NEPC Resources on School Finance and Funding

Samuel E. Abrams (). The Mounting Trouble with Education Savings Accounts. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/esa-trouble

Maria M. Lewis, Julie F. Mead (). NEPC Review: Thousands Served: Students with Disabilities in Wisconsin’s Parental Choice Programs (School Choice Wisconsin and Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, January 2025). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/review/disability

(). Attaching a Dollar Amount to the Culture Wars at School. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-conflict-032725

(). Defunding Fed Ed: Which States Have the Most to Lose?. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-defunding-031325

(). Answering the Important Questions About Closing Schools. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-school-closures-022525

Mark Weber (). NEPC Review: Fiscal Effects of School Choice: The Costs and Savings of Private School Choice Programs in America Through FY 2022 (EdChoice, October 2024). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/review/fiscal-effects

Sally Nuamah (). NEPC Review: Underachieving and Underenrolled: Chronically Low-Performing Schools in the Post-Pandemic Era (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2024). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/review/school-closures

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: Resource Realities: A Comparative Analysis of Charter and District School Funding in Washington, D.C. (Bellwether, November 2024). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/review/funding-disparities

David S. Knight, David E. 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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/finance-equity

Christopher Saldaña, Michael A. Gottfried (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Michael Gottfried About Chronic Absenteeism. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-gottfried

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

(). Austerity or Accountability? State Financial Interventions During Economic Downturns. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-saldana-102424

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

(). Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-cowen-091924

(). Webinar: Examining the Public Funding of Religious Schools. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-peabody-091224

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

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

(). What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Education Policy?. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-debray-082224

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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/ipsep-working-paper-1

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

Kathryn Wiley, Adam York, Tatianna Grant, Michelle Renée Valladares, Kevin G. Welner, Christopher Saldaña, Anna Deese, John L. Myers (). Pursuing an "Every Child Thrives" Public School System in North Carolina. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rd-every-child-thrives

Christopher Saldaña, Anna Deese, Kevin G. Welner, Kathryn Wiley, Tatianna Grant, Adam York, Michelle Renée Valladares, John L. Myers (). Taking Equal Opportunity Rhetoric Seriously: Envisioning and Costing-Out a P–12 Public School System in North Carolina Where Every Child Thrives: A Working Document. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rd-equal-opportunity

(). Project Estimates Price Tag for Equal Educational Opportunity in K-12. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-price-of-opp-042524

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: Public Education at a Crossroads: A Comprehensive Look at K-12 Resources and Outcomes (Reason Foundation, February 2024). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/review/crossroads

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

Christine Wen, Danielle McLean, Kevin G. Welner, Nathan Jensen (). Students Lose Out as Cities and States Give Billions in Property Tax Breaks to Businesses − Draining School Budgets and Especially Hurting the Poorest Students. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/tax-abatement

(). School Spending Is Unfair. Here’s Why.. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-school-spending-013024

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

Christopher Saldaña (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Matthew Kelly About the History of School Finance. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-kelly

Stephen Kotok (). NEPC Review: The Cost-Effectiveness of Wisconsin’s Private School Choice Programs (School Choice Wisconsin, September 2023). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/review/wisconsin-vouchers

(). Are These Vouchers on Steroids a Trainwreck in Slow Motion?. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-cowen-voucher-110723

(). Football Gets Lots of Love. The Colleges? Not So Much.. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-football-102423

David S. Knight (). Key Policy Issues in School Finance in the COVID-19 and Federal Stimulus Era. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/fyi-video-knight

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: The 123s of School Choice: What the Research Says About Private School Choice Programs in America, 2023 Edition (EdChoice, June 2023). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/review/school-choice

Matt Barnum (). Mark Zuckerberg Tried to Revolutionize American Education With Technology. It Didn’t Go as Planned.. Available at: https://www.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://www.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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/summit-2023

Christopher Saldaña, Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, David E. DeMatthews (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, and David DeMatthews About District Takeovers. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-schueler-morel-dematthews

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

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Think Again: Is Education Funding in America Still Unequal? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, July 2023). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/review/education-funding

(). How Corporate Welfare Can Pilfer Money From Marginalized Students and Their Schools. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-tax-breaks-080323

Christopher Saldaña, Thomas Dee, Sally Nuamah (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Thomas Dee and Sally Nuamah About Declining Enrollment . Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-dee-nuamah

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

Jeffrey Vincent (). NEPC Review: Assessing the National Landscape of Capital Expenditures for Public School Districts (Urban Institute, January 2023). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/capital

