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Education and Child Policy: Studies

“Liberalizing Cross-Border Trade in Higher Education: The Coming Revolution of Online Universities,”

By Simon Lester. Policy Analysis No. 720. February 5, 2013.

“The Impact of Charter Schools on Public and Private School Enrollments,”

By Richard Buddin. Policy Analysis No. 707. August 28, 2012.

“How Much Ivory Does This Tower Need? What We Spend on, and Get from, Higher Education,”

By Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 686. October 27, 2011.

“Private School Chains in Chile: Do Better Schools Scale Up?,”

By Gregory Elacqua, Dante Contreras, Felipe Salazar & Humberto Santos. Policy Analysis No. 682. August 16, 2011.

“Federal Higher Education Policy and the Profitable Nonprofits,”

By Vance Fried. Policy Analysis No. 678. June 15, 2011.

“The Other Lottery: Are Philanthropists Backing the Best Charter Schools?,”

By Andrew J. Coulson. Policy Analysis No. 677. June 6, 2011.

“Do Vouchers and Tax Credits Increase Private School Regulation?,”

By Andrew J. Coulson. Working Paper No. 1. October 5, 2010.

“They Spend WHAT? The Real Cost of Public Schools,”

By Adam B. Schaeffer. Policy Analysis No. 662. March 10, 2010.

“Behind the Curtain: Assessing the Case for National Curriculum Standards,”

By Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 661. February 17, 2010.

“The Poverty of Preschool Promises: Saving Children and Money with the Early Education Tax Credit,”

By Adam B. Schaeffer. Policy Analysis No. 641. August 3, 2009.

“Unbearable Burden? Living and Paying Student Loans as a First-Year Teacher,”

By Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 629. December 15, 2008.

“Markets vs. Monopolies in Education: A Global Review of the Evidence,”

By Andrew J. Coulson. Policy Analysis No. 620. September 10, 2008.

“The Fiscal Impact of a Large-Scale Education Tax Credit Program,”

By Andrew J. Coulson. Policy Analysis No. 618. July 1, 2008.

“Dismal Science: The Shortcomings of U.S. School Choice Research and How to Address Them,”

By John Merrifield. Policy Analysis No. 616. April 16, 2008.

“The Public Education Tax Credit,”

By Adam B. Schaeffer. Policy Analysis No. 605. December 5, 2007.

“End It, Don’t Mend It: What to Do with No Child Left Behind,”

By Andrew J. Coulson and Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 599. September 5, 2007.

“Why We Fight: How Public Schools Cause Social Conflict,”

By Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 587. January 23, 2007.

“Cato Education Market Index Full Technical Report,”

By Andrew J. Coulson. Policy Analysis No. 585. December 13, 2006.

“The Cato Education Market Index,”

By Andrew J. Coulson. Policy Analysis No. 585. December 13, 2006.

“Giving Kids the Chaff: How to Find and Keep the Teachers We Need,”

By Marie Gryphon. Policy Analysis No. 579. September 25, 2006.

“Spreading Freedom and Saving Money: The Fiscal Impact of the D.C. Voucher Program,”

By Susan L. Aud and Leon Michos. White Paper . January 31, 2006.

“Private Education is Good for the Poor: A Study of Private Schools Serving the Poor in Low-Income Countries,”

By James Tooley and Pauline Dixon. White Paper . December 7, 2005.

“Saving Money and Improving Education: How School Choice Can Help States Reduce Education Costs,”

By David F. Salisbury. Policy Analysis No. 551. October 4, 2005.

“No Child Left Behind: The Dangers of Centralized Education Policy,”

By Lawrence A. Uzzell. Policy Analysis No. 544. May 31, 2005.

“Corruption in the Public Schools: The Market Is the Answer,”

By Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 542. April 20, 2005.

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