NEPC Resources on Charter Schools

David R. Garcia (December 3, 2024). NEPC Review: Searching for the Tipping Point: Scaling up Public School Choice Spurs Citywide Gains (Public Policy Institute, October 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/charter-achievement

David S. Knight, David DeMatthews (November 21, 2024). The Fiscal Impacts of Expanded Voucher Programs and Charter-School Growth on Public Schools: Recommendations for Sustaining Adequate and Equitable School Finance Systems. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/finance-equity

Bryan Mann (September 24, 2024). NEPC Review: Ohio Charter Schools After the Pandemic: Are Their Students Still Learning More Than They Would in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/ohio-charter-schools

(August 16, 2024). Religious Charter School Declared Unconstitutional: A Webinar on OK Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-religious-charter-school

Bryan Mann (June 20, 2024). NEPC Review: Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/ohio-charters

Kevin G. Welner (June 11, 2024). What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for Public Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/rd-religious-charters

(January 25, 2024). ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2023. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-top-five-2023-012524

Mark Weber (January 23, 2024). NEPC Review: Still a Good Investment: Charter School Productivity in Nine Cities (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, November 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/charter-productivity

Amanda U. Potterton, Annah Rogers, Jeanne M. Powers (December 7, 2023). NEPC Review: From Surviving to Thriving: K-12 Choice and Opportunity for Rural Texas Students and Teachers (The Heritage Foundation, August 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/rural-choice

Valerie Strauss (October 13, 2023). Why What Looked Like Good News for Charter Schools Actually Wasn’t. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-charter-schools

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

Mark Weber (September 12, 2023). Evaluating Research That Alleges Funding Disparities Between Charter and District Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/funding-disparities

Joseph J. Ferrare (September 7, 2023). NEPC Review: As a Matter of Fact: National Charter School Study III 2023 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), June 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/charter-study

(August 10, 2023). New Study Places NOLA Portfolio Schools Within a History of Anti-Black Racism. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-nola-081023

(July 13, 2023). School Choice for Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-choice-teachers-071323

(June 15, 2023). Charter Schools With a “Christian Nationalist Spin”. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-christian-061523

Huriya Jabbar (May 18, 2023). NEPC Review: Think Again: Do Charter Schools Drain Resources From Traditional Public Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/think-again

(May 9, 2023). Eight Ways to Increase Charter School Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-equity-steps-050923

(May 4, 2023). How Can Charter School Authorizers Encourage Equity?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-charter-equity-050423

(January 26, 2023). ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2022. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-top-five-012623

Christine Sleeter, T. Jameson Brewer (January 24, 2023). NEPC Review: Empowering Parents with School Choice Reduces Wokeism in Education (Heritage Foundation, November 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/wokeism

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

Helen F. Ladd (November 10, 2022). How Charter Schools Undermine Good Education Policymaking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-policy

(November 1, 2022). How Charter Schools May Be Exacerbating the Teacher Shortage. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-shortage-110122

(October 25, 2022). Omisión y Confusión: Six Ways Schools of Choice Advertise Their Approach to Teaching Emerging Bilinguals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-bilinguals-102522

(July 21, 2022). The Trickiness of Charter School Waitlists. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-charter-regs-07212022

(June 2, 2022). The Intriguing Association Between Principal Unionization and Charter School Academic Outcomes. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-charter-principals-06022022

Kevin G. Welner (May 12, 2022). The Outsourcing of Discrimination: Another SCOTUS Earthquake?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/carson-makin

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley (May 10, 2022). NEPC Review: Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools (Summit Public Schools, September 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/summit

(April 21, 2022). Four Ways School Choice Worsens Segregation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-segregation-04212022

Kevin G. Welner (April 13, 2022). Why Is the Charter Lobby So Upset About Biden’s Proposed Regulations?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-csp-04122022

Christopher Saldaña, Wagma Mommandi, Kevin G. Welner (March 17, 2022). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Wagma Mommandi and Kevin Welner About How Charter Schools Shape Their Enrollment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-mommandi-welner

Mark Weber (January 18, 2022). NEPC Review: Charter School Funding: Dispelling Myths about EMOs, Expenditure Patterns, & Nonpublic Dollars (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, October 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/charter-myths

(September 21, 2021). Do Students Choose Their Charter Schools, or Is It the Other Way Around?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-charter-choice-092121

