Faculty: Donald Baum
Title
Associate Professor
Department:
EIME, EdLF
Contact Information
Office: 306-E MCKB
Phone: 801-422-1709
Email: nope@dbaum@byu.edumsn.com
Brief Biography
Donald Baum is an Assistant Professor with areas of expertise in education policy, international development, the economics of education, and quantitative research methods. His research focuses on the behaviors and contributions of the private sector in education, including the expansion of for-profit education markets, private schooling for the poor, and state regulation of private schools. Additionally, his research addresses the provision and expansion of early childhood education in the Global South, with the primary geographic focus of Sub-Saharan Africa. From 2012 to 2015, he worked as an Education and Evaluation Specialist for the World Bank.
Teaching Interests
Education Policy
Education and International Development
Economics of Education
Policy Analysis
Quantitative Inquiry in Education
Comparative Education
Research Interests
Private schooling markets
Low-cost private schools
State regulation of private schools
School vouchers
Charter schools
Early Childhood Education
Selected Publications
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia, Liberia, and Pakistan: Perspectives of Pre-primary School Teachers
- Authors: Anderson, Kate; Kim, Janice ; Baum, Donald R; Hailu, Belay; Jeffery, David; Rose, Pauline; Saeed, Saba
- Publication Date: 2021
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publication Journal: The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education and Care: International Perspectives, Challenges, and Responses
- Publisher: Springer Nature
Early childhood education for all: A mixed-methods study of the global policy agenda in Tanzania
- Authors: Baum, Donald; Hernandez, Jimmy; Orchard, Ariah
- Publication Date: 2019
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Early Years: An International Research Journal
- Volume: 39
- Issue: 3
The relative effectiveness of private and public schools: Evidence from Kenya
- Authors: Baum, Donald R; Riley, Isaac
- Publication Date: 2019
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: School Effectiveness and School Improvement
- Volume: 30
- Issue: 2
- URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09243453.2018.1520132
- Abstract: click to view
Inequality of educational opportunity: The relationship between access, affordability, and quality of private schools in Lagos, Nigeria
- Authors: Baum, Donald R; Abdul-Hamid, Husein; Wesley, Hugo
- Publication Date: 2018
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Oxford Review of Education
- Volume: 44
- Issue: 4
- URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03054985.2017.1421153
- Abstract: click to view
Private schools vouchers for expanding secondary school access? The case of Tanzania
- Authors: Baum, Donald R; Cilliers, Jacobus
- Publication Date: 2018
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: International Journal of Educational Management
- Volume: 32
- Issue: 7
- URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJEM-11-2017-0303?journalCode=ijem
- Abstract: click to view
Regulating market entry of low-cost private schools in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a theory of private education regulation
- Authors: Baum, Donald R; Cooper, Rachel; Lusk-Stover, Oni
- Publication Date: 2018
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: International Journal of Educational Development
- Volume: 60
- URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059316304989
- Abstract: click to view
The effectiveness and equity of public-private partnerships in education: A quasi-experimental evaluation of 17 countries
- Authors: Baum, Donald R
- Publication Date: 2018
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Education Policy Analysis Archives
- Volume: 26
- Issue: 105
- URL: https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/3436
The role of the private sector in Lagos, Nigeria
- Authors: Abdul-Hamid, Husein; Baum, Donald R; Lusk-Stover, Oni; Wesley, Hugo
- Publication Date: 2017
- Publication Type: Technical Report
- Publisher: The World Bank
- City: Washington, D.C.
- URL: http://wbgfiles.worldbank.org/documents/hdn/ed/saber/supporting_doc/CountryReports/EPS/SABER_EPS_Nigeria_in_Depth.pdf
The arguments and evidence behind public-private partnerships in education
- Authors: Baum, Donald R
- Publication Date: 2016
- Publication Type: Blog, Scholarly
- Publisher: Global Education Monitoring Report
- City: Paris
- Country: France
- URL: https://gemreportunesco.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/the-arguments-and-evidence-behind-public-private-partnerships-in-education/
The role of the private sector in providing basic education services in Ghana
- Authors: Abdul-Hamid, Husein; Baum, Donald R; Lewis, Laura; Lusk-Stover, Oni; Tammi, Anna
- Publication Date: 2015
- Publication Type: Technical Report
- Publisher: The World Bank
- City: Washington, D.C.
- URL: http://wbgfiles.worldbank.org/documents/hdn/ed/saber/supporting_doc/CountryReports/EPS/EPS_Ghana_In-Depth_Report_Final.pdf
What matters most for engaging the private sector in education: A framework paper
- Authors: Baum, Donald R; Lewis, Laura; Lusk-Stover, Oni; Patrinos, Harry
- Publication Date: 2014
- Publication Type: Technical Report
- Publication Journal: SABER Working Paper Series
- Publisher: The World Bank
- City: Washington, DC
- Issue: Number 8
- URL: http://wbgfiles.worldbank.org/documents/hdn/ed/saber/supporting_doc/Background/EPS/SABER_Engaging_the_Private_Sector_in_Education_What_Matters_Framework_Paper.pdf
Do we have any idea how to get kids into school?
- Authors: Baum, Donald R
- Publication Date: 2014
- Publication Type: Blog, Scholarly
- Publisher: The World Bank
- City: Washington, D.C.
- URL: http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/do-we-have-any-idea-how-get-kids-school
Career dilemmas among Diné (Navajo) College Graduates: an exploration of the Dinétah (Navajo Nation) Brain Drain
- Authors: Baum, Donald R; McKenzie, James; Jackson, Aaron Paul; Yazzie, Robert; Smith, Steven Arthur; Crotty, Amber; Denny, Avery; Bah'lgai Eldridge, Dana
- Publication Date: 2013
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: International Indigenous Policy Journal
- Volume: 4
- Issue: 4