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Welcome to the Brown Center Chalkboard

January 9, 2013, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

It’s not a marketplace if parents can’t really shop and compare and make a rational choice.

December 14, 2012, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, New York Times

High-Quality Assessments Face Political Hurdles

December 13, 2012, Matthew M. Chingos

Educational Choice and Competition: A Live Web Chat with Russ Whitehurst

December 12, 2012

Explaining the Education Choice and Competition Index

December 12, 2012, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

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Improving Educational Choice and Competition; Keynote by Gov. Bobby Jindal

December 11, 2012

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The Education Choice and Competition Index

December 11, 2012, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst and Sarah Whitfield

Standardized Testing and the Common Core

November 29, 2012

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Strength in Numbers: State Spending on K-12 Assessment Systems

November 29, 2012, Matthew M. Chingos

Obama Versus Romney: The Cost of Higher Education

November 5, 2012, Beth Akers

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Poor Students Can’t Afford Teacher Strike

September 10, 2012, Beth Akers and Matthew M. Chingos

Romney and Obama: The Presidential Candidates’ Solutions to Making College More Affordable

September 7, 2012, Beth Akers

Impact of School Vouchers on College Enrollment

August 23, 2012

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The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City

August 23, 2012, Matthew M. Chingos and Paul E. Peterson

Compulsory School Attendance: What Research Says and What It Means for State Policy

August 1, 2012, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst and Sarah Whitfield

Web Chat: The Debate over Student Loan Interest Rates

May 30, 2012

First Do No Harm: New Evidence on Online Learning in Higher Education

May 22, 2012, Matthew M. Chingos

Making College Affordable: Strengthening State Grant Programs

May 8, 2012

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Beyond Need and Merit: Strengthening State Grant Programs

May 8, 2012

Choosing Blindly: Instructional Materials, Teacher Effectiveness, and the Common Core

April 10, 2012, Matthew M. Chingos and Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

Around the Halls: The Republican Primaries and Super Tuesday

March 5, 2012, Gary Burtless, Bill Frenzel, Jonathan Rauch, Audrey Singer, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst and Howard Wial

The 2012 Brown Center Report on American Education

February 16, 2012, Tom Loveless

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A New Approach to K-12 Education Reform

February 6, 2012, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

School Choice and Education Reform

November 30, 2011

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The Education Choice and Competition Index: Background and Results 2011

November 30, 2011, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

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