Jay P. Greene is a senior research fellow at

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. He was previously a distinguished professor and head of the Department of Education Reform at the

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. Greene’s current areas of research interest include school choice and the effects of education on character formation and civic values. He is also known for his work studying culturally enriching field trips to art museums and theaters, his efforts to improve the accurate reporting of high school graduation rates, address financial incentives in special education, and the use of standardized tests to curb social promotion. His research was cited four times in the

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's opinions in the landmark ''

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'' case on school vouchers. His research has appeared in academic journals, such as ''Education Finance and Policy'', ''Economics of Education Review'', and ''Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis'', as well as in major newspapers, such as the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''New York Times'', and the ''Washington Post''. Greene is the author of ''Education Myths'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), ''Why America Needs School Choice'' (Encounter Broadside, 2011) and co-editor of ''Failure Up Close: What Happens, Why It Happens, and What We Can Learn from It'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) and ''Religious Liberty and Education: A Case Study of Yeshivas vs. New York'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020).

Education

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*:''B.A. in History'', Summa Cum Laude in May, 1988,

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1987 *

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*:''A.M. in Political Science'' in November 1991 *:''Ph.D. in Political Science'' in June 1995

Research

Greene's articles include:
Erickson, H.H., Watson A.R., & Greene, J.P. (Forthcoming). An Experimental Evaluation of Culturally Enriching Field Trips. Journal of Human Resources

Greene, J. P., Cheng, A., & Kingsbury I. (2021). Are Educated People More Anti-Semitic? Tablet Magazine, March 29
*Greene, J.P., Erickson, H.H., Watson, A.R., & Beck, M.I. (2018). The Play’s the Thing: Experimentally Examining the Social and Cognitive Effects of School Field Trips to Live Theater Performances. Educational Researcher, 47(4), 246-254. *Greene, J.P., & Kingsbury, I. (2017). The Relationship Between Public and Private Schooling and AntiSemitism. ''Journal of School Choice'', 11(1), 111-130.
Greene,J. P, Hitt, C., Kraybill, A., & Bogulski, C. A. (2015). Learning from live theater. ''Education Next'', 15(1), 54-61.Kisida, B., Greene, J. P., & Bowen, D. H. (2014). Creating cultural consumers: The dynamics of cultural capital acquisition, ''Sociology of Education'', ''87''(4), 281-295.Greene, J. P., Kisida, B., & Bowen, D. H. (2014). The educational value of field trips. ''Education Next'', ''14''(1), 78-86.Bowen, D. H., Greene, J. P., & Kisida, B. (2014). Learning to think critically: A visual art experiment. ''Educational Researcher'', ''43''(1), 37-44.Margulis, E. H., Kisida, B., & Greene, J. P. (2013). A knowing ear: The effect of explicit information on children’s experience of a musical performance. ''Psychology of Music'', Advance online publication. 1-10.
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Winters, M. A., & Greene, J. P. (2012). The medium-run effects of Florida’s test-based promotion policy. ''Education Finance and Policy'', ''7''(3), 305-330.

Winters, M. A., Dixon, B. L., & Greene, J. P. (2012). Observed characteristics and teacher quality: Impacts of sample selection on a value added model. ''Economics of Education Review'', ''31''(1), 19-32.

Winters, M. A., & Greene, J. P. (2011). Public school response to special education vouchers: The impact of Florida’s McKay Scholarship Program on disability diagnosis and student achievement in public schools. ''Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis'', ''33''(2), 138-158.

Greene, J. P. (2011). The Big Rock Candy Mountain of education. In G. Forster & C. B. Thompson (Eds.), ''Freedom and School Choice in American Education'' (pp. 1-16). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Greene, J. P., & Winters, M. A. (2011). Florida’s program to end social promotion. In D. L. Leal & C. B. Thompson (Eds.), ''The politics of Latino education'' (pp. 58-71). New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Winters, M. A., Trivitt, J. R., & Greene, J. P. (2010). The impact of high-stakes testing on student proficiency in low-stakes subjects: Evidence from Florida’s elementary science exam. ''Economics of Education Review'', ''29''(1), 138-146.

References

External links

* - Heritage Foundation
Jay P. Greene’s Blog
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