NEPC Resources on Corporate Involvement in School Reform

Ben Williamson, Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (March 5, 2024). Time for a Pause: Without Effective Public Oversight, AI in Schools Will Do More Harm Than Good.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ai

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

Jeanne M. Powers (April 13, 2023). Consumer-Oriented School Rating Systems and Their Implications for Educational Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-ratings

(March 10, 2022). This Seemingly Benign Education App Seems Harmless. It Isn’t.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-along-03102022

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

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

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (September 21, 2020). The Commercial Transformation of America’s Schools . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/commercial-transformation-american-public-education

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

(February 27, 2020). Should For-Profit Corporations Be Writing America’s Curriculum to Best Serve Their Needs?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-cte-022720

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

Martin Carnoy, Roxana Marachi (February 4, 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. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/social-impact-bonds

William S. Koski (November 19, 2019). NEPC Review: Commercial Cash: How NY Schools Can Raise Extra Money Without Raising Taxes (Urban Institute, September 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/commercialism

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

Gregory A. Smith, Christopher Saldaña (February 14, 2019). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Christopher Saldaña About Teachers as Brand Ambassadors. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-saldana

Christopher Saldaña, Kevin G. Welner, Susan Malcolm, Eleanore Tisch (January 17, 2019). Examining the New Phenomenon of Teachers as Brand Ambassadors. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/brand-ambassador

Gregory A. Smith, Noliwe Rooks (November 15, 2018). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Noliwe Rooks on School Segregation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-rooks

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

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (April 5, 2018). Why We’re Glad that the National Education Policy Center Deleted Its Facebook Account. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/facebook-student-privacy

(March 27, 2018). National Education Policy Center Deletes Its Facebook Account and Calls for Strict Data Protections Plus Public Regulation and Oversight of Digital Platforms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/facebook

Mark Weber, Bruce D. Baker (December 13, 2017). NEPC Review: School District Reform in Newark (National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-newark-reform

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

Bruce D. Baker, Gary Miron (December 10, 2015). The Business of Charter Schooling: Understanding the Policies that Charter Operators Use for Financial Benefit. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-revenue

(September 9, 2015). School-Based Marketing Threats to Children’s Well-Being Intensify. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-based-marketing

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

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, Terri S. Wilson (March 20, 2008). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations

(January 1, 2002). Corporate Involvement in School Reform. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/corporate-involvement-school-reform

(January 1, 2002). Corporate Involvement in School Reform. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/corporate-involvement-school-reform-0

Alex Molnar, Eric Haas, Rafael Serrano (January 1, 2002). Media Impact of Think Tank Education Publications 2001. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/media-impact-think-tank-education-publications-2001

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Alex Molnar, Katie Embree (January 1, 2001). Let the Buyer Beware. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/let-buyer-beware

(July 1, 1999). Business Community Views on Reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Hearing before the Committee on Education and . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/business-community-views-reform-elementary-and-secondary-education-act-hearing-committee