NEPC Resources on Virtual Education

Neil Selwyn, Faith Boninger (April 9, 2024). Digital Technologies and the Commercialism of Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-audio-digital-technologies

Matt Barnum (October 11, 2023). Mark Zuckerberg Tried to Revolutionize American Education With Technology. It Didn’t Go as Planned.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-zuckerberg-summit

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Anna Noble, Meenakshi Mani (September 21, 2023). We Need Better Education Policy. Summit Public Schools Shows Why.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/summit-2023

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Shelby Hagle, Charisse Gulosino, Bryan Mann, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Amanda Glover, Kayla Bill (May 11, 2023). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2023. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2023

Clive Belfield (March 7, 2023). NEPC Review: The Economic Cost of the Pandemic: State by State (Hoover Institution, January 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/pandemic

Joshua Cowen (December 1, 2022). 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

(October 27, 2022). Preparing Tech-Savvy Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-tech-102722

Bryan Mann (October 18, 2022). 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, Audrey Watters (November 18, 2021). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Audrey Watters About “Teaching Machines” and Personalized Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-watters

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, Amanda Glover, Nathan Browning, Shelby Hagle, Faith Boninger (May 6, 2021). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2021. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2021

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (May 6, 2021). New Report Provides Reality Check on Virtual Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-reality-check

(March 25, 2021). Malicious Math Games? The Problem with Prodigy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-prodigy-032521

David R. Garcia (February 16, 2021). NEPC Review: Remote Learning Is Here to Stay: Results from the First American School District Panel Survey (RAND Corporation, December 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/remote-learning

(January 28, 2021). “Dataveillance,” Algorithmic Bias, and Other Concerns About Learning Management Systems. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-dataveillance-012821

(December 10, 2020). The Pandemic to Prison Pipeline: A Timely Q&A. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-pandemic-discipline-121020

Christopher Saldaña, Ben Williamson (November 17, 2020). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Ben Williamson About Education Technology. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publications/podcast-saldana-williamson

(October 8, 2020). Community Schools Are Adapting to Remote Learning. Here’s How.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-community-100820

Kevin G. Welner, Michael W. Apple, Francesca López (September 25, 2020). Research Panel: What’s Lost When the Lights Go Out in Brick and Mortar Schools?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-video-apple-lopez

Kevin G. Welner, David R. Garcia, Lorrie Shepard (September 25, 2020). Research Panel: Are Students “Behind” as a Result of School Closures and Reliance on Remote Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-video-garcia-shepard

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Michael K. Barbour (September 24, 2020). Issues to Consider Before Adopting a Digital Platform or Learning Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-learning

Elizabeth B. Kozleski (September 17, 2020). NEPC Review: Special Education and Distance Learning: Supporting Students through the Pandemic (ExcelinEd, June 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/special-education-pandemic

Christopher Saldaña, Janelle T. Scott (September 15, 2020). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Janelle Scott About the Emergence of Learning Pods. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publications/podcast-saldana-scott

(August 27, 2020). Lighter Screen Use During Dark Days: Tips for Lessening the Role of Edtech in Remote Instruction During the Pandemic. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-screen-use-082720

(August 20, 2020). To Reopen or Not to Reopen: Equity-Related Arguments For and Against Resuming In-Person Instruction This Fall. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-reopen-082020

(July 16, 2020). Teaching in Troubled Times: A Q&A With a Trauma Expert. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-dutro-071620

Michelle Renée Valladares, Kate Somerville (July 8, 2020). Michelle Renée Valladares, Ph.D. and Kate Somerville on COVID-19's Impact on K-12 Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-audio-valladares-somerville

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Christopher Saldaña (June 25, 2020). Big Claims, Little Evidence, Lots of Money: The Reality Behind the Summit Learning Program and the Push to Adopt Digital Personalized Learning Platforms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/summit-2020

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (June 25, 2020). New Concerns Raised About a Well-Known Digital Learning Platform. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-summit

Christopher Saldaña, Diane Ravitch (June 16, 2020). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Diane Ravitch About Privatization. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/saldana-ravitch

(June 2, 2020). A Few Weeks of Webinars. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-webinars-060220

(May 21, 2020). The New Normal Could Be Better Than the Old One. A Learning Scientist Explains Why.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-penuel-052120

(April 9, 2020). Children’s Data Privacy During COVID-19 Closures: 10 Questions to Ask. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-covid-privacy-040920

Kevin G. Welner (April 7, 2020). NEPC Review: Public-Private Virtual-School Partnerships and Federal Flexibility for Schools during COVID-19 (Mercatus Center, March 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/coronavirus

