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Cassandra Hart Study Cited on PBS News Hour

Should Public Money Be Used for Private Schools?

In a story on the the Indiana Supreme Court’s ruling on a law allowing taxpayer money to be used for private schools through vouchers, Kevin Chavous, executive counsel for American Federation for Children, cited a study School of Education Assistant Professor Cassandra Hart co-wrote while she was Northwestern University. Hart is an expert on school choice.

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Faculty Profile July 15, 2011 EMPHASIS AREA: SOEP

Cassandra M.D. Hart

Professor and Chair of CANDEL

Cassandra Hart is an associate professor of education policy. She evaluates the effects of school, state and national education programs, policies, and practices on overall student achievement, and on the equity of student outcomes. Hart’s work has focused on online education in both K-12 schools and community colleges, school choice programs, school accountability policies, and effects on students of exposure to demographically similar teachers.

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