Working Papers 2015-2016

Coming Soon

Baker, B.D., Weber, M. (in progress) Beyond the Echo-Chamber: State Investments and Student Outcomes in U.S. Elementary and Secondary Education

Baker, B.D., Weber, M. (in progress) Deconstructing the Myth of American Public Schooling Inefficiency: A Closer Look at International Data IntlComparisons_Baker_Weber-1-25-16

Drafts Completed/Submitted

Weber, M., Baker, B.D. (under review) Do For-Profit Managers Spend Less on Schools and Instruction? A national analysis of charter school staffing expenditures Weber.Baker.ForProfitCharters.RUGSE_WP2015_01

Baker, B.D., Levin, J. Rethinking “Costing Out” and the Design of State School Finance Systems: Lessons from the Empirical Era in School Finance Baker.Levin.AdequacyRevisited.RUGSEWP01_16_16

In Press

Green, P.C., Baker, B.D., Oluwole, J., Mead, J.F. (2015) Are We Heading Toward a Charter School ‘Bubble’?: Lessons from the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. University of Richmond Law Review

Baker, B.D., Weber, M. (in press) State School Finance Inequities and the Limits of Pursuing Teacher Equity through Departmental Regulation. Education Policy Analysis Archives.

Baker, B.D. (in press) School Finance and the Distribution of Equal Educational Opportunity in the Post-Recession U.S. Journal of Social Issues.

Recently Published

Green, P.C., Baker, B.D., Oluwole, J. (2015) The Legal Status of Charter Schools in State Statutory Law. University of Massachusetts Law Review

Baker, B.D., Libby, K., Wiley, K. (2015) Charter School Expansion & Within District Equity: Confluence or Conflict? Education Finance and Policy [AEFP Conference Version]