(February 20, 2020). Misuse of Screens in Schools: An Action Kit to Help Parents. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-screens-022020

(January 28, 2020). Does Online Education Raise Issues of Morality?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-online-ed-012820

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar (May 29, 2019). New Report on Virtual Education: ‘It Sure Sounds Good. As It Turns Out, It’s Too Good to Be True.’. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-virtual-education

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Najat Elgeberi, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice (May 28, 2019). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2019. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2019

Gregory A. Smith, Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar (May 14, 2019). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar About Personalized Learning and Digital Privatization. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-boninger-molnar

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Christopher Saldaña (April 30, 2019). Personalized Learning and the Digital Privatization of Curriculum and Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/personalized-learning

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (April 30, 2019). How Corporate Interests Are Overtaking Well-Intentioned Goals of Personalized Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-corporate-interests

(July 31, 2018). An Open Secret: The Problems with Virtual Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-virtual-schools-073118

Gregory A. Smith, Michael K. Barbour, Bryan Mann (May 17, 2018). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Michael Barbour and Bryan Mann on Virtual Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-barbour-mann

Gary Miron, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson (May 1, 2018). Full-Time Virtual and Blended Schools: Enrollment, Student Characteristics, and Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2018

Gregory A. Smith, Faith Boninger (September 21, 2017). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger on Student Privacy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-boninger

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Kevin Murray (August 15, 2017). Asleep at the Switch: Schoolhouse Commercialism, Student Privacy, and the Failure of Policymaking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2017

(June 27, 2017). Virtual Schools in Five Key States Show Growth but Poor Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-five

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, David Nitkin (April 11, 2017). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2017. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2017

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar (May 17, 2016). Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at School. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2015

Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino (April 20, 2016). Virtual Schools Report 2016: Directory and Performance Review. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2016

Gary Miron (April 18, 2016). NEPC Review: The Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools (Center on Reinventing Public Education, October 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-online-charters

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar (March 17, 2016). How Companies Learn What Children Secretly Want. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-how-companies-learn

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (April 9, 2015). On the Block: Student Data and Privacy in the Digital Age. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2014

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Charisse Gulosino (March 10, 2015). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2015: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2015

Noel Enyedy (November 24, 2014). Personalized Instruction: New Interest, Old Rhetoric, Limited Results, and the Need for a New Direction for Computer-Mediated Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/personalized-instruction

(November 7, 2014). ALEC ‘Report Card’ Recycles Bogus School Quality and Improvement Claims. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/alec-report

Michael K. Barbour (October 28, 2014). NEPC Review: Virtual Schooling and Student Learning: Evidence from the Florida Virtual School (Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-virtual-schooling-and-student-learning

Patricia Burch, Jahni Smith, Mary Stewart (June 19, 2014). Review of Expanding the Education Universe. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-expanding-the-education-universe

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Brian Horvitz (March 4, 2014). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2014

Julie F. Mead (November 7, 2013). 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

Bruce D. Baker, Justin Bathon (October 15, 2013). Financing Online Education and Virtual Schooling: A Guide for Policymakers and Advocates. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/financing-online-education

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Larry Cuban, Brian Horvitz, Charisse Gulosino, Sheryl Rankin Shafer (May 2, 2013). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2013: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2013

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (July 18, 2012). Understanding and Improving Full-Time Virtual Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/understanding-improving-virtual

Luis A. Huerta (April 3, 2012). NEPC Review: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, November 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teachers-digital-age

Michael K. Barbour (March 22, 2012). NEPC Review: Overcoming the Governance Challenge in K-12 Online Learning (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, February 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-overcoming-governance

Jennifer King Rice (March 6, 2012). NEPC Review: The Costs of Online Learning (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-cost-of-online

Gene V Glass, Kevin G. Welner, Justin Bathon (October 25, 2011). Online K-12 Schooling in the U.S.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/online-k-12-schooling

Gene V Glass (April 20, 2009). The Realities of K-12 Virtual Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/realities-K-12-virtual-education

Patricia H. Hinchey (January 1, 2006). An Analysis of the 2005 National Technology Plan: Better for Business than for Children. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/an-analysis-2005-national-technology-plan-better-business-children

Gerald W. Bracey (January 1, 2004). Knowledge Universe and Virtual Schools: Educational Breakthrough or Digital Raid on the Public Treasury?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/knowledge-universe-and-virtual-schools-educational-breakthrough-or-digital-raid-public-t