Henry M. Levin (September 9, 2021). Charter Schools: Rending or Mending the Nation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/rending-or-mending

Bruce D. Baker (September 2, 2021). NEPC Review: Charter School Funding: Support for Students with Disabilities (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, July 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/funding-disabilities

Samuel E. Abrams, Steven J. Koutsavlis (July 15, 2021). NEPC Review: Florida Versus Kentucky: School Choice Improves Public School Performance, Too (Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, May 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/fl-ky-school-choice

T. Jameson Brewer, Joel R. Malin (June 15, 2021). NEPC Review: Education Freedom and Student Achievement: Is More School Choice Associated with Higher State-Level Performance on the NAEP? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/education-freedom

(April 1, 2021). “Turducken Voucher” Bill Introduced in Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-turducken-040121

Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Christopher Shank, Najat Elgeberi, Caryn Davidson, Fanny Hernandez De Alvarez, Brandy Jurdzy, Judith Larsen, Dung Pham, Kelly Ruder, Laura Urdapilleta, Jessica Urschel (February 25, 2021). Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fifteenth Edition. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/emo-profiles-fifteenth-ed

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

Derek W. Black (January 26, 2021). NEPC Review: Religious Charter Schools: Legally Permissible? Constitutionally Required? (Manhattan Institute, December 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/religious-charters

Yongmei Ni, Eunice S. Han (December 3, 2020). NEPC Review: Changes in the Performance of Students in Charter and District Sectors of U.S. Education: An Analysis of Nationwide Trends (The Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, September 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/charter-district-schools

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

Bruce Fuller (June 9, 2020). NEPC Review: Are Charter Schools Safer than District-Run Schools? (Reason Foundation, April 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/charters

Bruce D. Baker (May 26, 2020). NEPC Review: Comparing Ed Reforms: Assessing the Experimental Research on Nine K-12 Education Reforms (EdChoice, April 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/charter-research

Mark Weber (March 17, 2020). NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Newark: The Effect on Student Test Scores (Manhattan Institute, January 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/newark-charters

Steven V. Miller (January 21, 2020). NEPC Review: School Sector and Satisfaction: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample (Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, October 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/school-satisfaction

Yongmei Ni (November 14, 2019). NEPC Review: Rising Tide: Charter School Market Share and Student Achievement (Thomas B. Fordham Institute , September 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/rising-tide

Joel Westheimer (October 22, 2019). NEPC Review: The Case for Educational Pluralism in the U.S. (Manhattan Institute, July 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/pluralism

Robert Bifulco (June 18, 2019). NEPC Review: Student Achievement in Florida's Charter Schools (Florida Department of Education, March 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/fl-charters

Bruce D. Baker (May 30, 2019). NEPC Review: California Charter Schools: Costs, Benefits, and Impact on School Districts (Center on Reinventing Public Education, May 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/ca-charters

Gregory A. Smith, Carol C. Burris (April 23, 2019). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Carol Burris About Charter School Funding. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-burris

Gregory A. Smith, Mark R. Warren, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, Jonathan Stith (March 26, 2019). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Mark Warren, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, and Jonathan Stith About the Educational Justice Movement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-warren

Mark Weber (March 12, 2019). NEPC Review: Fairness in Facilities: Why Idaho Public Charter Schools Need More Facilities Funding (Bellwether Education Partners, January 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/facilities-funding

Gregory A. Smith, Suzanne E. Eckes, Julie F. Mead (January 22, 2019). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Suzanne Eckes and Julie Mead About Privatization and Discrimination. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-eckes-mead

Julie F. Mead, Suzanne E. Eckes (December 6, 2018). How School Privatization Opens the Door for Discrimination. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/privatization

(November 6, 2018). NEPC Fellow Douglas Harris Responds to Critiques of Study, and a Q&A on the Effect of New Orleans School Reforms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-NOLA-081418

(October 23, 2018). This Charter School Wraps its Arms Around its Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-BSE-102318

Gregory A. Smith, Gordon Lafer (October 18, 2018). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Gordon Lafer on Charter Expansion. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-lafer

(October 9, 2018). What Should We Really Learn From New Orleans After the Storm? A Q&A With NEPC Fellow Bruce Baker . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-baker-100918

