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Marcus A. Winters is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and an assistant professor at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. He conducts research and writes extensively on education policy, including topics such as school choice, high school graduation rates, accountability, and special education.
Winters has performed several studies on a variety of education policy issues including high-stakes testing, performance-pay for teachers, and the effects of vouchers on the public school system. His research has been published in the journals Education Finance and Policy, Economics of Education Review, Teachers College Record, and Education Next. His op-ed articles have appeared in numerous newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and USA Today, and he is often quoted on education issues. Winters previously worked as the senior research associate with Jay P. Greene at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Winters received his B.A. in political science from Ohio University in 2002, a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Arkansas in 2008.
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Articles/Op-eds
- In Chicago, the Education Status Quo Makes Its Stand, Washington Examiner, 09-14-12
- Chicago Teachers Balk at Accountability, USA Today, 09-13-12
- Florida Defeats the Skeptics, Education Next, 09-05-12
- A Degree Teachers Can Do Without, New York Daily News, 08-30-12
- Tackling NY Teacher Tenure, New York Post, 08-25-12
- Can School Performance Be Measured Fairly?, New York Times Room for Debate, 07-29-12
- Pay Per Pupil, New York Post, 07-22-12
- Better Schools, Fewer Dollars, Wall Street Journal, 06-15-12
- Test Scores Add Value To Teacher Review, The Star-Ledger, 05-17-12
- Retention of Students Can Work, USA Today, 04-12-12
- Let a Thousand Teachers Bloom, The Weekly Standard, 03-19-12
- How To Read the Teacher Data Reports, New York Daily News, 02-27-12
- Firing Bad Apples, New York Post, 02-06-12
- Rewarding Great Teachers Just Makes Good Sense, Washington Examiner, 01-31-12
- Face It, Teacher Quality Matters, New York Daily News, 01-16-12
- Why 2011 is the Year of the School Voucher, Washington Examiner, 11-17-11
- Just Rewards For Teachers, Los Angeles Times, 10-03-11
- The Promise of Special Education Vouchers, National Affairs, 09-21-11
- Teacher Competence Counts More Than Credentials, Washington Examiner, 09-15-11
- Testing Students to Grade Teachers, New York Times Room for Debate, 05-30-11
- Worst System Ever, New York Post, 02-25-11
- Democracy Prep's Fate Proves That Teachers Unions Care Only About Job Protection, New York Daily News, 11-18-10
- An Outsider Perspective Isn't Bad, New York Times Room for Debate, 11-11-10
- A Teacher Data Compromise: Only Release Scores For Those At The Very Top And Bottom, New York Daily News, 10-28-10
- School Vouchers Make a Great Recession-era Program, Washington Examiner, 09-08-10
- Imperfect, but Useful, New York Times Room for Debate, 09-07-10
- Vouchers Work In Fla., and They'll Work Here, The Star-Ledger, 06-13-10
- Race to the Top Pushing Incentives For Reform, Washington Examiner, 06-02-10
- For Minorities, a Charter-School Boost, New York Post, 04-27-10
- Despite What You've Read, Paying Kids To Excel In School Does Work, New York Daily News, 04-15-10
- Public Schools Should Experiment Like Charter Schools, Washington Examiner, 04-07-10
- Charter Schools Lose in L.A., National Review Online, 03-02-10
- City Charter Schools Aren't Just Better - They Cost Less, New York Daily News, 03-01-10
- How To Get States To Improve School Testing, Dallas Morning News, 02-12-10
- What Obama Should Say In His State of the Union, Washington Examiner, 01-27-10
- The Amazing Randi, National Review Online, 01-18-10
- Raising the Education bar, Los Angeles Times, 01-18-10
- Charters & Special Ed: The Truth: Don't Believe the UFT's Distorted Claims, New York Daily News, 01-06-10
- Race to the Top Program Prioritizes Reform, Washington Examiner, 12-16-09
- Testing for Tenure, National Review Online, 12-02-09
- Data Proves Charter Schools Work, Washington Examiner, 10-28-09
- How Charters Help Kids 'Left Behind', New York Post, 10-28-09
