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View article: Fire the Censors! It’s the Only Way to Restore Free Inquiry
Fire the Censors! It’s the Only Way to Restore Free Inquiry Open
“Censorship in the Sciences: Interdisciplinary Perspectives,” was a remarkable conference presenting a range of views on why free inquiry matters and how to restore it. Unfortunately, speakers dodged the central question: Why should censor…
View article: The Notorious SBG: Administrators’ Perceptions of Standards-Based Grading Practices
The Notorious SBG: Administrators’ Perceptions of Standards-Based Grading Practices Open
This mixed-methods study synthesizes Standards-Based Grading (SBG) literature, analyzes 249 Arkansas administrators’ survey responses using OLS regressions, and identifies themes through in-vivo coding of qualitative feedback. Results show…
View article: Virtual school parent perceptions of public school accountability
Virtual school parent perceptions of public school accountability Open
While school accountability systems were implemented to improve student outcomes through increased transparency, creating linkages between successful behaviors and rewards, they have often faced controversy. One strand of criticism posits …
View article: An Exploratory Analysis of U.S. Academically Intensive Charter Schools (AICS)
An Exploratory Analysis of U.S. Academically Intensive Charter Schools (AICS) Open
Considerable amounts of research have discussed “No Excuses” charter schools preparing traditionally disadvantaged students for higher education. Yet, no scholarly work has identified or investigated U.S. academically intensive charter sch…
View article: Do Gradebooks Lean Left?Relationships between Grades and Ideology in American Higher Education
Do Gradebooks Lean Left?Relationships between Grades and Ideology in American Higher Education Open
While considerable quantitative research demonstrates ideological liberalism among American professors, only qualitative work examines whether this affects undergraduate education. Using the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) datas…
View article: Does testing environment matter for virtual school students?
Does testing environment matter for virtual school students? Open
Standardized test performance among students in full-time virtual schools generally lags behind that of students in traditional, face-to-face schools. One largely unexplored potential cause is the requirement to complete tests at unfamilia…
View article: Defiant school choice? Educational freedom, access, and Arkansas’s AP African American studies controversy
Defiant school choice? Educational freedom, access, and Arkansas’s AP African American studies controversy Open
On August 11, 2023, the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) notified schools just before the fall semester’s start that they would no longer support the college-board-approved AP African American Studies (APAAS) course. Subsequently, al…
View article: Which Police Departments Make Black Lives Matter?
Which Police Departments Make Black Lives Matter? Open
Black Lives Matter (BLM) has gained support across racial lines and considerable financial backing. Yet it is unclear whether social science has responded with research likely to save Black lives. To encourage more applied research and rel…
View article: The roles of Black women principals: evidence from two national surveys
The roles of Black women principals: evidence from two national surveys Open
While two-thirds of Black principals are female, the extant research on Black female principals is almost entirely qualitative. Using data from the 2017–2018 National Teacher and Principal Survey ( n = 7,170 with 450 Black female principal…
View article: Review of “The Value Gap: How gender, generation, personality, and politics shape the values of American university students”
Review of “The Value Gap: How gender, generation, personality, and politics shape the values of American university students” Open
Here, I present a review of “The Value Gap: How gender, generation, personality, and politics shape the values of American university students.”
View article: School Choice in Europe
School Choice in Europe Open
In the introduction to the special issue on school choice in Europe, we explain the purpose of this special issue and summariize the individual articles, stressing the lessons learned from European experience.
View article: Would You Vote for Colin Powell?
Would You Vote for Colin Powell? Open
Sigelman et al (1995), Williams (1990), and Sonenshein (1990) find that whites stereotype African-American candidates as less competent and more liberal than white candidates. Yet increasing numbers of African-Americans win election in whi…
View article: Is cyber like in-person? Relationships between student-student, student-teacher interaction and student achievement in cyber schools
Is cyber like in-person? Relationships between student-student, student-teacher interaction and student achievement in cyber schools Open
In-person school research showed that student-student and teacher-student interaction were positively related to student learning, yet unexplored for cyber schools (fully online, primary or secondary schools). The purpose of this study was…
View article: Charter School Closing Inequities: Do automatic closure laws target Black charter entrepreneurs and Black students?
Charter School Closing Inequities: Do automatic closure laws target Black charter entrepreneurs and Black students? Open
Charter schools can have their charters rescinded if they fail to meet performance metrics, which are often specified in the charter. In some states, however, charters must meet inflexible, standardized performance standards to survive. Th…
View article: Suppressing Speech: Worse than McCarthyism
Suppressing Speech: Worse than McCarthyism Open
A review of "A Book Too Risky to Publish: Free Speech and Universities," by James R. Flynn, Academica Press, 2020, pp. 332, $29.95 paper; $28.45 kindle.
View article: Choosing cyber during COVID
Choosing cyber during COVID Open
Substantial research has already examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected in-person schooling, but no prior work has explored its effects on cyber schools. Here, Robert Maranto, Dennis Beck, Tom Clark, Bich Tran, and Feng Liu compar…
View article: Introduction to the Special Issue: Elitism, Populism, and School Choice
Introduction to the Special Issue: Elitism, Populism, and School Choice Open
In modern times, loyalty to the nation state, particularly a relatively universal nation-state able to assimilate diverse groups like the U.S., what Amy Chua (2018) calls a “super-group,” tended to...
View article: Covid, Capitol Insurrection, And (A Lack Of) Education—Time For E.D. Hirsch?
Covid, Capitol Insurrection, And (A Lack Of) Education—Time For E.D. Hirsch? Open
Two men say they’re Jesus—one of them must be wrong.from Dire Straits’ Industrial DiseaseIt goes without saying that 2020 will go down as the year of Covid. As detailed in the fall 2020 Covid speci...
View article: Frontmatter
Frontmatter Open
Presidency, an innovative new book series that brings together established and emerging voices in modern presidential scholarship, from the nixon administration to the present.We are interested in publishing leading work that charts new te…
View article: Introduction to a Special Section on COVID-19 and Schooling in the U.S.: Disruption, Continuity, Quality, and Equity
Introduction to a Special Section on COVID-19 and Schooling in the U.S.: Disruption, Continuity, Quality, and Equity Open
Globalization brings benefits such as economic growth and exposure to new products and people. Yet it also brings risks, as shown most recently by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we introduce a special section on how American k-12 schooling i…
View article: Why Intelligence Is Missing from American Education Policy and Practice, and What Can Be Done About It
Why Intelligence Is Missing from American Education Policy and Practice, and What Can Be Done About It Open
To understand why education as a field has not incorporated intelligence, we must consider the field’s history and culture. Accordingly, in this cross-disciplinary collaboration between a political scientist who studies institutions and a …
View article: Journal of School Choice Special Issue Call for Manuscripts, Due June 15, 2020: Elitism, Populism, and School Choice
Journal of School Choice Special Issue Call for Manuscripts, Due June 15, 2020: Elitism, Populism, and School Choice Open
In modern times, loyalty to the nation state, particularly a relatively universal nation-state able to assimilate diverse groups like the U.S., what Amy Chua (2018) calls a “super-group,” tended to...
View article: Left Behind? School Choice in Rural Communities
Left Behind? School Choice in Rural Communities Open
School choice in rural areas is a subject that has been largely overlooked by researchers. This gap in the rural education knowledge base may be due to the perception that geographic isolation prec...