Clive Belfield (October 4, 2018). NEPC Review: Fiscal and Education Spillovers from Charter School Expansion (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-spillover

Ed Fuller (September 11, 2018). NEPC Review: Time to Change Course: Reclaiming the Potential of Texas Charter Schools (ExcelinEd and Texas Public Policy Foundation, June 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-texas-charters

(August 21, 2018). What Does Research Have to Say About LeBron’s New School?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-LeBron-082118

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

Doris A. Santoro (June 26, 2018). NEPC Review: Is Public Schooling a Public Good? An Analysis of Schooling Externalities (Cato Institute, May 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-public-school

(May 31, 2018). Apples to Aardvarks: WILL Replicates Erroneous Private School Findings. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-apples

Julian Vasquez Heilig (May 10, 2018). NEPC Review: Bigger Bang, Fewer Bucks? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, February 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-roi

Christopher Lubienski, T. Jameson Brewer (May 3, 2018). NEPC Review: Do Impacts on Test Scores Even Matter? (American Enterprise Institute, March 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-goalposts

Chris Torres, Joanne W. Golann (April 10, 2018). NEPC Review: Charter Schools and the Achievement Gap (Brookings Institution, February 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-no-excuses

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Erica Frankenberg (February 8, 2018). NEPC Review: Balancing Act: Schools, Neighborhoods, and Racial Imbalance (Brookings Institution, November 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-school-segregation

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

Jeanne M. Powers (November 21, 2017). NEPC Review: Why Indiana Parents Choose: A Cross-Sector Survey of Parents' Views in a Robust School Choice Environment (EdChoice, September 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-indiana-choice

Patricia H. Hinchey (November 7, 2017). NEPC Review: Teacher Absenteeism in Charter and Traditional Public Schools (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-absenteeism

Matthew Gaertner, Ben Kirshner (October 24, 2017). NEPC Review: Lights Off: Practice and Impact of Closing Low-Performing Schools (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-closures

Clive Belfield (October 11, 2017). NEPC Review: Charter School Funding: Inequity in New York City (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, August 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-funding

Gary Miron, Christopher Shank (September 7, 2017). NEPC Review: Charter Management Organizations 2017 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), June 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-CMOs

Gail L. Sunderman (June 13, 2017). NEPC Review: Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Education Cities, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-ESSA-accountability

Sarah Cordes (May 9, 2017). NEPC Review: New York Charter Schools Outperform Traditional Selective Public Schools: More Evidence that Cream-Skimming is Not Driving Charters' Success (Manhattan Institute , March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-nyc-charters

Benjamin Shear (April 25, 2017). NEPC Review: Apples to Apples: The Definitive Look at School Test Scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-milwaukee-vouchers

T. Jameson Brewer, Christopher Lubienski (April 13, 2017). NEPC Review: Differences by Design? Student Composition in Charter Schools with Different Academic Models (American Enterprise Institute, February 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charters

Lawrence Blum (March 14, 2017). What We Can Learn from the Massachusetts Ballot Question Campaign on Charter School Expansion. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ma-charter

William J. Mathis (August 23, 2016). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/research-based-options

(August 18, 2016). Denver “Portfolio” Report’s Flaws Remain, Reviewer Confirms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/denver-portfolio-report-s-flaws-remain-reviewer-confirms

(August 11, 2016). Reviewer Finds Continuing Problems with WILL Charter School “Autonomy” Report. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reviewer-finds-continuing-problems-will-charter-school-autonomy-report

Terrenda White (July 26, 2016). NEPC Review: A 21st Century School System in the Mile-High City (Progressive Policy Institute, May 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-21st-century

Casey Cobb (July 12, 2016). NEPC Review: Bang for the Buck: Which Public Schools in Milwaukee Produce the Best Outcome Per Dollar Spent? (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, May 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-WILL

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

Julie F. Mead, Mark Weber (February 17, 2016). Review of Special Education and English Language Learner Students in Boston Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-expansion

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

(October 9, 2015). Charter Researchers Promoting “No Excuses” Schools Republish Inflated Claims. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-researchers-promoting-no-excuses-schools-republish-inflated-claims

(September 28, 2015). Problems with CREDO’s Charter School Research: Understanding the Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/problems-credo

