2008

"Still at Risk: What Students Don't Know, Even Know." Common Core, February 26, 2008

"The Leadership Limbo: Teacher Labor Agreements in America's Fifty Largest School Districts," with Coby Loup. Thomas B. Fordham Institute, February 2008.

2007

"Fueling Educational Entrepreneurship: Addressing the Human Capital Challenge," with Bryan C. Hassel. Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, June 1, 2007.

"Looking For Leadership: Assessing the Case for Mayoral Control of Urban School Systems." Show-Me Institute, February 6, 2007.

"Learning to Lead," with Andrew P. Kelly. Teachers College Record, January 1, 2007.

2006

"Accountability without Angst? Public Opinion and No Child Left Behind." Harvard Educational Review, Winter 2006.

"A Better Bargain: Overhauling Teacher Collective Bargaining for the 21st Century," with Martin R. West. Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, April 5, 2006.

2005

"Textbook Leadership?" with Andrew P. Kelly. Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, May 3, 2005.

2003

"A License to Lead? A New Leadership Agenda for America's Schools." Progressive Policy Institute, January 1, 2003.

2002

"School Boards at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Conditions and Challenges of District Governance." National School Boards Association, 2002.

2001

"Tear Down This Wall: The Case for a Radical Overhaul of Teacher Certification," Progressive Policy Institute, November 27, 2001.