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The Impact of Charter Schools on Public and Private School Enrollments
By Richard Buddin. Policy Analysis No. 707. August 28, 2012.
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.
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.
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.
Giving Kids the Chaff: How to Find and Keep the Teachers We Need
By Marie Gryphon. Policy Analysis No. 579. September 25, 2006.
No Child Left Behind: The Dangers of Centralized Education Policy
By Lawrence A. Uzzell. Policy Analysis No. 544. May 31, 2005.
A Lesson in Waste: Where Does All the Federal Education Money Go?
By Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 518. July 7, 2004.
Escaping IDEA: Freeing Parents, Teachers, and Students through Deregulation and Choice
By Marie Gryphon and David F. Salisbury. Policy Analysis No. 444. July 10, 2002.
Parent Power: Why National Standards Won’t Improve Education
By Sheldon L. Richman. Policy Analysis No. 396. April 26, 2001.
12-Hour School Days? Why Government Should Leave Afterschool Arrangements to Parents
By Darcy Ann Olsen. Policy Analysis No. 372. June 7, 2000.
Money and School Performance: Lessons from the Kansas City Desegregation Experiment
By Paul Ciotti. Policy Analysis No. 298. March 16, 1998.
Education: Is America Spending too Much?
By John Hood. Policy Analysis No. 126. February 18, 1990.
Contradictions of Centralized Education
By Lawrence A. Uzzell. Policy Analysis No. 53. May 30, 1985.