Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts in History, Summa Cum Laude in May, 1988, Phi Beta Kappa 1987
, Cambridge Massachusetts
Master of Arts in Political Science in November 1991
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science in June 1995.
Greene’s current areas of research interest include school choice and the effects on students of culturally enriching field trips to art museums and theaters. He is also known for his work 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 Supreme Court’s opinions in the landmark Zelman v.
Simmons-Harris case on school vouchers.
His research has appeared in academic journals, such as Finance and Policy, Economics of Review, and al 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 Myths (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) and Why America Needs School Choice (Encounter Broadside, 2011).
Examples of his recent peer-reviewed articles include: Greene,J. P, Hitt, C., Kraybill, A., & Bogulski, C. A. (2015). Learning from live theater.
Next, 15(1), 54-61. Kisida, B., Greene, J. P., & Bowen, Doctorate. H. (2014).
Creating cultural consumers: The dynamics of cultural capital acquisition, Sociology of, 87(4), 281-295. Greene, J. P., Kisida, B., & Bowen, Doctorate. H. (2014). The educational value of field trips.
Next, 14(1), 78-86.
Bowen, Doctorate. H., Greene, J. P., & Kisida, B. (2014). Learning to think critically: A visual art experiment. al er, 43(1), 37-44. Margulis, East. 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. Bowen, Doctorate. H., & Greene, J. P. (2012).
Does athletic success come at the expense of academic success?. Journal of in, 22(2), 1-22.
Winters, M. A., & Greene, J. P. (2012).
The medium-run effects of Florida’s test-based promotion policy. 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 Review, 31(1), 19-32. Winters, M. A., & Greene, J. P. (2011). al 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 (pp 1-16).
New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Greene, J. P., & Winters, M. A. (2011). Florida’s program to end social promotion.
New York, New York: 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 examination
Greene runs an award-winning group blog, Greene’s, that covers education policy.
In Doctorate. L. Leal & C. B. Thompson (Eds), The politics of Latino education (pp 58-71). Economics of Review, 29(1), 138-146.
