• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Arkansas. Student for Ph.D. in Public Policy, expected completion, 2009.  
   

Kent State University, Kent Ohio

• Masters in Public Administration, 2006. 
• BA in Political Science, 2003.

• "Teacher Merit Pay in Ohio" with Marc Holley, Runner-up Award, Pioneer Institute Better Government Competition, 2008.

University of Arkansas, Department of Education Reform

• Distinguished Doctoral Fellow, August 2006-Present 
   

Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions

• Education Policy Director, May 2006-Present
• Policy Analyst, January 2005 –May 2006

• “Shortchanging Disadvantaged Students: An Analysis of Intra-District Spending Patterns in Ohio” with Marc Holley and Nathan Gray, Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 7, November 1, 2007.
• “Charter Schools and Racial Segregation: An Examination of Two States” with Nathan Gray, University of Arkansas Public Policy Working Paper Series, Spring 2007.

• “The Red Tape Report: An Exploratory Study of the Regulatory Interference Faced by School Leaders in Five States” with Marc Holley and Nathan Gray, Fordham Institute, October 2008.
• “Teacher Merit Pay in Ohio” with Marc Holley, Buckeye Institute Policy Report, August, 2008.
• "Measuring the Competitive Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement in Ohio's Traditional Public Schools" with Gary Ritter, National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, October 31, 2007.
• “Shortchanging Disadvantaged Students: An Analysis of Intra-District Spending Patterns in Ohio” with Marc Holley and Nathan Gray, Buckeye Institute Policy Report, September, 2007.
• "Disruptive Behavior: An Empirical Evaluation of School Misconduct and Market Accountability," with Greg Forster, Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation, June 2007.
• "White Paper: Public School Finance in Indiana," Indiana Policy Review, January 27, 2007.
• “The Determinants of Student Achievement in Ohio’s Public Schools” Buckeye Institute Policy Report, August, 2006.
• “Using the Ohio Proficiency Test to Analyze the Academic Achievement of Charter School Students: 2002-2004” Buckeye Institute Policy Report, December, 2005.

• “The Friedman Legacy in Ohio: How Far We Have Come and What Remains to Be Done”, The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions. Columbus, OH; July 2008.
• Carr, M., Holley, M., & Gray, N. (2008, April). Reconsidering School Choice and the Market Metaphor. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association. Denver, CO.
  
• Carr, M., & Ritter, G. (2007, March). Measuring the Competitive Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement in Ohio’s Traditional Public Schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association. Baltimore, MD.
• “Vouchers for Special Needs Students in Kansas”, Testimony before Kansas Joint Committee on Children’s Issues. Topeka, KS; February, 2007

• "Make merit-pay for teachers work," Akron Beacon-Journal, August 17, 2008.
• "Inspire Ohio's teachers with merit pay," Columbus Dispatch, August 16, 2008
• "Vertical Equity Funds Are Not Reaching States' Neediest Students" with Marc Holley and Nathan Gray, School Reform News, December 1, 2007.
• "The Truth About the DC Voucher Program" with Brent Riffel, School Reform News, October 1, 2007.
• "How Ohio shortchanges disadvantaged students" with Marc Holley and Nathan Gray, Akron Beacon-Journal, September 23, 2007.
• "Out-in-Left-Field Trips," with Jay Greene and Marc Holley, City Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 2007.
• "Setting the record straight on charter schools," Akron Beaco-Journal, June 10, 2007.
• "Who should get vouchers?" Akron Beacon-Journal, May 25, 2007.
• “Funding Fix Not Right for Schools," Cincinnati Enquirer, February 11, 2007.
• “Taft goes overboard on high school standards,” Dayton Daily News, July 30, 2006.
• “Ohio Core education program will backfire,” Columbus Dispatch, July 22, 2006.
• “Just who is cheating whom with state education vouchers,” Dayton Business Journal, June 26, 2006.
• “Parents: Know educational choices,” Hillsboro Times-Gazette, May 31, 2006.
• “Voucher participation depends on clear, simple applications” Marion Star, May 25, 2006.
• “'Sin taxes' can teach Ohio plenty about economics,” Columbus Business First, October 7, 2005.
• “Nonprofit should run voucher program,” Columbus Dispatch, September 3, 2005.

• "A Corrupt Argument" with Marc Holley, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 17(4), October 2007.