PATRICK WOLF BEST PAPER PRIZE

The Patrick Wolf ISCRC Best Paper Prize is awarded annually and is named after ISCRC co-founder Patrick Wolf, in honor of his years of tireless service to the conference, his voluminous and important research contributions, and his mentoring of myriad doctoral students and young scholars—both at the University of Arkansas and at the conference. Winning papers will be published in special sections of the Journal of School Choice (JSC).

FIRST PRIZE: $2500

It’s a Matter of Choice: Chronic Absenteeism in California Charter and Traditional Public Schools

Heather Rose | University of California, Davis, Sherrie Reed | University of California, Davis, Wendi McCaskill | School Services of California, LLC

SECOND PRIZE: $1500

Charter School Entry and District-Level Achievement: Evidence from Staggered Adoption

Kevin J. Zuchanek | University of Wuppertal, Jamison White | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

THIRD PRIZE: $1000

High-Performing Charter Schools for English Language Learners: A National Analysis of Academic Outcomes and Instructional Practices

Yueting “Cynthia” Xu | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Natalie Camarena Lopez | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

FIRST PRIZE: $2500

All Else Equal: Charter School Attendance and College Enrollment Rates at California’s Three Systems of Higher Education

Justin Luu | American Institutes for Research, Sherrie Reed | University of California, Davis, Heather Rose | University of California, Davis

SECOND PRIZE: $1500

School Choice and Learning Outcomes in Two States in North Nigeria

Andreea Dogar | University of Buckingham, M. Danish Shakeel | University of Buckingham, James Tooley | University of Buckingham

THIRD PRIZE: $1000

Quality Instruction Matters: The Connection Between Student Engagement Antecedents and Assessment Outcomes

Christopher White | Central Michigan University, Gregg Dionne | Central Michigan University, Joe Marr | Solomon Research & Analytics, William Sullivan | Solomon Research & Analytics

FIRST PRIZE (TIE): $2000 EACH

High School Choice and Expected College Belonging

The Father of the School Choice Movement

James V. Shuls, Ph.D. | University of Missouri, St. Louis

THIRD PRIZE: $1000

Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, and the School Choice Movement’s Normative Roots

Garion Frankel | Texas A&M University

FIRST PRIZE: $2500

Student-Teacher Ethnoracial Matching at Charter and Traditional Public Schools

Audrey Boochever and Heather Rose | University of California, Davis

SECOND PRIZE: $1500

The Three Languages of School Choice: A Narrative Policy Framework Toward Better Conversations About Education Freedom

John M. Kristof | EdChoice

THIRD PRIZE: $500

Principled Politics, Regulatory Reluctance: Conditions Moderating Private School Choice Program Participation

Eric W. Price and Matthew H. Lee | Association of Christian Schools International

Exploring Performance in Specialized Charter Schools

Lifei Huang, New York University, and Jamison White | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

FIRST PRIZE: $2000 (each)

Towards Understanding the Global Landscape of Educational Pluralism

TJ D’Agostino

The Legitimacy of Private Schooling: Education Preferences in Nine European Contexts

Kaire Poder and Triin Lauri

THIRD PRIZE: $500

Papists and Pluralists: The Founding of America’s First Grassroots School Choice Organization

James Shuls

FIRST PRIZE: $3000

The Fiscal Effects of Private K-12 Education Choice Programs in the United States

Martin F. Lueken | EdChoice

The Legitimacy of Private Schooling: Education Preferences in Nine European Contexts

Kaire Poder and Triin Lauri

SECOND PRIZE: $2000

Four Key Barriers Affecting the Choice to Homeschool: Evidence from a Fragile Community

Brian D. Ray, M. Danish Shakeel, Fred Worth, & Valerie Felder