A critique of a working paper by Bruce Baker and colleagues proposing a framework for evaluating school vouchers. It links to that paper and also cites the EdWorkingPaper by Jason Fontana and Jennifer Jennings on Iowa ESAs and private school tuition.
An essay on strained relationships between parents and schools. It cites and links to the EdWorkingPaper measuring conflict in local politics through school board meeting videos, which found rising but still limited conflict.
A book excerpt by Vladimir Kogan on how local political controversies affect students. It presents his analysis, the subject of his EdWorkingPaper on adult culture wars and achievement, finding math scores decline after such controversies.
A rebuttal arguing a critique of Milwaukee's voucher program left out key data. It quotes the Annenberg-published study by Patrick Wolf, John Witte and Brian Kisida on higher college attainment among voucher students.
An Education Exchange podcast episode on whether local school board elections deliver accountability. The episode page links to the EdWorkingPaper on school board turnover co-written by Vladimir Kogan with Stéphane Lavertu and Zachary Peskowitz.
An article on school board elections and democratic accountability. It reviews and links to the new study by Vladimir Kogan, Stéphane Lavertu and Zachary Peskowitz on board turnover and student outcomes in 16 states.
An article weighing the research evidence on Head Start's effectiveness. It links to the EdWorkingPaper by Paul von Hippel and Brendan Schuetze to argue that subgroup findings are usually misleading.
A research article by Shaun Dougherty, Andrew Miller and Yerin Yoon on how new charter schools affect nearby Catholic schools. It presents their study's finding that a new charter nearby reduces Catholic school enrollment and raises closure risk.
A research article by Eric Hanushek, Minh Nguyen, Ben Ost and Steven Rivkin on Dallas ISD's performance-based evaluation and pay system. It summarizes their studies of the pay reform's achievement effects and of incentives to move top teachers to hard-to-staff schools, linking to the NBER versions.
A research article by Brian Kisida, Gary Ritter and colleagues reporting a national survey of high school students about classroom instruction on race and divisive topics. It presents the findings of the same research team's study on claims of critical race theory and indoctrination in classrooms.