- End the Special-Ed Racket, National Review Online, 10-19-09
- A Teachers' Contract That Helps Kids, New York Post, 10-05-09
- Funding May Push Special Ed Labeling, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 09-23-09
- Grading Teachers, National Review Online, 09-16-09
- Vouchers Control Special Ed Growth, Tampa Bay Online, 09-03-09
- Special-Education Stigmatization, Forbes.com, 08-18-09
- Special Ed Vouchers Work For Everybody, Washington Examiner, 08-18-09
- A Plan Without Political Fallout, Education Week, 08-17-09
- Making the Best of a Flawed System, The New York Times, 08-03-09
- Robots Don’t Pay Dues, National Review Online, 07-29-09
- Exams We Can Rely On, New York Post, 07-25-09
- Book Review: Private Schooling For The Poor, Washington Times, 07-09-09
- The Limits of Democracy, Gotham Gazette, 05-18-09
- Klein's Teacher Hiring Freeze Will Leave City Kids Behind, New York Daily News, 05-09-09
- Straight A's for Performance Pay, Washington Times, 04-24-09
- For Better Schools, Fix Teacher Pay, New York Post, 04-23-09
- Tossing Out the Bad Apples, National Review Online, 04-17-09
- School Funding Doesn't Add Up, Washington Times, 03-20-09
- Lessons of Charter Schools, Albany Times Union, 03-20-09
- Mass Teacher Layoffs + Seniority Rules = Bad News For Kids, New York Daily News, 02-04-09
- The Smart Fiscal Choice, National Review Online, 01-21-09
- A Threat to Charter Schools, New York Post, 01-15-09
- Offer vouchers for special education, New York Daily News, 12-28-08
- Grading NYC Schools: How It Helps, New York Post, 11-12-08
- Challenging tenure in D.C., Washington Times, 11-05-08
- Beyond Bloomberg, New York Post, 10-27-08
- Time for McCain To Answer, The New York Sun, 09-26-08
- Teachers Matter, National Review Online, 09-09-08
- Qualified Teachers Wanted, Washington Times, 08-15-08
- Playing Politics With School Vouchers, Washington Times, 06-18-08
- School Choice Helps Disabled Ariz. Students, East Valley Tribune, 05-03-08
- The Politics of Special-Ed Vouchers - Part III, Washington Times, 05-01-08
- A Special-Ed Fix, New York Post, 04-30-08
- Vouchers and Special Education - Part I, Washington Times, 04-29-08
- When Kids FAIL, New York Post, 03-19-08
- Merit Pay Will Improve N.Y.�s Schools, Providence Journal, 10-24-07
- Merit Pay Will Improve N.Y.’s Schools, Providence Journal, 10-24-07
- Merit Pay Could Boost Learning, The Oklahoman, 08-05-07
- Debunking a Special Education Myth, Education Next, 03-15-07
- Teachers Are Better Paid Than You Think, Providence Journal, 02-09-07
- Reason To Rethink Social Promotion, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10-01-06
- Promoting The End of Social Promotion: Students Should Be Held Back If They Can't Pass the Test, Says a New Study, Chicago Sun-Times, 09-17-06
- Social Promotion Is Running Before Walking, The Tampa Tribune, 09-14-06
- School Officials Shouldn’t Go Wobbly On Social Promotion, Washington Examiner, 09-14-06
- Advancement, National Review Online, 09-13-06
- "Losing Ground" in Education Reform, National Review Online, 07-27-06
- Chicago Must Find Way To Help Students Finish High School, Chicago Sun-Times, 04-19-06
- The Boys Left Behind, National Review Online, 04-19-06
- Missing the Mark on Graduation Rates, Education Week, 03-29-06
- Stupid Judge Tricks, National Review Online, 01-11-06
- Education myths cry out for debunking, Providence Journal, 10-19-05
- Five Myths . . ., Albuquerque Journal, 10-01-05
- The Teacher-Pay Myth, New York Post, 09-22-05
- Education Myths, National Review Online, 09-07-05
- Tougher Standards Are Already Yielding Results, USA Today, 05-30-05
- The Public Schools' Dirty Little Secret, New York Post, 07-02-04
- Competition Passes the Test, Education Next, 06-12-04
- High School Exit Exams Don't Cause Dropouts, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 05-19-04
- It’s Elementary, National Review Online, 05-12-04
- The Voucher Challenge, National Review Online, 05-11-04
- The Positive Effects Of Exit Exams, The Indianapolis Star, 05-02-04
- Exit Exams Don't Cause Increase In Dropout Rate, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 05-02-04
- High-Stakes Editorializing, National Review Online, 02-23-04