Mark Weber (). NEPC Review: Public Education Funding Without Boundaries: How to Get K-12 Dollars to Follow Open Enrollment Students (Reason Foundation, January 2023). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/portability

(). School Finance Is Unfair. This New Plan Would Help Fix It.. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-funding-proposal-032323

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

(). The Concerning Connection Between School Spending, Poverty, and Race. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-poverty-022323

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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/edchoice

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Equal Is Not Good Enough: An Analysis of School Funding Equity Across the U.S. and Within Each State (Education Trust, December 2022). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/school-funding

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

Christopher Saldaña, David S. Knight (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Knight About School Finance Policy and Practice. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-knight

Christopher Saldaña, Derek W. Black (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Derek Black About the Role of Law in Education Policy. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-black

Joshua Cowen (). NEPC Review: For-Profit Charter Schools: An Evaluation of Their Spending and Outcomes (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2022). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/for-profit-charters

(). Another Troubling Link Between K-12 Spending and Student Demographics. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-funding-poverty-112922

David S. Knight (). NEPC Review: #StudentsFirst: Empowering Parents to Help Students Regain Lost Learning (The Buckeye Institute, September 2022). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/learning-loss

(). Tracing Pre-K’s Early Racist Implementation to Present-Day Policies. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-pre-k-racism-110322

Elizabeth DeBray, Kara Finnigan, Janel George, Janelle T. Scott (). A Civil Rights Framework for the Reauthorization of ESEA . Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reauthorization

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

Christopher Saldaña (). NEPC Review: Michigan Student Opportunity Scholarships: Overview and Fiscal Analysis (Mackinac Center, May 2022). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/opportunity-scholarships

(). The Pandemic’s Pernicious Effect on Preschool. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-pre-k-pandemic-05172002

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

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: From School Aid to Student Aid: Modernizing K-12 Funding in Michigan (Mackinac Center, March 2022). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/mi-funding

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

Maia Cucchiara (). NEPC Review: Documenting Inequitable Patterns in Spending by Parent Teacher Associations, Parent Teacher Organizations, and "Friends of" Fundraising Groups at Illinois Public Schools (Urban Institute, February 2022). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/fundraising

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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/fiscal-effects

David S. Knight (). NEPC Review: The Basic Education Program: How the Volunteer State’s Education Funding Formula Doesn’t Make the Grade (Beacon Center of Tennessee, November 2021). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/tn-funding

Mark Weber (). 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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/charter-myths

(). Opportunity to Learn Indicators: Why They Matter More Than Ever Right Now. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-otl-011322

Christopher Saldaña, Jeffrey Vincent, Julien Lafortune, Kathleen Gebhardt (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Jeff Vincent, Julien Lafortune, and Kathleen Gebhardt About K-12 School Facilities and Infrastructure. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-vincent-lafortune-gebhardt

(). Ed Law Scholars File Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case on State Funding for Religious Schools . Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-amicus-113021

(). Carson v. Makin Amicus Brief. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/resource-document-amicus

(). Spend it on Schools: Holiday Edition. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-spend-on-schools-112321

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

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

(). Are Regressive Spending Decisions Undermining This Progressive School Finance Reform?. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-school-finance-110421

(). Why Educational Funding Is More Than School Funding. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-educational-funding-100721

(). The “Great Equalizer” Myth. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-great-equalizer-100521

(). Normal Was Never Enough. COVID Offers the Opportunity to Improve the Status Quo. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-covid-equity-091421

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

(). Where Does Funding for School Resource Officers Come From? Three Federal Programs Explained. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-sro-funding-071321

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: The Effect of Constitutional Provisions on Education Policy and Outcomes (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, April 2021). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/constitutional-provisions

(). School Funding is Shameful. Here’s How to Change That.. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-funding-042721

Christopher Saldaña, Bruce D. Baker, Preston Green (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Bruce Baker and Preston Green About Pandemic Relief Funds. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-baker-green

David R. Garcia (). NEPC Review: Remote Learning Is Here to Stay: Results from the First American School District Panel Survey (RAND Corporation, December 2020). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/remote-learning

(). The Price of Opportunity. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/price-opportunity

(). What’s Next for PreK-12 Funding? Austerity, Subsistence or Investment? . Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-post-election-funding-111920

(). New Online Game Asks: What If We Funded Education Instead?. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-fundedinstead-110320

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

(). To Reopen or Not to Reopen: Equity-Related Arguments For and Against Resuming In-Person Instruction This Fall. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-reopen-082020

