Biography

Chris Lubienski's research centers on public and private interests in education, including the use of market mechanisms such as choice and competition to improve schooling, especially for disadvantaged children. His work examines reforms and movements such as vouchers, charter schools, tuition tax credits, and home schooling that seek to decentralize and deregulate educational governance. He focuses on outcomes anticipated by reformers in areas such as increased innovation and higher levels of achievement, exploring the frequent disconnect between research findings and policy advocacy. He is currently investigating the organizational behavior of schools and districts in local education markets in metropolitan areas.

• Abbreviated C.V.
• Forum on the Future of Public Education
• "Public-School Students Score Well in Math in Large-Scale Government Study"
• National Education Policy Center
• NAEP analysis project w/ Sarah Theule Lubienski
• Institute of Government and Public Affairs
• Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
• Measuring Markets (UK)
• Fulbright New Zealand
• National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education
• Education and the Public Interest Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Think Tank Review Project
• Education Policy Alliance
• Study (w/ Sarah Lubienski) of NAEP mathematics achievement in charter, private, and public schools
• Response to Peterson & Llaudet's “On the Public-Private School Achievement Debate”