The deadline to apply for the 2013-2014 Postdoctoral Fellowship was January 31, 2013. Information can be found here.

Read the latest EdNext-PEPG poll results here.

May 14, 2013
WWC Review of the Report “The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment”
What Works Clearinghouse

January 10, 2013
Peterson: Trying to nudge the Constitution out of place
The Washington Times

November 27, 2012
Best Education In The World: Finland, South Korea Top Country Rankings, U.S. Rated Average
Huffington Post

August 23, 2012
A Generation of School Voucher Success
Wall Street Journal

July 16, 2012
Maryland, Southern States Do Well in NAEP Study
EdWeek

July 16, 2012
Md. students lead nation in test gains over past 20 years
Baltimore Sun

July 16, 2012
The New Complacency About Schools Is Ill-Informed
Time

June 10, 2012
President Obama's Report Card on Education Policy
Politico

December 15, 2011
Charter schools: Wave of the future?
CNN

September 15, 2011
Exciting new talking point: Jobs bill is "blue state bailout"
Salon

Which Teachers Would Choose a Defined Contibution Plan? Evidence from the Florida Retirement System
Matthew Chingos
Martin R. West

The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City
Matthew Chingos
Paul E. Peterson

The Effects of Early Grade Retention
on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida
Martin R. West
Guido Schwerdt

Achievement Growth:
International and U.S. State Trends in Student Performance
Eric A. Hanushek
Paul E. Peterson
Ludger Woessmann

Education Iron Triangle
Martin R. West
Michael Henderson
Paul E. Peterson

Do (German) State Bond Markets Discount Politics
Sounman Hong
Daniel Nadler
Camillo von Muller

Globally Challenged: Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete?
Paul E. Peterson
Ludger Woessmann
Eric A. Hanus`hek
Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón

Political and Institutional Determinants of Tax-Exempt Bond Yields
Daniel J. Nadler
Sounman Hong

The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School
Guido Schwerdt
Martin R. West

'Student Growth' colloquia rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy - The "Student Growth Percentile Measures" colloquia, presented by Cory Koedel of the University of Missouri, has been rescheduled. It will be held on Wed., Oct. 31, in the Harvard University CGIS South building, room 153, from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

New Survey Shows Majority of Independent Voters Favor Charter Schools, Feel Unions Do 'More Harm than Good' - Available in Spanish here Overall, public says teacher salaries and tenure should be based heavily on student test performance; public has less confidence in teachers than previously reported

First Systematic Study of School Vouchers & College Enrollment
Shows Large Effects for African Americans
College enrollment increases by 24% for those who attended a private school

Governor Walker to Deliver Address on Improving Education at HKS Conference
Governor Walker of Wisonsin to address PEPG "Learning from Improving School Systems at Home and Abroad" conference taking place on July 26th and 27th in Cambridge MA.

Hanushek, Peterson, and Woessman: Student Achievement Gains in U.S. Fail to Close International Achievement Gap
U.S. ranks 25th out of 49 countries in student test-score gains over 14-year period, report 3 scholars at
Harvard, Stanford and the University of Munich

Peterson, Howell, and West: Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem
In this WSJ op-ed, PEPG's Paul E. Peterson and his coauthors, Howell and West, share results from the upcoming PEPG-EdNext survey which showed that only 22% of Americans think unions have a positive effect on schools.

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