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What Would Be the Impact if Trump Succeeds in Defunding Programs Helping the Children of Migrant Families and Students Learning English? A Q&A.

Newsletter

July 17, 2025

Designing a Healthy and Healing Community School System in Michigan

Resource Document

Jonathon Sawyer, Regina Umpstead Pratel, Kathryn Wiley, Zainab Azim, Monica Obregon, Michelle Renée Valladares, Anna Deese, Kevin G. Welner, and Christopher Saldaña

July 10, 2025

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Do Vouchers Help Make Private Schools More Diverse?

Newsletter

July 10, 2025

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Adequacy Without Equity: The Anatomy of a School Finance Lawsuit

Newsletter

July 3, 2025

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Pulling the Rug Out Beneath McKinney-Vento: How Block Granting Will Likely Remove Protections for Unhoused Children and Youth

Newsletter

June 26, 2025

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Tackling Blocking: Trump’s Proposal for Fed Ed Funds and Research on Block Grants

Newsletter

June 24, 2025

Faith Boninger and Andrew Liddell

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Faith Boninger and Andrew Liddell About Edtech in K-12 Schools

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Faith Boninger, and Andrew Liddell

June 19, 2025

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NEPC Review: Apples to Apples: The Definitive Look at School Test Scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin for 2024 (Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, March 2025)

NEPC Review

Benjamin R. Shear

June 10, 2025

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Debunking DEI Misconceptions

Newsletter

June 5, 2025

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The Disruptive School Reform With No Benefits

Newsletter

May 29, 2025

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Are Charter Schools Really Public? Will They Become Voucher Policies?

Newsletter

May 22, 2025

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Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Disentangling the Intersections of Student Behavior, School Discipline, and School Safety in the Post-COVID Era

Policy Brief

Richard O. Welsh and Kathryn James McGraw

May 20, 2025

Elena Aydarova

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Elena Aydarova About Reading Instruction

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Elena Aydarova

May 15, 2025

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New Data Dashboard Highlights Opportunity Gaps

Newsletter

May 13, 2025

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NEPC Review: The Enrollment Decline Windfall (EdChoice, February 2025)

NEPC Review

David E. DeMatthews and Jinseok Shin

May 8, 2025

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About That Urban Institute Voucher Study: Q&A With Josh Cowen

Newsletter

May 6, 2025

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NEPC Review: The Persistence of Religious Discrimination in Publicly Funded Pre-K Programs (Manhattan Institute, January 2025)

NEPC Review

Joshua Weishart

May 1, 2025

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NEPC Review: Testing Theories of Why: Four Keys to Interpreting US Student Achievement Trends (American Enterprise Institute, January 2025)

NEPC Review

Chris Domaleski

April 25, 2025

Two Special AERA Sessions Honoring Jeannie Oakes

Newsletter

April 22, 2025

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The Mounting Trouble with Education Savings Accounts

Policy Brief

Samuel E. Abrams

April 17, 2025

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Educational Equity in a Post-Pandemic World. What’s Next?

Newsletter

April 15, 2025

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NEPC Fellows Active in Lawsuits Challenging the Dismantling of U.S. DOE

Newsletter

April 10, 2025

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NEPC Review: Thousands Served: Students with Disabilities in Wisconsin’s Parental Choice Programs (School Choice Wisconsin and Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, January 2025)

NEPC Review

Maria M. Lewis and Julie F. Mead

April 8, 2025

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Not-Quite-as-Creative Fundraising: Please Support NEPC

Newsletter

April 3, 2025

Tremendous NEPC to Get Creative in Tapping New Funding

Newsletter

April 1, 2025

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Attaching a Dollar Amount to the Culture Wars at School

Newsletter

March 27, 2025

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NEPC Review: Making the Grade: Accounting for Course Selection in High School Transcripts with Item Response Theory (Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, December 2024)

NEPC Review

Michael Russell

March 25, 2025

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A+ or F-? How a Bipartisan Commission Rated the State of the Nation

Newsletter

March 20, 2025

Andrew Ho

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Andrew Ho About NAEP and the Federal Role in Education Assessment

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Andrew Ho

March 18, 2025

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Defunding Fed Ed: Which States Have the Most to Lose?

