Books
- School Choice and Social Controversy (co-editor with Frank Kemerer) Brookings Institution Press, 2000
- Making School Choice Work for All Families (with John E. Coons) Pacific Research Institute, 1999
- Scholarships for Children (with John E. Coons) Institute of Governmental Studies Press, Berkeley, 1992
- School Sorting and Disclosure: Disclosure to Parents as a School Reform Strategy, National Institute of Education, 1982
- Education by Choice: The Case for Family Control (with John E. Coons) University of California Press, 1978 (1999 new edition published by Educator’s International Press) Japanese version translated by Y. Shiraishi and published in 1998
- The Family Choice in Education Act (with John E. Coons) Institute of Governmental Studies Press, Berkeley, 1971
Book Chapters
- “Introduction” (with Frank Kemerer) in School Choice and Social Controversy, S. Sugarman and F. Kemerer, eds., 1-9, Brookings Institution Press (2000)
- “The Nature and Extent of School Choice” (with Jeffrey R. Henig) in School Choice and Social Controversy, S. Sugarman and F. Kemerer, eds., 13-35, Brookings Institution Press (2000)
- “School Choice and Public Funding” in School Choice and Social Controversy, S. Sugarman and F. Kemerer, eds., 111-139, Brookings Institution Press (2000)
- “Educational Tax Credits versus School Vouchers” (with John E. Coons) in Family Choice in Schooling M. Manley-Casimir ed., Lexington Books, 1982
- “Federal Scholarships for Private Elementary and Secondary Education” (with John E. Coons) in Private Schools and the Public Good, E. Gaffney ed., Notre Dame Press, 1981
- “Amicus Brief Supporting Court-Ordered Voluntary Integration Plan in Crawford v. Los Angeles Unified School District” (with John E. Coons) in Parents Teachers and Children: Prospects for Choice in American Education, Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1977
- “Choice and Integration: A Model Statute” (with John E. Coons) in Parents, Teachers and Children: Prospects for Choice in American Education Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1977
- “A Case of Choice” (with John E. Coons) in Parents, Teachers and Children: Prospects for Choice in American Education Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1977
- “New Perspectives on ‘Aid’ to Private School Users” in E.G. West, Non-Public School Aid, Lexington Books 1976 at 64
- “Recreating the Family’s Role in Education” (with John E. Coons and William H. Clune, III) in New Models for American Education, J. Guthrie ed., Prentice-Hall, 1971
Law Review Articles
- “Is It Unconstitutional To Prohibit Faithbased Schools From Becoming Charter Schools?,”32 Journal of Law and Religion (2017)
- “Tax Credit School Scholarship Plans” 43 Journal of Law and Education 1 (2014)
- “The Promise of School Choice for Improving the Education of Low-Income Minority Children” 2004 California Law Review (special issue)
- “School Choice for Low Income Families” Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, 2000) www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/publications/law-religion/
- “Two School-Finance Roles for the Federal Government: Promoting Equity and Choice” 17 Saint Louis University Public Law Review 79-108 (1997)
- “The Scholarship Initiative: A Model State Law for Elementary and Secondary School Choice” (with John E. Coons) 21 Journal of Law & Education 529 (1992)
- “Using Private Schools to Promote Public Values” 1991 University of Chicago Legal Forum 171
- “Part of the Solution Rather than Part of the Problem: A Role for American Private Elementary and Secondary Schools in the 1990s” 31 Wm & Mary Law Review 681 (1990)
- “School Sorting and Disclosure: Disclosure to Families as a School Reform Strategy — Part II: Policy and Legal Analysis” (with Lee S. Friedman) 17 Journal of Law and Education 147 (1988)
- “School Sorting and Disclosure: Disclosure to Families as a School Reform Strategy — Part I: Existing Practices and the Social Interests in School Information Disclosure” (with Lee S. Friedman) 17 Journal of Law & Education 53 (1988)
- “Family Choice: The Next Step in the Quest for Equal Educational Opportunity” 38 Law and Contemporary Problem 513 (1974)
Book Review Essays
- Review of Salomone Visions of Schooling 10 The Law and Politics Book Review 584 (2000) (on line)
- Review of Viteritti ‘Choosing Equality: School Choice, the Constitution, and Civil Society 103 Teachers’ College Record 75 (2001)
Other Journal Articles
- “Tax Credit School Scholarship Plans” Journal of Law and Education (2013)
- “Jack Coons: School Choice Champion” 4 (2) Journal of School Choice 191 (2010)
- “Liberals and the School Choice Debate” 67 Congress Monthly 6 (No. 6 November/December, 2000)
- “School Choice in the U.S.” 5 Education Administration Finance and Policy Review (March 1999, Kyoto University)
- “The Private School Option in Systems of Educational Choice” (with John E. Coons) 48 Educational Leadership No. 4 at 54 (December, 1990)
- “Family Choice in Education” 6 Oxford Review of Education 40 (1980)
- “How to End the Public School Monopoly” (with John E. Coons) Business and Society Review, (Fall, 1980, No. 35)
- “Putting Family Choice to the Vote” 149 Where 182 (June, 1979)
- “How Parental Choice Could Enhance School Power” 153 Education No. 17 at 487 (April 27, 1979)
- “Freedom and Choice for the Family: How to Reform the System Fairly?” 147 Where 102 (April, 1979)
- “School Integration Through Carrots, Not Sticks” (with Carol Abrams and John E. Coons) Theory Into Practice, February, 1978 at 23
- “Education Reform at the Margin: Two Ideas” Kappan, November, 1977 at 154 reprinted as “Purse-String Power for Parents and Teachers,” in The Educational Digest, January, 1978 at 9
- “Vouchers for Public Schools” (with John E. Coons) 15 Inequality in Education 60 (1973)
Book Reviews
- Review of Chubb and Moe “Politics, Markets and America’s Schools” Momentum (February 1991)
Reports
Newspaper, Magazine and Other Brief Pieces
- “Vouchers, Prop 38, and a Populist Hope Betrayed” (with John E. Coons) Sacramento Bee, September 24, 2000
- “It’s Not a Good Choice for Our Poor Families: A California Initiative on School Vouchers would Benefit Students who Least Need the Help” (with John E. Coons) Los Angeles Times, July 27. 2000
- “Florida’s Voucher Plan: Public Schools at Last?” (with John E. Coons) Knight-Ridder Syndicated Op-ed, carried May 13, 1999
- “Use U.S. Education Vouchers to Give Poor Families a Choice” (with John E. Coons) Sacramento Bee, June 21, 1995 reprinted in the Orange County Register
- “A Parent’s Right to Decide” Saturday Review/World, November 6, 1973 at 55
Blog Posts
- Too Soon to Gauge Sweep of Indiana School Voucher Ruling
- A Closer Look at Marco Rubio’s Proposal for Federal Tax Credit Scholarships
- The Daunting Details of Romney’s School Choice Plan
- Low-income Parents vs. Teachers Unions on Teacher Layoff Policies
- From Charters to Vouchers — the Next Evolution for Liberal Democrats
- Too Many Liberals Are on the Wrong Side of the School Choice Debate
- Framing School Choice as Parent Empowerment
Blog:
http://www.redefinedonline.org/author/ssugarman/