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Policy Reports

Articles: 8

"Demography Defeated: Florida's K-12 Reforms and Their Lessons for the Nation"
Dan Lips and Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Policy Report, September 30, 2008

"Fortune Favors the Bold: Reforms for Results in K-12 Education"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Policy Report, July 02, 2008

"Comparison of Traditional Public Schools and Charter Schools on Retention, School Switching, and Achievement Growth"
Lewis C. Solmon and Pete Goldschmidt, Goldwater Institute Policy Report #192, March 15, 2004

"Does Charter School Attendance Improve Test Scores? The Arizona Results"
Lewis C. Solmon, Kern Paark and David Garcia, Arizona Education Analysis - March 2001, March 16, 2001

"Five Year Charter School Study - An Overview"
Karla Phillips, Mary Gifford and Melinda Ogle, Arizona Education Analysis, November 01, 2000

"Help Wanted: Good Teachers -- What do schools need to do to find good teachers?"
Karla Esparza, Arizona Education Analysis, January 01, 2000

"Arizona's Charter Schools: A Survey of Teachers"
Mary Gifford and Timothy Keller, Arizona Issue Analysis #141, August 01, 1996

"Arizona's Charter Schools: A Survey of Parents"
Mary Gifford and Timothy Keller, Arizona Issue Analysis #140, April 01, 1996

Goldwater Institute Daily E-mail

Articles: 23

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"Obama's school choice hypocrisy"
Dan Lips, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, November 11, 2008

"Appalachazona?"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, February 05, 2008

"Congratulations and Food for Thought"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, December 04, 2007

"Sound the Alarm"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, November 08, 2007

"Up to the Job"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, September 25, 2007

"Cruel Intentions"
Clint Bolick, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, September 18, 2007

"An Urban School of Distinction"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Today's News, April 30, 2007

"Losing Momentum"
Arwynn Mattix, Goldwater Institute Today's News, January 15, 2007

"Struggling to Keep Up"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Today's News, August 02, 2006

"Hip to KIPP"
Dan Lips, Goldwater Institute Today's News, June 19, 2006

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Op-Eds

Articles: 11

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"Inner City Kids Benefiting From School Choice"
Matthew Ladner, Townhall.com, March 04, 2008

"The Impact of Charter Schools on Catholic Schools"
Matthew Ladner, Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry & Practice, November 07, 2007

"Charter schools object to enforced curriculum"
Clint Bolick, Arizona Daily Star, September 20, 2007

"Superintendent can’t be charter school friend and executioner"
Clint Bolick, Arizona Capitol Times, September 14, 2007

"Charters face tyranny of historic proportions"
East Valley Tribune, September 07, 2007

"School choice offers way to improve Ariz. schools"
Matthew Ladner, Arizona Daily Star, July 06, 2006

"Bored right out the door"
East Valley Tribune, May 30, 2006

"State's rules stifle charter schools, threaten success"
Vicki Murray, Arizona Republic, November 06, 2005

"Don't Drown Charter Schools With Paperwork"
Robert Maranto, Tucson Citizen, October 23, 2003

"Parents Can Judge Charter Schools' Quality"
Lewis C. Solmon, East Valley Tribune, November 14, 2002

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News Releases

Articles: 9

"Hispanic Students in Florida Outscore Statewide Average of 15 States"
Goldwater Institute News Release, October 01, 2008

"Goldwater Institute Calls for Increased School Autonomy, Measuring Teacher Quality "
Goldwater Institute News Release, July 02, 2008

"Court Denies Injunction in Charter School Case"
Goldwater Institute News Release, August 07, 2007

"U.S. Department of Education Rejects Arizona’s Grounds for Charter School Regulation"
Goldwater Institute News Release, July 25, 2007

"Former State Superintendents File Court Documents against AZ Dept. of Education"
Goldwater Institute News Release, July 23, 2007

"Goldwater Institute Files Lawsuit to Protect Charter School Autonomy"
Goldwater Institute News Release, June 25, 2007

"Analysis by American Federation of Teachers Incomplete: Charter School Students Show Higher Achievement Growth"
Goldwater Institute News Release, August 18, 2004

"Charter School Students Surpass Traditional Public School Students in Overall Achievement Growth"
Goldwater Institute News Release, March 15, 2004

"AFT Charter School Report Fails to 'Measure Up'"
Goldwater Institute Press Release, July 17, 2002

Goldwater in the News

Articles: 19

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"A win for charters — sort of"
East Valley Tribune, October 18, 2007

"Charter schools win a round vs. Horne"
Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Star, August 07, 2007

"State officials want charter schools to meet public school requirements"
Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Star, August 06, 2007

"Charter schools, state in court over social-studies plan"
Arizona Republic, August 04, 2007

"Clint on Tuscon's Morning Show with Jim Parise"
Clint Bolick, KNST 790AM, August 03, 2007

"Basis charter school chafes at social-studies standards"
Daniel Scarpinato, Arizona Daily Star, August 02, 2007

"Charter schools fight the state over what they teach"
KPNX Channel 12, July 26, 2007

"Former superintendents oppose charter schools curriculum"
Dennis Welch, East Valley Tribune, July 23, 2007

"One size doesn't fit all in education"
Clint Bolick, Arizona Daily Sun, July 13, 2007

"Charters on 'Horne' of a dilemma"
Chelsea Deweese, Arizona Daily Sun, July 09, 2007

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