Frank Adamson, Allison Brown, Kevin G. Welner (). Austerity, Subsistence, or Investment: Will Congress and the President Choose to Bail Out Our Children’s Future?. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/austerity

(). Temperature Check: School Funding and the Coronavirus Recession. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-covid-finance-051220

Jack Schneider (). NEPC Review: Financial Crisis Looming for K-12 Schools? Flexibility Needed, Not Bailouts (Heritage Foundation, April 2020). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/funding

David R. Garcia (). NEPC Review: A Roadmap to Fix Arizona School Finance: Steering the Grand Canyon State Toward Fairness and Innovation in K-12 Education (Reason Foundation, February 2020). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/az-school-finance

Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos, Gabriella Garriga (). NEPC Review: Child Safety Accounts: Protecting Our Children through Parental Freedom (Heartland Institute, November 2019). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/child-safety-accounts

Michael Harwell (). NEPC Review: Measuring Student Poverty: Developing Accurate Counts for School Funding, Accountability, and Research (Urban Institute, December 2019). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/student-poverty

Christopher Saldaña, Jennifer Jellison Holme, Kara Finnigan (). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara Finnigan About Educational and Urban Politics and Policymaking. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/saldana-holme-finnigan

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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/social-impact-bonds

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

(). The Dark Side of Parent Fundraising. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-fundraising-121719

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

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

Christopher Saldaña, Dirk F. Zuschlag, Kristine L. Bowman (). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Dirk Zuschlag and Kristine Bowman About State Intervention in School District Finances. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/saldana-zuschlag-bowman

Dirk F. Zuschlag, Kristine L. Bowman (). States’ Intervention in School Districts’ Finances. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/state-intervention

Tammy Kolbe (). Funding Special Education: Charting a Path that Confronts Complexity and Crafts Coherence. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/special-ed

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

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

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

(). Does Closing Schools Pay Off?. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-oakland-012919

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

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong (Reason Foundation, November 2018). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-rankings

(). The Education Debt. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-education-debt-112018

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

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

William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: Money for Nothing: The Relationship Between Various Types of School Spending and Academic Outcomes (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, August 2018). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-money-for-nothing

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

(). Irony at the IRS: Cracking Down on Blue State Tactic Borrowed From Red State Playbook. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-neovouchers-100218

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

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

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

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

Gregory A. Smith, Michael K. Barbour, Bryan Mann (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Michael Barbour and Bryan Mann on Virtual Schools. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smith-barbour-mann

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

Francesca López (). NEPC Review: Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Final Report on Implementation and Impact of Pay-for-Performance Across Four Years (Institute of Education Sciences, December 2017). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-teacher-incentive

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

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Student-Centered State Funding: A How-to Guide for State Policymakers (The Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), November 2017). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-student-centered-funding

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

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

Ellie Bruecker (). Assessing the Fiscal Impact of Wisconsin's Statewide Voucher Program. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/funding

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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/children-deserve-better

Luis A. Huerta, Steven J. Koutsavlis (). NEPC Review: The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit: Do Publicly Funded Private School Choice Programs Save Money? (EdChoice, October 2016). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-tax-credits

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

Maia Cucchiara (). NEPC Review: Hidden Money: The Outsized Role of Parent Contributions in School Finance (Center for American Progress, April 2017). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-fundraising

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

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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/virtual-schools-annual-2017

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

Jeffrey W. Snyder (). NEPC Review: Reimagining Learning: A Big Bet on the Future of American Education (NewSchools Venture Fund). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-philanthropy

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

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

Casey Cobb (). 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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-WILL

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: School Spending and Student Achievement in Michigan: What's the Relationship? (Mackinac Center, April 2016). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/school-spending

Gary Miron (). NEPC Review: The Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools (Center on Reinventing Public Education, October 2015). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-online-charters

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

W. Steven Barnett (). NEPC Review: Do We Already Have Universal Preschool? (Brookings Institution, September 2015). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-universal-preschool

Tina Trujillo (). NEPC Review: Dramatic Action, Dramatic Improvement: The Research on School Turnaround (Center for American Progress, March 2015). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-turnaround

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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/virtual-schools-annual-2015

Kevin G. Welner, William J. Mathis (). Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Time to Move Beyond Test-Focused Policies. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/esea

Kevin K. Kumashiro (). NEPC Review: Proposed 2015 Federal Teacher Preparation Regulations (U.S. Department of Education, December 2014). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-proposed-teacher-preparation

