David Garcia

Book Chapters

• Garcia, David R., & Stigler, M. (2011). Closed: Competition, Segregation and the Black Student Experience in Charter Schools. In D.T. Slaughter-DeFoe, H.C. Stevenson, E.G. Arrington & D.J. Johnson (Eds.), Black Educational Choice in a Climate of School Reform: Assessing the Private and Public Alternatives to Traditional K-12 Public Schools. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC/CLIO.
• Garcia, David R. (with Kate Mahoney, Jeff McSwann, & Thomas Haladyna) (2010). The achievement of Arizona’s English language learners under Proposition 203: Testing Canstañeda’s third requirement. In P. Gandara & M. Hopkins (Eds.). Forbidden Language: English Learners and restrictive language policies. New York: Teachers College Press. 
• Garcia, David R. (2010). Charter schools challenge traditional notions of segregation. In C. Lubienski & P. Weitzel (Eds.), The charter school idea: Two decades of evidence and implications. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
• Garcia, David R., & Hart-Tervalon, D. (in press). Systems change at the state level. In E. B. Kozleski & A. Smith (Eds.), The national institute for urban school inprovement legacy.

Publications

• Garcia, David R. (with Kathryn Borman and Arnold Danzig) (2012). Education, democracy and the public good. Review of Research in Education, 36 (1).
• Garcia, David R. (Fall 2011).The lingering influence of high-stakes testing policies on the postsecondary prospects of Latino students. eJournal of Education Policy.
• Garcia, David R. (2011). The Achilles heel of market-oriented educational policies. Journal of School Choice, 5(1).
• Garcia, David R. (2010). Spin cycle: How research is used in policy debates: The case of charter schools (Book Review), Journal of School Choice, 4(1),105-110.
• Garcia, David R., Rebecca Barber & Alex Molnar (2009). Profiting from public education: Education management organizations (EMOs) and student achievement. Teachers College Record 11(5), 1352-1379.
• Molnar, Alex, David R. Garcia, Faith Boninger, & Bruce Merrill (2008). Marketing of foods of minimal nutritional value to children in schools. Preventive Medicine 47, 504-507. 
• Garcia, David R. (2008). The impact of school choice on racial segregation in charter schools. Educational Policy 22(6), 805-829.
• Garcia, David R. (2008). Academic and racial segregation in charter schools: Do parents sort students into specialized charter schools? Education and Urban Society. 40(5), 590-612.
• Garcia, David R. (2008). Mixed messages: American Indian Achievement before and since the implementation of No Child Left Behind.  Journal of American Indian Education, 47(1), 109-127.
• Garcia, David R., Lee McIlroy & Rebecca Barber (2008). Starting behind: A comparative analysis of the academic standing of students entering charter schools.  Social Science Quarterly, 89(1). 199-216.
• Molnar, Alex & David R. Garcia (2007). The expanding role of privatization in education: Implications for teacher preparation and development.  Teacher Education Quarterly, 34(2), 11-24
• Alex Molnar, David Garcia. At last, we find out what parents want. Arizona Republic (2006).
• Alex Molnar, David Garcia. 2006. The battle over commercialized schools. Educational Leadership, 63(7), 78-82.
• Alex Molnar, David Garcia. The battle over commercialized schools. Our Schools/Our Selves: Special Commercialism Issue 15(4), 111-120.  (Reprinted from Educational Leadership, 63(7), 78-82, 2006)
• David Garcia. The impact of charter school choice on racial segregation. (2006).
• David Garcia, Lee McIlroy, Rebecca Barber. Starting behind: A comparative analysis of the academic study of students entering charter schools. (2006).
• David Garcia, Alex Molnar, Bruce Merrill. Parent attitudes about education in Arizona: 2005. Arizona Education Policy Initiative. Tempe: Arizona State University (2005).
• Edward Wiley, William Mathis, David Garcia. The impact of the adequate yearly progress requirement of the federal "No Child Left Behind" Act on schools in the Great Lakes Region. Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice., East Lansing, MI: (2005).
• . . The Condition of PreK-12 Education in Arizona, 2005 (2005).
• David Garcia. Accountability in the emerging landscape. Pre-K - 12 Education: Choices for Arizona's future. Prescott: 84th Arizona Town Hall (2004).
• David Garcia, Loui Olivas, Shon Zelman. Who is in this place called school?. Pre-K - 12 Education: Choices for Arizona's Future. Prescott: 84th Arizona Town Hall (2004).
• . . Condition of Pre-K-12 Education in Arizona: 2004. Arizona Education Policy Initiative. Tempe, Arizona State University (2004).
• Lewis Solomon, Kern Park, David Garcia. Does charter school attendance improve test scores?. The Arizona results. Phoenix, AZ: Goldwater Institute (2001).