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The Education Gadfly Show #786: Research deep dive: The impact of school voucher programs

Michael J. Petrilli Patrick Wolf David Griffith
9.9.2021
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On this week’s podcast, Patrick Wolf, Distinguished Professor at the University of Arkansas, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith on the fifth edition of our Research Deep Dive series to discuss the impact of voucher programs—both on participating students and on kids in nearby public schools. Also check out our other deep dives on teacher effectiveness, school discipline, school closures, and urban charters.

Recent studies on school choice programs mentioned on this episode:

  1. Anna J. Egalite, Ashley Gray, and Trip Stallings, A Comprehensive Evaluation of the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Program, Reports 1–7, North Carolina State University (2017–2020).
  2. M. Danish Shakeel, Kaitlin Anderson, and Patrick Wolf, "The Participant Effects of Private School Vouchers Across the Globe: A Meta-Analytic and Systematic Review," EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-07 (May 2016).
  3. David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik, "Evaluation of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship Program: Selection, Competition, and Performance Effects," Thomas B. Fordham Institute (July 2016).
  4. Jonathan N. Mills and Patrick J. Wolf, "Vouchers in the Bayou: The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement After 2 Years," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (February 2017).
  5. Megan Austin, R. Joseph Waddington, and Mark Berends, "Voucher Pathways and Student Achievement in Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program," The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences (March 2019).
Policy Priority:
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Topics:
Private School Choice

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States. An award-winning writer…

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Dr. Patrick J. Wolf is Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and 21st Century Endowed Chair in School Choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions.

David Griffith is the Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on a variety of subjects, in addition to co-hosting the Institute's weekly podcast The Education Gadfly Show. A native of Portland, Oregon, David holds a bachelor’s degree in politics and philosophy from Pomona College and a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown…

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