Gail L. Sunderman (). Review of Federal School Finance Reform. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-title-1-reason-foundation

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

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

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

Amy E. Schwartz, Sarah Cordes (). NEPC Review: Understanding Illinois’ Broken Education Funding System: A Primer (Illinois Policy Center, October 2013). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-illinois-funding

Bruce D. Baker, Justin Bathon (). Financing Online Education and Virtual Schooling: A Guide for Policymakers and Advocates. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/financing-online-education

Elizabeth DeBray, Huriya Jabbar (). Review of Two Presentations on the Portfolio School Model. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-portfolio-districts

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Weighted School Funding for California (Reason Foundation). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-weighted-student-funding-calif

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

(). Leading Educators Call for a New Direction for Education Reform, Focused on the Opportunity Gap. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/leading-educators

Joydeep Roy (). NEPC Review: The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America’s Public Schools, Part II (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, February 2013). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-staffing-surge-2

Ben Levin (). What Does It Take to Scale Up Innovations?. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/scaling-up-innovations

Joydeep Roy (). Review of The School Staffing Surge. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-staffing

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

Jennifer King Rice (). NEPC Review: The Costs of Online Learning (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2012). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-cost-of-online

Kevin G. Welner, Bruce D. Baker (). Productivity Research, the U.S. Department of Education, and High-Quality Evidence. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/productivity-research

Bruce D. Baker (). Why Comparing NAEP Poverty Achievement Gaps Across States Doesn’t Work. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/why-comparing-naep

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Spend Smart: Fix Our Broken School Funding (ConnCAN, March 2011). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-spend-smart

Kevin G. Welner (). How to Calculate the Costs or Savings of Tax Credit Voucher Policies. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/how-to-calculate

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

Bruce D. Baker (). Deficiencies & Misinterpretations in the Center for American Progress Method for Measuring and Comparing School District Return on Investment. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/deficiencies-misinterpretations

Bruce D. Baker (). Understanding Costs and Inflation. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/costs-and-inflation

Bruce D. Baker (). Reviews Worth Sharing: Stretching the School Dollar: A Brief for State Policymakers (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2011). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/part-1-stretching-truth

Bruce D. Baker (). Reviews Worth Sharing: The Attack on American Education (December 2010). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/new-normal

Edward García Fierros, Bridget Rooney (). NEPC Review: 2010 State School Report Card (October 2010). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-2010-state-school-report

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

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

Bruce D. Baker (). Private Schooling in the U.S.: Expenditures, Supply, and Policy Implications. Available at: https://www.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://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-tuition-tax-credits

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

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2009 (April 2009). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-weighted-student-formula-yearbook

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

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

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

Anthony Rolle (). Strengthening the Link Between Effective School Expenditures and State Funding Mechanisms. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/strengthening-the-link

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Fund the Child: Bringing Equity, Autonomy and Portability to Ohio School Finance (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2008). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-fund-child

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 (). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations

Clive Belfield (). Funding Formulas, School Choice, and Inherent Incentives. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/funding-formulas-school-choice-and-inherent-incentives

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

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

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Shortchanging Disadvantaged Students: An Analysis of Intra-district Spending Patterns in Ohio (August 2007). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-shortchanging-disadvantaged-students-an-analysis-intra-district-spending-patterns-o

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: School Choice by the Numbers: The Fiscal Effect of School Choice Programs 1990-2006 (May 2007). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-choice-numbers-the-fiscal-effect-school-choice-programs-1990-%E2%80%93-2006

Lawrence Mishel, Sean P. Corcoran (). NEPC Review: How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid? (Manhattan Institute, January 2007). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-how-much-are-public-school-teachers-paid

Kevin G. Welner (). Money Mutterers. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/money-mutterers

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

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: Spreading Freedom and Saving Money: The Fiscal Impact of the D.C. Voucher Program (January 2006). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-spreading-freedom-and-saving-money-the-fiscal-impact-dc-voucher-program

William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: The State of High School Education in Wisconsin: A Tale of Two Wisconsins (January 2006). Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-the-state-high-school-education-wisconsin-a-tale-two-wisconsins

Gerald W. Bracey (). A Policy Maker's Guide to "The 65% Solution" Proposals. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/a-policy-makers-guide-the-65-solution-proposals

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

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

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

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

(). The Return to Separate and Unequal. Available at: https://www.nepc.colorado.edu/publication/return-separate-and-unequal

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