NEPC Resources on Private Schools

Bruce D. Baker (November 12, 2024). NEPC Review: Pennsylvania’s Education Tax Credit Scholarships: How EITC Serves Children and Families in the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Foundation, September 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/tax-credits

Joshua Cowen, Ryan D. Nowak (October 3, 2024). How Can States Make School Voucher Systems More Accountable, Accessible, and Transparent?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/voucher-accountability

Huriya Jabbar (September 10, 2024). NEPC Review: Helping Families Navigate the Changing Education Landscape (Cato Institute, June 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/navigators

Luis A. Huerta, Trevor Baisden (September 5, 2024). Strengthening Oversight of Education Savings Account (ESA) Funding for Private and At-Home Schooling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/esa-vouchers

Joshua Cowen (May 2, 2024). NEPC Review: The Reality of Switchers (EdChoice, March 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/switchers

Bruce D. Baker (March 19, 2024). NEPC Review: K-12 School Choice Calculator (Reason Foundation and EdChoice, January 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/calculator

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

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

David S. Knight (September 27, 2023). NEPC Review: Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit: Economic Analysis (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, June 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/tax-credit

(March 9, 2023). Evidence That Vouchers Are Cannibalizing Public School Budgets. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-voucher-consequences-030923

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

Luis A. Huerta, Steven J. Koutsavlis (March 15, 2022). NEPC Review: Fiscal Effects of School Choice: Analyzing the Costs and Savings of Private School Choice Programs in America (EdChoice, November 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/fiscal-effects

Jack Schneider (November 16, 2021). NEPC Review: Accountability and Private-School Choice (Manhattan Institute, October 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/accountability-choice

Bruce D. Baker (November 9, 2021). NEPC Review: Education Savings Accounts: How ESAs Can Promote Educational Freedom for New York Families (Manhattan Institute, October 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/esas

(October 21, 2021). Five Myths About Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-myths-102121

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

Kevin G. Welner (December 8, 2020). Reviews Worth Sharing: An Analysis of the Fiscal and Economic Impact of Georgia's Qualified Education Expense (Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University, November 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/Welner-ajc

Bruce D. Baker (October 22, 2020). NEPC Review: Unleashing Educational Opportunity: The Untapped Potential of Expanded Tax Credit Scholarships in Pennsylvania (Commonwealth Foundation, August 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/tax-credits

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

William J. Mathis (March 10, 2020). NEPC Review: Ripple Effect: How Expanding School Choice Programs Can Lead to More College Graduates and a Stronger Economy (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, January 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/ripple-effect

(January 30, 2020). Landmark Voucher Case Could Foster Discrimination and Further Lower the Church-State Wall of Separation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-espinoza-013020

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

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

T. Jameson Brewer (October 17, 2019). NEPC Review: The Effects of Means-Tested Private School Choice Programs on College Enrollment and Graduation (Urban Institute, July 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/choice

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

(August 9, 2018). Are Private Schools Really Better?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-private-schools-080918

Kristopher Nordstrom (July 12, 2018). Reviews Worth Sharing: An Impact Analysis of North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program on Student Achievement (June 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/RWS-vouchers

(July 12, 2018). Review Worth Sharing Identifies Flaws in NC Voucher Evaluation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-NC-vouchers-071218

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

Gregory A. Smith, Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos (February 14, 2018). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos on Education Savings Accounts. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-jimenez-castellanos

Kevin G. Welner (January 24, 2018). How Voucher Advocates Created a Blue-State Loophole to Trump’s Tax Law. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/SALT

Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos, William J. Mathis, Kevin G. Welner (January 23, 2018). The State of Education Savings Account Programs in the United States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ESAs

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

Jennifer Jellison Holme, Emily Germain (June 20, 2017). NEPC Review: Renewing Our Cities (EdChoice, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-choice

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

Christopher Lubienski, Ee-Seul Yoon (February 17, 2015). Review of The Texas Economy and School Choice . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-texas-economy-school-choice

Christopher Lubienski, T. Jameson Brewer (March 6, 2014). NEPC Review: Pluck & Tenacity: How Five Private Schools in Ohio Have Adapted to Vouchers (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-pluck-and-tenacity

Sara Goldrick-Rab (September 13, 2012). NEPC Review: The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City (August 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-vouchers-college

Vaughn Altemus (May 5, 2010). NEPC Review: They Spend WHAT? The Real Cost of Public Schools (March 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-they-spend-what

Bruce D. Baker (August 18, 2009). Private Schooling in the U.S.: Expenditures, Supply, and Policy Implications. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/private-schooling-US

Ernest R. House (April 15, 2009). NEPC Review: When Private Schools Take Public Dollars: What’s the Place of Accountability in School Voucher Programs? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-when-private-schools-take-public-dollars

Jaekyung Lee (December 12, 2007). NEPC Review: Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools? (October 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-two-reports-addressing-achievement-students-private-and-public-schools

Christopher Lubienski, Sarah Lubienski (August 30, 2006). NEPC Review: On the Public-Private School Achievement Debate (August 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-on-public-private-school-achievement-debate