Arnold Danzig, William J. Mathis (September 1, 2015). NEPC Review: Measuring Diversity in Charter School Offerings (American Enterprise Institute, July 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-diversity

Ben Kirshner, Matthew Gaertner (June 16, 2015). NEPC Review: School Closures and Student Achievement: An Analysis of Ohio's Urban District and Charter Schools (Fordham Institute, April 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-school-closures

Andrew Maul (April 27, 2015). NEPC Review: Urban Charter School Study Report on 41 Regions 2015 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), March 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./%20thinktank/review-urban-charter-school

Alex Molnar (April 9, 2015). State Sen. Alberta Darling's Recovery District Idea is Designed to Fail. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/state-sen-alberta-darling

Gary Miron, William J. Mathis, Kevin G. Welner (February 23, 2015). NEPC Review: Separating Fact & Fiction: What You Need to Know About Charter Schools (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, August 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-separating-fact-and-fiction

Jeanne M. Powers (January 20, 2015). NEPC Review: No Excuses Charter Schools: A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, December 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-no-excuses-charter-meta-analysis

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

Francesca López (September 30, 2014). NEPC Review: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature on the Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement (Center on Reinventing Public Education, August 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-meta-analysis-effect-charter

W. Steven Barnett, Cynthia E. Lamy (September 16, 2014). Review of Seeds of Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-seeds-of-achievement

Gene V Glass (August 19, 2014). NEPC Review: The Productivity of Public Charter Schools (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, July 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-productivity-public-charter

Bruce D. Baker (May 20, 2014). NEPC Review: Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands (School Choice Demonstration Project and University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, April 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-funding-inequity

Kevin G. Welner, Gary Miron (May 5, 2014). Wait, Wait. Don’t Mislead Me! Nine Reasons to Be Skeptical About Charter Waitlist Numbers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-waitlists

Tina Trujillo, Marialena Rivera (April 15, 2014). Review of The Effect of Co-locations on Student Achievement in NYC Public Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-effect-of-co-locations

Craig Howley (March 13, 2014). Review of A New Frontier: Utilizing Charter Schooling to Strengthen Rural Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-new-frontier

Bruce D. Baker (February 20, 2014). Review of Should Charter Schools Pay Rent?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-should-charter-schools-pay-rent

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

(September 9, 2013). Play “CharterLand,” from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/play-charterland

Opportunity to Learn Campaign, Kevin G. Welner (September 6, 2013). New Infographic: Welcome to CharterLand! . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/new-infographic-welcome-charterland

Andrew Maul, Abby McClelland (July 16, 2013). NEPC Review: National Charter School Study 2013 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-credo-2013

William J. Mathis (June 13, 2013). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/options

Kevin G. Welner (May 10, 2013). The Dirty Dozen: How Charter Schools Influence Student Enrollment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/TCR-Dirty-Dozen

Christopher Lubienski, T. Jameson Brewer (May 9, 2013). Review of Report Card on American Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-report-card-ALEC-2013

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

Gregory Camilli (April 30, 2013). NEPC Review: KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes (Mathematica Policy Research, February 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-KIPP-middle-schools

Kevin G. Welner (April 1, 2013). Charter Schools Possess No Magic Formula: Opposing View . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-schools-possess-no-magic-formula-opposing-view

Andrew Maul (February 12, 2013). NEPC Review: Charter School Performance in Michigan (January 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-performance-michigan

Bruce D. Baker (December 6, 2012). Review of New York State Special Education Enrollment Analysis. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-ny-special-ed

Lisa Hoag Mieritz (June 18, 2012). Charter Schools, Fair Housing, and Legal Standards: A Call for Equal Treatment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-schools-fair-housing-and-legal-standards-call-equal-treatment

Bruce D. Baker, Ken Libby, Kathryn Wiley (May 5, 2012). Spending by the Major Charter Management Organizations: Comparing Charter School and Local Public District Financial Resources . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/spending-major-charter

Kristen L. Buras (March 20, 2012). NEPC Review: The Louisiana Recovery School District: Lessons for the Buckeye State (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-louisiana-recovery-buckeye

Julie F. Mead, Preston Green (February 21, 2012). Chartering Equity: Using Charter School Legislation and Policy to Advance Equal Educational Opportunity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/chartering-equity