Newsletter

March 13, 2025

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Let’s Stop Asking Whether Teachers Are Professionals. Let’s Ask What Kinds of Professionals We Want Teachers to Be

Policy Brief

Emilie Mitescu Reagan and A. Lin Goodwin

March 11, 2025

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Fighting DEI Lies

Newsletter

March 6, 2025

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Demystifying Education Public-Private Partnerships: What Every Policymaker Should Know

Resource Document

Frank Adamson, Anjela Taneja, and Jo Walker

February 27, 2025

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Answering the Important Questions About Closing Schools

Newsletter

February 25, 2025

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As Fed Ed Data Disappears, Users Scramble to Preserve It

Newsletter

February 20, 2025

NEPC Fellows Briggs, Lubienski, and Welner Elected to the National Academy of Education

Newsletter

February 18, 2025

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Rachel White About K-12 Educational Leadership and the Superintendency

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Rachel S. White

February 13, 2025

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NEPC Review: Fiscal Effects of School Choice: The Costs and Savings of Private School Choice Programs in America Through FY 2022 (EdChoice, October 2024)

NEPC Review

Mark Weber

February 11, 2025

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Can School Boards Save DEI?

Newsletter

February 6, 2025

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NEPC Review: Think Again: Are Education Programs for High Achievers Inherently Inequitable? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, October 2024)

NEPC Review

Margaret Thornton

February 4, 2025

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NEPC Review: Underachieving and Underenrolled: Chronically Low-Performing Schools in the Post-Pandemic Era (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Sally Nuamah

January 29, 2025

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AI: Invitation or Command?

FYI

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

January 24, 2025

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Remembering Dan Liston

Newsletter

January 23, 2025

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NEPC Review: Resource Realities: A Comparative Analysis of Charter and District School Funding in Washington, D.C. (Bellwether, November 2024)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

January 21, 2025

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Sophia Rodriguez and Jacob Kirksey About Immigration and K-12 Education Policy

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Sophia Rodriguez, and Jacob Kirksey

January 16, 2025

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Webinar: What Do We Do Now? Students’ Rights Are Civil Rights!

Newsletter

January 14, 2025

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Lora Bartlett About Teacher Retention

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Lora Bartlett

December 17, 2024

NEPC Joins Bluesky

Newsletter

December 12, 2024

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What Would It Mean if President-Elect Trump Dismantled the US Department of Education?

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

December 12, 2024

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NEPC Review: School Segregation on School Report Cards: Who Are We Grading Anyway? (Urban Institute, September 2024)

NEPC Review

James Noonan

December 10, 2024

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NEPC Review: Searching for the Tipping Point: Scaling up Public School Choice Spurs Citywide Gains (Public Policy Institute, October 2024)

NEPC Review

David R. Garcia

December 4, 2024

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NEPC Review: Learning Systems: Shaping the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Education (Bellwether, September 2024)

NEPC Review

T. Philip Nichols

November 27, 2024

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The Fiscal Impacts of Expanded Voucher Programs and Charter-School Growth on Public Schools: Recommendations for Sustaining Adequate and Equitable School Finance Systems

Policy Brief

David S. Knight and David E. DeMatthews

November 21, 2024

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NEPC Review: Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems (EdTrust, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Derek Gottlieb

November 20, 2024

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Michael Gottfried About Chronic Absenteeism

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Michael A. Gottfried

November 14, 2024

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NEPC Review: Pennsylvania’s Education Tax Credit Scholarships: How EITC Serves Children and Families in the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Foundation, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

November 12, 2024

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NEPC Review: Systemwide and Intervention-Specific Effects of Denver Public Schools’ Portfolio District Strategy on Individual Student Achievement (Center for Education Policy Analysis, University of Colorado Denver, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Robert Shand

November 8, 2024

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The Presidential Election and K-12 Education

Newsletter

November 5, 2024

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Teacher Turnover: The Hidden Costs

Newsletter

October 30, 2024

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The Elections and Issues Around Racial and Ethnic Diversity

Newsletter

October 29, 2024

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Austerity or Accountability? State Financial Interventions During Economic Downturns

Newsletter

October 24, 2024

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Community Schools and the Elections

Newsletter

October 22, 2024

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National School Lunch Program and the 2024 Elections

Newsletter

October 17, 2024

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Josh Cowen and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. About Privatization, School Choice, and Culture Wars

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Joshua Cowen, and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

October 15, 2024

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What Will Happen to Bilingual Education After the Elections?

