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No Choices Left Behind: Competitive Models to Restructure California's Lowest-Performing Schools
December 2006
By Lisa Snell
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Analysis of California's Proposition 88: Education Funding, Real Property Parcel Tax, Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute
October 2006
By Lisa Snell
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» Press Release
Is Universal Preschool Beneficial? An Assessment of RAND Corporation's Analysis and the Proposals for California
May 2006
By Christopher F. Cardiff and Edward Stringham
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Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers
May 2006
By Darcy Olsen with Lisa Snell
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The Case Against Universal Preschool in California
February 2006
By Lisa Snell
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Driving More Money into the Classroom: The Promise of Shared Services
October 2005
By William D. Eggers, Lisa Snell, Robert Wavra, and Adrian T. Moore
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California's K-12 Education Primer
May 2005
By Lisa Snell
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School Accountability Reforms Only Work With Parental Involvement
March 2005
By Chuck Poochigian
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School Violence and No Child Left Behind: Best Practices to Keep Kids Safe
January 2005
By Lisa Snell
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Addition and Subtraction: State and Local Regulatory Obstacles to Opening a New Private School
December 2004
By Bahaa Seireg
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Special Education Accountability: Structural Reform to Help Charter Schools Make the Grade
July 2004
By Lisa Snell
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Child Advocacy Centers: One Stop on the Road to Performance-based Child Protection
June 2003
By Lisa Snell
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Education Management Organizations: Growing a For-profit Education Industry with Choice, Competition, and Innovation
May 2002
By Guilbert C. Hentschke, Scot Oschman, and Lisa Snell
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School Vouchers As A Legal Sanction
December 2001
By Lisa Snell
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Protect Our Kids from Preschool
Preschool doesn't show lasting gains and may do more harm than good
August 22, 2008 | The Wall Street Journal
By Shikha Dalmia and Lisa Snell, Reason
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More Evidence that Universal Preschool Doesn't Offer Lasting Benefits
By second grade the benefits of one of the nation's 'best' universal pre-K programs are gone
August 22, 2008 | Reason.org
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Public Says Post Office Is Doing a Better Job Than Public Schools
New data from California shows how badly schools are failing African-Americans
August 18, 2008 | Reason.org
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Failing Public Schools Wipe Out Any Preschools Gains
Sen. Obama's education plans should focus on charter schools, other reforms, not universal preschool
June 6, 2008 | Reason.org
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Will a Democrat Please Stand Up?
Looking for someone to help kids stuck in California's failing schools
May 28, 2008 | Reason.org
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Closer Look at California's Proposed Education Cuts
State budget deficit makes some cuts necessary
May 13, 2008 | Reason.org
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Sen. Obama Is Right: Parents Are the Key to Fixing Schools
More money won't save our troubled public schools
May 1, 2008 | Reason.org
By Joanne Jacobs
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Are Over 100,000 California Teachers Getting Pink Slips?
When it is time to make budget cuts, teachers shouldn't be the first to go
April 3, 2008 | Reason.org
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Legacy Admissions Hurt Middle-Class Students
Stanford, Yale, Harvard and other universities offer tuition breaks but don't fix admissions process
March 18, 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle
By Shikha Dalmia, Reason
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Catholic Schools Struggle to Stay Open
Catholic schools produce good results, but are having trouble competing with public and charter schools
March 5, 2008 | Reason.org
By Joanne Jacobs
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Dust Up: Fixing Los Angeles' Schools
Reason Foundation's Lisa Snell debates former L.A. Board of Education member David Tokofsky
February 11, 2008 | Los Angeles Times
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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"Instructionist" School Reform and School Choice
Is it the right school finance solution for the state?
February 6, 2008 | Reason.com
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Weighted Student Formula in Indiana
Is it the right school finance solution for the state?
January 24, 2008 | Indiana Policy Review
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Weighted Student Formula and School Empowerment
Interview with Dr. William G. Ouchi
January 24, 2008 | Indiana Policy Review
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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No Child Left Behind Act: Keep it or Kill it?
Law has not lived up to grand expectations
December 13, 2007 | Reason Roundtable
By Shikha Dalmia, Reason
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The Constitution Left Behind
Respecting – not shredding – the Constitution will produce more educational opportunities
December 13, 2007 | Reason Roundtable
By Andrew J. Coulson
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Scrap NCLB? No
Reforming it will produce competition and quality schools
December 13, 2007 | Reason Roundtable
By Erin Dillon
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It Isn't the Bullying, Stupid, It's the Parenting
Don't blame school shootings on kids being bullied
December 4, 2007 | DC Examiner
By Joanne Jacobs, Reason
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Lessons From Abroad
School choice only helps education
October 29, 2007 | Chicago Tribune
By Shikha Dalmia, Reason
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Sending Poor Kids to Middle-Class Schools Doesn't Fix the System
It doesn't produce better test scores either
September 21, 2007 | McClatchy-Tribune News Service
By Joanne Jacobs, Reason
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Urban Schools Scores Rise When Parents, Principals Lead
"Weighted Student Formula" helping urban school districts close the achievement gap
August 26, 2007 | Indianapolis Star
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Preschool Reality Check in New Jersey
Long-term benefits of preschool are being overstated
August 9, 2007 | The Record, NJ
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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California's Lost Students
"English Learners" caught in perverse system
August 1, 2007 | Reason.org
By Joanne Jacobs, Reason
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Money Talks
Give families school choice, and they will get choice schools
June 2007 issue | Edutopia Magazine
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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Election Day Lessons for LAUSD
Let Students Vote with Their Dollars
May 15, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
By Lisa Snell, Reason
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