New and Better Schools

Michael Q. McShane is a research fellow in education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. A prolific writer and commentator he co-edited Common Core Meets Education Reform and Teacher Quality 2.0. He began his career as an inner city Catholic school teacher in Montgomery, Alabama.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction Michael Q. McShanePart One- Framing the Debate: Lessons from Market CreationChapter 2Lessons of Market Creation from Around the WorldMichael Q. McShaneChapter 3What Private School Choice Can Learn From Chartering: Networks, Incubation, and AuthorizationAndy SmarickChapter 4Lessons from the Private Sector: Making Private Schooling Less ExpensiveMichael Q. McShane and Max EdenPart Two- Teachers, Leaders, and SchoolsChapter 5The Private School Teacher Pipeline: A Review of Catholic Educator PreparationProgramsKaren Huchting and Matthew CunninghamChapter 6 Catalysts Needed to Create a Rapidly Expanding School Choice SectorAndrew NeumannChapter 7Operator Incentives: Lessons from the Notre Dame ACE AcademiesChristian DallavisPart Three- Program Design, Capacity, and Research in an Educational MarketplaceChapter 8 Liberty, Efficiency, and Equity: Reformatting Parental Choice for the Challenges of the 21st CenturyMatthew LadnerChapter 9 Choice Program Design and School SupplyAnna EgaliteChapter 10The Religious and Secular Supply of Schools in Choice ProgramsDavid J. FlemingChapter 11The School Choice Research-Program Nexus: Why We Know So Littleabout School Choice Best PracticesPatrick J. WolfChapter 12ConclusionMichael Q. McShane

In New and Better Schools: The Supply Side of School Choice, Michael McShane and his team of policy experts thoroughly dissect the challenges and opportunities associated with growing the number of quality private schools in America. The road map they provide would, without question, improve the educational outcomes for countless numbers of kids. Our charge is to rally around this approach and get it done!