Newsletter

October 10, 2024

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Join These Upcoming Webinars on Youth Organizing

Newsletter

October 8, 2024

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How Can States Make School Voucher Systems More Accountable, Accessible, and Transparent?

Policy Brief

Joshua Cowen and Ryan D. Nowak

October 3, 2024

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Early Childhood Education and the 2024 Elections

Newsletter

October 1, 2024

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Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role

Newsletter

September 26, 2024

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NEPC Review: Ohio Charter Schools After the Pandemic: Are Their Students Still Learning More Than They Would in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2024)

NEPC Review

Bryan Mann

September 24, 2024

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Worthy Webinars This Week: Kumashiro Workshops

Newsletter

September 23, 2024

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Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views

Newsletter

September 19, 2024

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Houston About Partisanship and Polarization in Ed Policy

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and David Houston

September 17, 2024

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Webinar: Examining the Public Funding of Religious Schools

Newsletter

September 12, 2024

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NEPC Review: Helping Families Navigate the Changing Education Landscape (Cato Institute, June 2024)

NEPC Review

Huriya Jabbar

September 10, 2024

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Strengthening Oversight of Education Savings Account (ESA) Funding for Private and At-Home Schooling

Policy Brief

Luis A. Huerta and Trevor Baisden

September 5, 2024

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Help or Harmful? The Federal Role in Supporting Students with Disabilities in Schools

Newsletter

September 3, 2024

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Protections Against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Schools: The Federal Role

Newsletter

August 29, 2024

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What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Education Policy?

Newsletter

August 22, 2024

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Religious Charter School Declared Unconstitutional: A Webinar on OK Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling

FYI

August 16, 2024

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High-Impact Practices in Higher Ed

Newsletter

August 15, 2024

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Title IX Regulations Have Changed. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Newsletter

August 8, 2024

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NEPC Review: The Broken Pipeline: Advanced Education Policies at the Local Level (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, April 2024)

NEPC Review

Eunice S. Han

July 18, 2024

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NEPC Review: “So Hard, But So Rewarding:” How School System Leaders Are Scaling Up Strategic School Staffing Models (Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth Stringer Keefe

July 11, 2024

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When Schools Spend Less, Do Families Spend More? The Responsiveness of Supplementary Education Spending to Changes in the Local Schooling Context

Resource Document

Thomas Downes and Kieran Killeen

July 4, 2024

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Selling Water to a Whale? Jay-Z’s Support for Vouchers in PA

Newsletter

June 27, 2024

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South Carolina Amicus Brief: Eidson v. South Carolina Department of Education

Resource Document

June 24, 2024

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NEPC Review: Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Bryan Mann

June 20, 2024

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NEPC Review: Spark & Sustain: How All the World’s School Systems Can Improve Learning at Scale (McKinsey & Company, February 2024)

NEPC Review

Clara Fontdevila, Antoni Verger, and Adrián Zancajo

June 13, 2024

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What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for Public Education?

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 11, 2024

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Are Latinx Youth Getting the Mental Health Services They Need?

Newsletter

June 6, 2024

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Francesca López About Asset-Based Educational Policies, Practices, and Programs

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Francesca López

May 30, 2024

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Good Tutoring Helps. But Can It Survive the Pandemic?

Newsletter

May 23, 2024

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Developing Youth Power

Newsletter

May 21, 2024

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Only 19% of Computer Science Majors Are Female. Can This Approach Help Change That?

Newsletter

May 16, 2024

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Critical Policy Research. What It Is. And What It Is Not.

Newsletter

May 14, 2024

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Improving Out-of-School Enrichment for Minoritized Youth

Newsletter

May 9, 2024

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Janelle Scott Assumes AERA Presidency With Theme of Repair and Renewal

Newsletter

May 7, 2024

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NEPC Review: The Reality of Switchers (EdChoice, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Joshua Cowen

May 3, 2024

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Jeannie Oakes, In Our Hearts Forever

Newsletter

April 26, 2024