Articles
Baker, B.D. (2025) Equal Educational Opportunity for All: From Short Term Resistance to Project 2029. Draft Working Paper 5-16-2025
Green, Preston and Saldaña, Christopher and Bruce, Baker and Mead, Julie, PRESERVING RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM THE THREAT OF VOUCHERS AND CHARTERS (September 16, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract= Idaho Law Review, 62
Baker, B. D. (2025). How and why racial isolation affects education costs and the provision of equal educational opportunity. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 33. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.33.8843
Weber, M., & Baker, B. D. (2025). Does School Funding Matter in a Pandemic? COVID-19 Instructional Models and School Funding Adequacy. AERA Open, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584251327581 (Original work published 2025)
Baker, Bruce D., Derek Black, Joshua Cowen, Preston Green, and Jennifer L. Jennings. (2025). A Framework for Evaluating and Reforming School Vouchers. (EdWorkingPaper: 25 -1142). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/cx43-tr11
Baker, Bruce D.. (2025). Framework for Evaluating & Reforming Education Finance Systems. (EdWorkingPaper: 25 -1127). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/pa0r-n548
Baker, Bruce D.. (2024). How and Why Racial Isolation Affects Education Costs & the Provision of Equal Educational Opportunity. (EdWorkingPaper: 24 -1047). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/fy6k-4v18
Baker, B.D., Di Carlo, M., Green, P.C. III (2023) Understanding the First, Second, and Third Order Effects on Disparities in K-12 Funding and Outcomes. Poverty and Race Research Action Council Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.2 (April – July 2023) https://www.prrac.org/understanding-the-first-second-and-third-order-effects-on-disparities-in-k-12-funding-and-outcomes-april-july-2023-pr-journal/
Baker, B.D., Di Carlo, M., Weber, M. (2023) Incentivizing Equity: A New Way to Distribute Federal Aid and Spur Adequate Funding for All. American Educator, Spring https://www.aft.org/ae/spring2023/baker_dicarlo_weber
Weber, Mark, and Bruce D. Baker. (2023). Does School Funding Matter In a Pandemic? COVID-19 Instructional Models and School Funding Adequacy. (EdWorkingPaper: 23-736). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/406b-hy46
Baker, B.D. (2022) Toward Equitable and Adequate Financing of U.S. Public Schools: Implications for Brazilian Education. FINEDUCA – Revista de Financiamento da Educação
Oberfield, Z., Baker, B.D. (2022) The politics of progressivity: Court-ordered reforms, racial difference, and school finance fairness. American Educational Research Journal
Green, P.C., Baker, B.D., Oluwole, J. (2021) School Finance, Race & Reparations. Washington & Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3766279
Kolbe, T., Baker, B.D., Atchison, D., Levin, J. (2021) The Additional Cost of Operating Rural Schools: Evidence from Vermont. AERA Open https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2332858420988868
Baker, B.D., Weber, M., Srikanth, A. (2021) Informing Federal School Finance Policy with Empirical Evidence: A National Education Cost Model Approach. Journal of Education Finance https://muse.jhu.edu/article/806389/summary
Baker, B.D., Srikanth, A., Cotto, R., & Green III, P.C.(2020). School funding disparities and the plight of Latinx children.Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28(135). https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.5282
Baker, B.D., Weber, M., Atchison, D. (2020) Weathering the storm: School funding in the COVID-19 era. Phi Delta Kappan https://kappanonline.org/school-funding-covid-19-baker-weber-atchison/
Baker. B.D., Cotto, R. (2020) School Funding’s Latinx Second Cities Problem. Phi Delta Kappan https://kappanonline.org/underfunding-latinx-serving-school-districts-baker-cotto/
Baker, B. D., & Chingos, M. M. (2019). Toward a Rich Data Future for School Finance Research. AERA Open, 5(4), 2332858419887735. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2332858419887735
Opinion Pieces
Green, P.C., Baker, B.D. (2021) How reparations can be paid through school finance reform. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-reparations-can-be-paid-through-school-finance-reform-164546
Baker, B.D., Cotto, R., Green, P.C. III (2021) Fixing Connecticut School Finance: The Time is Now. CT Mirror. https://ctmirror.org/category/ct-viewpoints/fixing-connecticut-school-finance-the-time-is-now/
Baker, B.D., Green, P.C. (2020) Should plaintiffs in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling about school choice be careful what they wish for? How the impacts of a decision on Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue could differ from expectations. Hechinger Report https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-should-plaintiffs-in-a-supreme-court-ruling-about-school-choice-be-careful-what-they-wish-for/
Black, D., Baker, B.D., Green, P.C. (2019) Charter Schools Exploit Lucrative Loophole that Would Be Easy to Close. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/charter-schools-exploit-lucrative-loophole-that-would-be-easy-to-close-111792
Think Tank Reviews
Baker, B.D. (2025). NEPC Review: Wisconsin’s most cost-effective K-12 program. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/cost-effective
Baker, B.D. (2024). NEPC review: Pennsylvania’s education tax credit scholarships: How EITC serves children and families in the commonwealth. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/review/tax-credits
Baker, B.D. (2024). NEPC review: K-12 school choice calculator. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/review/calculator
Baker, B.D. (2023). NEPC review: Think again: Is education funding in America still unequal? Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/review/education-funding
Baker, B.D. (2023). NEPC review: Equal is not good enough: An analysis of school funding across the U.S. and within each state and Balancing act: How states can address local wealth inequity in education finance. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/school-funding
Baker, B.D. (2022). NEPC review: From school aid to student aid: Modernizing
K-12 funding in Michigan. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from
http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/mi-funding
Baker, B.D. (2021). NEPC review: Education Savings Accounts: How ESAs can promote educational freedom for New York families. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/esas
Baker, B.D. (2021). NEPC review: Charter school funding: Support for students wih disabilities. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/funding-disabilities
Baker, B.D. (2021). NEPC review: The effect of constitutional provisions on education policy and outcome. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/constitutional-provisions
Baker, B.D. (2020). NEPC Review: “Unleashing Educational Opportunity: The Untapped Potential of Expanded Tax Credit Scholarships.” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/tax-credits
Baker, B.D. (2020). NEPC Review: “Comparing Ed Reforms: Assessing the Experimental Research on Nine K-12 Education Reforms.” Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/charter-research
Baker. B.D. (2019). NEPC Review: “California Charter Schools: Costs, Benefits, and Impact on School Districts.“Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/ca-charters
Baker. B.D. (2018). NEPC Review: “Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong” and “Fixing the Currently Biased State K-12 Education Rankings.“ Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-rankings
Baker, B.D. (2018). NEPC Review: “Student-Centered State Funding: A How-to Guide for State Policymakers” (The Foundation for Excellence in Education, November 2017). Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-student-centered-funding
School Finance 101 