NEPC Resources on Privatization

David S. Knight, David DeMatthews (). 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

Christopher Saldaña, Joshua Cowen, Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Josh Cowen and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. About Privatization, School Choice, and Culture Wars. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-cowen-henry

Thomas Downes, Kieran Killeen (). When Schools Spend Less, Do Families Spend More? The Responsiveness of Supplementary Education Spending to Changes in the Local Schooling Context. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ipsep-working-paper-1

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

Valerie Strauss (). 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 (). 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

David S. Knight (). 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

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

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

Joshua Cowen (). NEPC Review: The Ohio EdChoice Program’s Impact on School District Enrollments, Finances, and Academics (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, December 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/edchoice

Joshua Cowen (). 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

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

Luis A. Huerta, Steven J. Koutsavlis (). 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

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 (). Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fifteenth Edition. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/emo-profiles-fifteenth-ed

Christopher Saldaña, Jack Schneider, Jennifer Berkshire (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire About Their New Book. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publications/podcast-saldana-schneider-berkshire

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

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

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

Christopher Saldaña, Frank Adamson (). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Frank Adamson About the Privatization of Public Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/saldana-adamson

William J. Mathis (). 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

Martin Carnoy, Roxana Marachi (). 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

Frank Adamson (). NEPC Review: Beyond the Mirage: How Pragmatic Stewardship Could Transform Learning Outcomes in International Education Systems (June 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/mirage

Gregory A. Smith, Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar (). 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 (). 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 (). 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, Mark R. Warren, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, Jonathan Stith (). 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

Gregory A. Smith, Suzanne E. Eckes, Julie F. Mead (). 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

Gregory A. Smith, Rick Mintrop, Miguel Órdenes (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Rick Mintrop and Miguel Órdenes on School Privatization in Chile. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-mintrop-ordenes

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

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

Doris A. Santoro (). 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

(). Dive Deep into the Latest School Voucher Battle. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-dive-deep

Ernesto Treviño, Rick Mintrop, Cristóbal Villalobos, Miguel Órdenes (). What Might Happen If School Vouchers and Privatization of Schools Were to Become Universal in the U.S.: Learning from a National Test Case—Chile. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/chilean-voucher

Gregory A. Smith, Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos (). 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

Education Deans for Justice and Equity (). Our Children Deserve Better: A Call to Resist Washington’s Dangerous Vision for U.S. Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/children-deserve-better

Sarah Cordes (). 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 (). 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

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

Alex Molnar (). Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/dismantling-public-education

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

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

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

Peter W. Cookson, Jr. (). Review of The State Education Agency: At the Helm, Not the Oar. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-state-education-agency

Kevin G. Welner (). The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/lost-opportunity-common-core-state-standards

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

Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino (). Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fourteenth Edition – 2011-2012. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/EMO-profiles-11-12

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

Kristen L. Buras (). 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

Alex Molnar (). Privatization, Politics, and Policymaking in Public Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/privatization-politics-and-policymaking-public-education

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel, Mayra A. Yat Aguilar, Breanna Dailey (). Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Thirteenth Annual Report - 2010-2011. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/EMO-profiles-10-11

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (). Profiles of Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: 2009-2010. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/EMO-NP-09-10

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: Twelfth Annual Report - 2009-2010. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/EMO-FP-09-10

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

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

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (). Profiles of Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: 2008-2009. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-nonprofit-emos-2008-09

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (). Profiles of For-Profit Educational Management Organizations: 2008-2009. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-profit-emos-2008-09

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

Luis A. Huerta (). NEPC Review: The Fiscal Impact of Tax-Credit Scholarships in Montana (February 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-tuition-tax-credits

Kevin G. Welner (). The Neovoucher: A Kissing Cousin in Disguise. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/neovoucher-kissing-cousin-disguise

Ernest R. House (). 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

Kevin G. Welner (). Legislature's Vouchers Report is Based on Smoke and Mirrors. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/legislatures-vouchers-report-based-smoke-and-mirrors

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (). Profiles of Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: 2007-2008. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-nonprofit-education-management-organizations-2007-2008

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: Markets vs. Monopolies in Education: A Global Review of the Evidence (September 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-markets-vs-monopolies

Kevin G. Welner (). Under the Voucher Radar. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/under-voucher-radar

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2007-2008. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-profit-education-management-organizations-2007-2008

Lorna Jimerson, William J. Mathis (). A Guide to Contracting Out School Support Services: Good for the School? Good for the Community?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-guide-contracting-out-school-support

Kevin G. Welner, Alex Molnar (). The Privatization Infatuation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-privatization-infatuation

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: A School Privatization Primer for Michigan School Officials, Media and Residents (Mackinac Center, June 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-school-privatization-primer

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

Jaekyung Lee (). 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 (). NEPC Review: The ABC's of School Choice (September 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-abcs-school-choice

Alex Molnar, David R. Garcia, Gary Miron, Shannon Berry (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2006-2007. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-profit-education-management-organizations-2006-2007

Derek C. Briggs (). NEPC Review: State Takeover, School Restructuring, Private Management, and Student Achievement in Philadelphia (February 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-two-reports-about-privately-managed-schools-philadelphia

