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Patrick J. Wolf is Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and the 21st Century Endowed Chair in School Choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions. His research program focuses on education policy, with a particular emphasis on school choice initiatives. As the principal investigator of the School Choice Demonstration Project, Wolf has led significant longitudinal evaluations of school voucher programs in Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Louisiana.
Wolf's research endeavors have secured 34 research grants and contracts totaling nearly $22 million. He has authored, co-authored, or co-edited four books and over 150 journal articles, book chapters, and policy reports. His scholarly work addresses school choice, civic values, special education, public management, and campaign finance. His work on school choice is accessible through the School Choice Demonstration Project website. He holds an h-index of 30, with 264 total publications and 3,090 citations, and has been recognized as a highly cited researcher.
He has collaborated with researchers such as Alison Johnson, Sarah Ruth Morris, Robert Maranto, and Lindsey M. Burke, all affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, on shared publications. Wolf also leads a research group.
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- h-index: 30
- Publications: 266
- Citations: 3,099
Selected Publications
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Universal School Vouchers and Education Savings Accounts Are Good Policies (2025)
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Private School Choice Programs Should and Will Continue to Expand (2025)
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Benjamin Franklin: Lover of Liberty and Learning (2024)
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Which Police Departments Make Black Lives Matter? (2024)
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Funding Students Instead of Systems: The Case for School Choice (2023)
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Benjamin Franklin: Lover of Liberty and Learning (2023)
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The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from the United States (2023)
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How Within-Study Comparisons can Inform Research and Evaluation Design for the Third Sector (2022)
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The History of ISCRC from Nova Southeastern to Dublin (2021)
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The Politics of Institutional Reform: Katrina, Education, and the Second Face of Power (2021)
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- Charter School Funding: Dispelling Myths about EMOs, Expenditure Patterns, & Nonpublic Dollars
- Making It Count: The Productivity of Public Charter Schools in Seven U.S. Cities.
- The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from the United States
- Funding Students Instead of Systems: The Case for School Choice
- Charter School Funding: Dispelling Myths about EMOs, Expenditure Patterns, & Nonpublic Dollars
- Making It Count: The Productivity of Public Charter Schools in Seven U.S. Cities.
- Charter School Funding: Support for Students with Disabilities
- Charter School Funding: Dispelling Myths about EMOs, Expenditure Patterns, & Nonpublic Dollars
- Making It Count: The Productivity of Public Charter Schools in Seven U.S. Cities.
- Charter School Funding: Dispelling Myths about EMOs, Expenditure Patterns, & Nonpublic Dollars
- Making It Count: The Productivity of Public Charter Schools in Seven U.S. Cities.
- The participant effects of private school vouchers around the globe: a meta-analytic and systematic review
- The Public Purposes of Private Education: a Civic Outcomes Meta-Analysis
- The participant effects of private school vouchers around the globe: a meta-analytic and systematic review
- How Within-Study Comparisons can Inform Research and Evaluation Design for the Third Sector
- Charter School Funding: Dispelling Myths about EMOs, Expenditure Patterns, & Nonpublic Dollars
- The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from the United States
- Education Freedom and Student Achievement: Is More School Choice Associated with Higher State-Level Performance on the NAEP?
- Education Freedom and Student Achievement: Is More School Choice Associated with Higher State-Level Performance on the NAEP?
- Education Freedom and Student Achievement: Is More School Choice Associated with Higher State-Level Performance on the NAEP?
- The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement and College Entrance
- The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement and College Entrance
- Charter School Funding: Support for Students with Disabilities
- Charter School Funding: Support for Students with Disabilities
- The History of ISCRC from Nova Southeastern to Dublin
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