Julie F. Mead, Preston Green (February 21, 2012). Creando equidad: Uso de la legislación y la política de escuelas charter para alcanzar la oportunidad educativa igualitaria. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./es/publication/chartering-equity-espanol

Bruce Fuller (January 19, 2012). Review of Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-school-management

Kevin G. Welner (December 1, 2011). How Many Decades Before 'Reform' Becomes 'Status Quo'?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/how-many-decades-reform-becomes-status-quo

David R. Garcia (November 10, 2011). NEPC Review: Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap-Closing Reform (October 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-chartering-and-choice

Tina Trujillo (September 13, 2011). NEPC Review: Charting New Territory: Tapping Charter Schools to Turn Around the Nation's Dropout Factories (Center for American Progress, June 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charting-new-territory

David R. Garcia (April 20, 2011). NEPC Review: Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best (February 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-going-exponential

Bruce D. Baker, Richard Ferris (January 26, 2011). Adding Up the Spending: Fiscal Disparities and Philanthropy Among New York City Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/NYC-charter-disparities

(January 24, 2011). Two Thumbs Down: Education Documentaries Fictionalize Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/two-thumbs

William Tate (January 24, 2011). Review of The Lottery . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-lottery

Elizabeth Dutro (January 24, 2011). Review of Waiting for Superman. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-waiting-superman

Gary Miron (January 20, 2011). NEPC Review: Charter Schools: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-federal

Clive Belfield (October 5, 2010). NEPC Review: Fostering Innovation and Excellence (May 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-fostering-innovation

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (June 29, 2010). Equal or Fair? A Study of Revenues and Expenditures in American Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-school-finance

Charisse Gulosino (May 26, 2010). NEPC Review: Charter School Autonomy: A Half-Broken Promise (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Public Impact, April 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-school-autonomy

Katrina Bulkley (April 15, 2010). NEPC Review: Fix the City Schools: Moving All Schools to Charter-Like Autonomy (March 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-fix-city-schools

Robert Bifulco (March 10, 2010). NEPC Review: Connecticut's Charter School Law and Race to the Top (ConnCAN, February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-Connecticut-Charter

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel, William J. Mathis, Elana Tornquist (February 5, 2010). Schools Without Diversity: Education Management Organizations, Charter Schools, and the Demographic Stratification.... Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schools-without-diversity

Bob Williams (December 16, 2009). Reviews Worth Sharing: Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation (November 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/does-grading-bias-apply-education-reports

Patrick McEwan (November 17, 2009). NEPC Review: Everyone Wins: How Charter Schools Benefit All New York City Public School Students (Manhattan Institute, October 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-everyone-wins

Sean Reardon (November 12, 2009). NEPC Review: How New York City’s Charter Schools Affect Achievement (September 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-how-New-York-City-Charter

Gary Miron, Brooks Applegate (June 24, 2009). NEPC Review: Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States (June 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-multiple-choice

Derek C. Briggs (May 27, 2009). NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration and Competition (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-schools-eight-states

Robert Bifulco (May 5, 2009). NEPC Review: The Impact of Milwaukee Charter Schools on Student Achievement (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-impact-Milwaukee-charter

Sherman Dorn (March 4, 2009). NEPC Review: The High Cost of High School Dropouts in Ohio (February 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-the-high-cost

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Kevin G. Welner (December 29, 2008). Fellows’ Education Letters to the President. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/Letters-to-Obama

Gary Miron (December 10, 2008). NEPC Review: Public Charter Schools: A Great Value for Ohio’s Public Education System (November 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charters-ohio

Jeffrey R. Henig (November 10, 2008). What Do We Know About the Outcomes of KIPP Schools?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/outcomes-of-kipp-schools

Wendy C. Chi (April 29, 2008). NEPC Review: Choice and Education across the States (April 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-choice-education

David Arsen, Yongmei Ni (March 1, 2008). The Competitive Effect of School Choice Policies on Performance in Traditional Public Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-competitive-effect-school-choice-policies-performance-traditional-public-schools

Natalie Lacireno-Paquet, Charleen Brantley (January 7, 2008). Who Chooses Schools, and Why?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/who-chooses-schools-and-why

Wendy C. Chi, Kevin G. Welner (January 1, 2008). Charter Ranking Roulette: An Analysis of Reports That Grade States’ Charter School Laws. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-ranking-roulette

