA in philosophy and BA in philosophy from Michigan State University.

Email Kenneth R. Howe at: ken.howe@colorado.edu

Why School Report Cards Merit a Failing Grade

Policy Brief

Kenneth R. Howe and Kevin Murray

January 26, 2015

How Recent Education Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Education

Policy Brief

Kenneth R. Howe and David E. Meens

October 16, 2012

NEPC Review: The State of State Standards 2006 (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2006)

NEPC Review

Kenneth R. Howe

September 11, 2006

Deliberative Democratic Evaluation: Successes and Limitations of an Evaluation of School Choice

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 2005

On School Choice and Test-Based Accountability

Resource Document

Damian W. Betebenner, Kenneth R. Howe, and Samara S. Foster

January 1, 2005

An Assessment of Colorado's Charter Schools: Implications for Policy

Policy Brief

Kenneth R. Howe and Samara S. Foster

January 1, 2005

A Critique of Experimentalism

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 2004

An Analysis of Colorado's School Voucher Proposals

Policy Brief

Kenneth R. Howe and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2003

Free Market Free-for-All

Legacy Publication

Kenneth R. Howe

April 10, 2002

Free Market Free-for-All

Legacy Publication

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 2002

Implications for the Use of the ACT Within the Colorado Student Assessment Program

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 2002

School Choice and the Pressure to Perform: Déjà Vu for Children with Disabilities?

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2002

School Choice Crucible: A Case Study of Boulder Valley

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Damian W. Betebenner, Margaret Eisenhart, and Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 2001

A Study of Boulder Valley School District's Open Enrollment Program

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 2000

Ethics in Educational Research

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1999

The Interpretive Turn and the New Debate in Education

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1998

Understanding Equal Educational Opportunity: Social Justice, Democracy and Schooling

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1997

Standards, Assessment, and Equality of Educational Opportunity

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1994

Ethics, Institutional Review Boards, and the Changing Face of Educational Research

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1993

Liberal Democracy, Equal Educational Opportunity and the Challenge of Multiculturalism

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1992

Getting Over the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1992

Validity in Educational Research

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1992

Standards for Qualitative (and Quantitative) Research: A Prolegomenon

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1990

In Defense of Outcomes-Based Conceptions of Equal Educational Opportunity

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1989

Against the Quantitative-Qualitative Incompatibility Thesis (Or Dogmas Die Hard)

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Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1988