National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education

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T‌he ‌National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education provides nonpartisan documentation and analysis of privatization in education. We conduct research, host conferences, and post working papers. Our topics range from preschool to tertiary education, both at home and abroad.

Latest from NCSPE

Working Paper: How Chile Modified Friedman

Working Paper: Educational Privatization in China: A Case Study

Working Paper: Charter Schools and Race in Kansas City

In exploring the enrollment data of 17 new charter schools that opened from 2011 to 2015 in Kansas City, the authors find that a disproportionate number of white students transferred into new charter schools, that white students appeared to be transferring into new charter schools with more white students, and, perhaps most significantly, that much of this racial sorting was associated with two new charter schools.

Working Paper: School Autonomy and Its Impact

In analyzing data from principal surveys and case studies at a broad sample of schools in Los Angeles from 2011 to 2014, Ayesha K. Hashim, Susan C. Bush-Mecenas, and Katharine O. Strunk find wide variation in the implementation of autonomy and close association between faithful implementation and better instruction.

Puerto Rico Charter Sector to Take Off

Working Paper: Liberia's Experiment

In assessing an analysis of the first year of a three-year randomized control study of a public-private partnership called Partnership Schools for Liberia, Steven J. Klees raises important questions about methodology and ideology. The study involves 93 public primary schools managed by eight external contractors.

The Rise of KIPP, etc.

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Books from NCSPE

Education and the Commercial Mindset

By Samuel E. Abrams
(Harvard University Press, 2016, 417 pages)

An examination of how market forces have shaped public education.

Edited by Katrina E. Bulkley, Jeffrey R. Henig, and Henry M. Levin
(Harvard Education Press, 2010, 402 pages)

A collection of 12 perspectives on the new portfolio model of urban school governance.

By Clive R. Belfield and Henry M. Levin
(Routledge, 2005, 225 pages)

An analysis of the impact of educational privatization on families, schools, and communities.

Edited by Janelle T. Scott

(Teachers College Press, 2005, 192 pages)

A collection of eight perspectives on school choice and its impact on student diversity.

Edited by Henry M. Levin
(Westview Press, 2001, 384 pages)

A collection of 14 essays covering a wide range of topics, from tuition tax credits and vouchers to charter schools.

Contact Us

Director: Samuel E. Abrams

Email: sa307@tc.columbia.edu

Phone: 212-678-8117

Fax: 212-678-3474

Mailing Address: Box 181 * Teachers College, Columbia University * 525 West 120th Street * New York, NY 10027