Brooks Applegate, Gary Miron (January 1, 2007). Teacher Attrition in Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-attrition-charter-schools

Gary Miron, Chris Coryn, Dawn Mackety (January 1, 2007). Evaluating the Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Look at the Great Lakes States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/evaluating-impact-charter-schools-student-achievement-a-longitudinal-look-great-lakes-st

Gene V Glass (August 1, 2006). NEPC Review: The Financial Impact of Ohio's Charter Schools (July 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-the-financial-impact-ohios-charter-schools

Gary Miron (May 11, 2006). NEPC Review: Playing to Type? Mapping the Charter School Landscape (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, May 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-playing-type-mapping-charter-school-landscape

Ernest R. House (May 10, 2006). NEPC Review: Trends in Charter School Authorizing (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, May 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-trends-charter-school-authorizing

Christopher Lubienski, Sarah Lubienski (January 1, 2006). Charter, Private, Public Schools and Academic Achievement: New Evidence from NAEP Mathematics Data. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-private-public-schools-and-academic-achievement

Gerald W. Bracey (January 1, 2005). Charter Schools' Performance and Accountability: A Disconnect. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-schools-performance-and-accountability-a-disconnect

Gerald W. Bracey (January 1, 2005). Data Point to Failure. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/data-point-failure

(December 16, 2004). A Second Report Shows Charter School Students Not Performing as Well as Other Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-second-report-shows-charter-school-students-not-performing-well-other-students

(December 15, 2004). America's Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/americas-charter-schools

(September 17, 2004). Collapse of 60 Charter Schools Leaves Californians Scrambling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/collapse-60-charter-schools-leaves-californians-scrambling

(August 29, 2004). U.S. Cutting Back on Details in Data About Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/us-cutting-back-details-data-about-charter-schools

(August 20, 2004). Charter School Achievement on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-school-achievement-2003-national-assessment-educational-progress

(August 17, 2004). Charter Schools Trail in Results, U.S. Data Reveal. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-schools-trail-results-us-data-reveal

(August 1, 2004). The Impacts of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: Evidence From North Carolina. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/impacts-charter-schools-student-achievement-evidence-north-carolina

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (January 1, 2004). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reform-florida

Susan Ohanian (January 1, 2004). The K12 Virtual Primary School History Curriculum: A Participant's-eye View. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-k12-virtual-primary-school-history-curriculum-a-participants-eye-view

Gerald W. Bracey (January 1, 2004). City-wide Systems of Charter Schools: Proceed With Caution. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/city-wide-systems-charter-schools-proceed-with-caution

Alex Molnar (January 1, 2004). Data on Charters Lacking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/data-charters-lacking

Gerald W. Bracey (January 1, 2004). The AFT Charter School Study: Not News. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-aft-charter-school-study-not-news

B. Bartels, Kevin G. Welner (January 1, 2004). Colorado Charter School Authorization and Funding Reform: An Analysis of HB 04-1141. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/colorado-charter-school-authorization-and-funding-reform-an-analysis-hb-04-1141

Luis A. Huerta (January 1, 2004). Cyber and Homeschool Charter Schools: How States are Defining New Forms of Public Schooling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/cyber-and-homeschool-charter-schools

(November 13, 2003). State Faults Charter School Data. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/state-faults-charter-school-data

(April 8, 2003). Charter Schools and Inequality: National Disparities in Funding, Teaching Quality, and Student Support. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-schools-and-inequality-national-disparities-funding-teaching-quality-and-student

Alex Molnar (January 1, 2001). Evaluation of the Wisconsin Charter School Program, 2000-2001. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/evaluation-wisconsin-charter-school-program-2000-2001

Gerald W. Bracey (January 1, 2000). Charter Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-schools

Gregory A. Smith (January 1, 2000). Small Public Schools: Returning Education to Families and Communities. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/small-public-schools-returning-education-families-and-communities

Alex Molnar (January 1, 1999). School Chartering Processes: Academic Accountability Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-chartering-processes-academic-accountability-issues

(January 1, 1999). Pilot Evaluation of the Wisconsin Charter School Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/pilot-evaluation-wisconsin-charter-school-program

Alex Molnar (January 1, 1996). Charter Schools: The Smiling Face of Disinvestment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-schools-the-smiling-face-disinvestment