Christopher Lubienski, Sarah Lubienski (). 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

Patricia H. Hinchey (). 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

Alex Molnar, David R. Garcia (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2005-2006. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-for-profit-education-management-organizations-2005-2006

(). Public Schools Private Markets. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/public-schools-private-markets

Patricia H. Hinchey (). The Future of Teacher Education and Teaching: Another Piece of the Privatization Puzzle. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/future-teacher-education-and-teaching-another-piece-privatization-puzzle

(). A Lucrative Brand of Tutoring Grows Unchecked. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-lucrative-brand-tutoring-grows-unchecked

Alex Molnar, David R. Garcia, Carolyn Sullivan, Brendan McEvoy, Jamie Joanou (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2004-2005. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-profit-education-management-organizations-2004-2005

Alex Molnar (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2003-2004. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-for-profit-education-management-organizations-2003-2004

Harold Berlak (). Time To Ask Some Critical Questions About "Dream Schools". Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/time-ask-some-critical-questions-about-dream-schools

(). Edison Schools Accepts Buyout. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/edison-schools-accepts-buyout

(). Comparison of Achievement Results for Students Attending Privately Managed and Traditional Schools in Six Cities. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/comparison-achievement-results-students-attending-privately-managed-and-traditional-scho

Kevin G. Welner (). Education Tax Credits: No Net Benefit to Arizona's Impoverished Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/education-tax-credits-no-net-benefit-arizonas-impoverished-students

Alex Molnar (). No Student Left Unsold. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/no-student-left-unsold

Alex Molnar, Glen Wilson, Daniel Allen (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations: 2002-2003. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-for-profit-education-management-organizations-2002-2003

(). A Performance Audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Contract with Edison Schools Inc.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/performance-audit-pennsylvania-department-educations-contract-edison-schools-inc

(). Insufficient Research to Determine Effectiveness of Selected Private Education Companies. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/insufficient-research-determine-effectiveness-selected-private-education-companies

(). Public Schooling for Profit. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/public-schooling-profit

(). Arizona Report Finds Poorest Gain Little from Tax Credits. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/arizona-report-finds-poorest-gain-little-from-tax-credits

Alex Molnar (). What's in a Name? The Corporate Branding of America's Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/whats-a-name-the-corporate-branding-americas-schools

Glen Wilson (). The Equity Impact of Arizona's Education Tax Credit Program: A Review of the First Three Years (1998-2000). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-equity-impact-arizonas-education-tax-credit-program-a-review-first-three-years-1998-

Gerald W. Bracey (). The Market in Theory Meets the Market in Practice: The Case of Edison Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-market-theory-meets-market-practice-the-case-edison-schools

Alex Molnar, Glen Wilson, Melissa Restori, John Hutchinson (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies: 2001-2002. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-for-profit-education-management-companies-2001-2002

Alex Molnar, Glen Wilson (). Tuition Tax Credits Can't Be Credited for Helping Poor. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/tuition-tax-credits-cant-be-credited-helping-poor

(). Edison Schools Perform Poorly Nationwide. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/edison-schools-perform-poorly-nationwide

Alex Molnar, Joseph A. Reaves (). Buy Me! Buy Me!. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/buy-me-buy-me-0

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

Alex Molnar, Jennifer Morales, Alison Vander Wyst (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies: 2000-2001. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-for-profit-education-management-companies-2000-2001

(). Teachers as Grantseekers: The Privatization of the Urban Public School Teacher. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teachers-grantseekers-the-privatization-urban-public-school-teacher

Jennifer Morales, Alex Molnar (). Commercialism@School.com. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/commercialismschoolcom

Alex Molnar (). Colonizing Our Future: The Commercial Transformation of America's Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/colonizing-our-future-commercial-transformation-americas-schools

Alex Molnar, Jennifer Morales, Alison Vander Wyst (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies: 1999-2000. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-for-profit-education-management-companies-1999-2000

Victoria-Maria MacDonald (). Edison Project: Still the Way? Mt. Clemens to Decide on Renewal of Contract. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/edison-project-still-way-mt-clemens-decide-renewal-contract

Tim Hacsi (). Edison Vote Favors Project . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/edison-vote-favors-project

(). Progress at School Run by Private Firm. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/progress-school-run-private-firm

(). Branded. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/branded

(). Charter Movement Opens Door for Edison Project . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-movement-opens-door-edison-project

Alex Molnar (). Chronology of Edison Project Funding. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/chronology-edison-project-funding

Alex Molnar, Jennifer Morales, Alison Vander Wyst (). Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies: 1998-1999. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/profiles-for-profit-education-management-companies-1998-1999

Alex Molnar (). Cashing in on Kids. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/cashing-kids

(). Union Says Edison Teachers Underpaid . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/union-says-edison-teachers-underpaid

(). Pro and Con Edison. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/pro-and-con-edison-0

(). School District Blasted for "Secret" Edison Deal . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-district-blasted-secret-edison-deal

Alex Molnar (). Sponsored Schools and Commercialized Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/sponsored-schools-and-commercialized-classrooms

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