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Sue Dynarski on the startlingly poor performance of private school vouchers

Jan 28, 2016

In “When winners are losers: Private school vouchers in Louisiana,” Susan Dynarski describes a newly released study of the impact of Louisiana’s private school voucher program, which provides students from low-income families and low-performing...

Professor Susan Dynarski’s research confirms the basis for radical educational innovation

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Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance

October 1, 2009

Susan Dynarski, Jonathan Gruber, Danielle Li

The effect of vouchers on sorting between private and public schools depends upon the price elasticity of demand for private schooling. Estimating this elasticity is empirically challenging because prices and quantities are jointly determined in the...

Education policy in the next Michigan: What the think tanks think

Sep 29, 2010 1:30:50

John Bebow of the Center for Michigan, Lynn Jondahl of the Michigan Prospect, Michael Van Beek of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and Chuck Wilbur discuss Michigan educational policy in the wake of the 2010 elections and beyond.