- S.C. Schools Need Vouchers, Charleston Post and Courier, 12-08-03
Books
Research
- Roundtable: Are You Better Off than You Were Four Years Ago? Issues 2012 31, October 2012
- Transforming Tenure: Using Value-Added Modeling to Identify Ineffective Teachers Civic Report 70, September 2012
- Romney's Education Plan: Recognizing the Success of Special Education Vouchers Issues 2012 16, June 2012
- The Benefits of Florida's Test-Based Promotion System Civic Report 68, April 2012
- Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: Credentials Unrelated to Student Achievement Issue Brief 10, September 2011
- The Numbers Don't Lie: Why New York City School Closings are Justified Issue Brief 8, December 2010
- New Jersey Teacher Salaries Are Comparable to Professional Pay in Private Sector Issue Brief 5, July 2010
- Black and Hispanic Charter Students More Likely To Gain Admission To Selective NYC High Schools Issue Brief 4, April 2010
- Everyone Wins: How Charter Schools Benefit All New York City Public School Students Civic Report 60, October 2009
- How Special Ed Vouchers Keep Kids From Being Mislabeled as Disabled Civic Report 58, August 2009
- The NYC Teacher Pay-for-Performance Program: Early Evidence from a Randomized Trial Civic Report 56, April 2009
- Grading New York: An Evaluation of New York City's Progress Reports Program Civic Report 55, October 2008
- Building on the Basics: The Impact of High-Stakes Testing on Student Proficiency in Low- Stakes Subjects Civic Report 54, July 2008
- The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence From Florida's McKay Scholarship Programs Civic Report 52, April 2008
- How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid? Civic Report 50, January 2007
- Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to end Social Promotion Civic Report 49, September 2006
- Leaving Boys Behind: Public High School Graduation Rates Civic Report 48, April 2006
- An Evaluation of the Effect of D.C.'s Voucher Program on Public School Achievement and Racial Integration After One Year Education Working Paper 10, January 2006
- Helping Kids, Saving Money: How to Reform New York's Special Education System ECNY Special Report, August 31, 2005
- The Effect of Residential School Choice on Public High School Graduation Rates Education Working Paper 9, April 2005
- Public High School Graduation and College-Readiness Rates: 1991–2002 Education Working Paper 8, February 2005
- An Evaluation of Florida's Program to End Social Promotion Education Working Paper, December 2004
- Pushed Out or Pulled Up? Exit Exams and Dropout Rates in Public High Schools Education Working Paper 5, May 2004
- When Schools Compete: The Effects of Vouchers on Florida Public School Achievement Education Working Paper 2, August 2003
- Apples to Apples: An Evaluation of Charter Schools Serving General Student Populations Education Working Paper 1, July 2003
- Testing High Stakes Tests: Can We Believe the Results of Accountability Tests? Civic Report 33, February 2003
- Public School Graduation Rates in the United States Civic Report 31, November 2002
Podcasts
Testimony
City Journal articles - New York’s Public School Paradox, 22 May 2013
- Education Reform Goes Bipartisan, 27 June 2012
- Better Schools, Fewer Dollars, Spring 2012
- Cuomo’s Teaching Moment, 29 February 2012
- How’s My Teaching?, 20 January 2012
- The Year of the Voucher, Autumn 2011
- Immune to Reform, 10 June 2011
- Respecting Teachers in the Sunshine State, 27 March 2011
- The Life-Changing Lottery, Summer 2010
- Grading Teachers in Los Angeles, 26 August 2010
- The Optimist, 4 June 2010
- Experience Doesn’t Teach, 27 April 2010
- How Not to Lay Off Teachers, 2 April 2010
- How New York Could Lose by Winning, 5 March 2010
- No State Left Behind, Winter 2010
- Stonewalling Charters, 8 January 2010
- Teachers’ Unions vs. Progress—Again, 14 December 2009
- How Efficient Are New York’s School Districts?, 1 October 2009
- Charters’ Promise, 28 September 2009
- Compstat for Teachers, 14 July 2009
- KIPP vs. the Teachers’ Unions, 16 April 2009
- Money for Nothing, 4 March 2009
- The New Number Crunchers, Winter 2009
- Stemming the Tide, 16 January 2009
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