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“Curriculum Punishment.” What It Is and Why You Need To Know About It Now

Newsletter

November 12, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett and Education: Where Does She Stand?

Newsletter

November 10, 2020

More Than One in Five Americans is Food Insecure. It’s Even Worse for Kids.

Newsletter

November 5, 2020

New Online Game Asks: What If We Funded Education Instead?

Newsletter

November 3, 2020

NEPC Review: Student Assessment During COVID-19 (Center for American Progress, September 2020)

NEPC Review

William J. Mathis and David C. Berliner

October 30, 2020

Rethinking “Innovation Schools”: Strengths and Limitations of Autonomy-Based School Improvement Plans in Contexts of Widening Racial Inequality

Policy Brief

Terrenda White and Anna Noble

October 27, 2020

NEPC Review: Unleashing Educational Opportunity: The Untapped Potential of Expanded Tax Credit Scholarships in Pennsylvania (Commonwealth Foundation, August 2020)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

October 22, 2020

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Doris Santoro About Teacher Demoralization

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Doris A. Santoro

October 20, 2020

Making Next Year Count: Equity in School Accountability (Bellwether Education Partners, Summer 2020)

NEPC Review

Ed Fuller

October 15, 2020

Education Scholar and Epidemiologist William Tate to Deliver 17th Annual Brown Lecture on October 22nd via Zoom

Newsletter

October 13, 2020

Community Schools Are Adapting to Remote Learning. Here’s How.

Newsletter

October 8, 2020

Scholars Strike Back Against Attacks on Anti-Racist Education

Newsletter

October 6, 2020

RBG and Education: A Legacy of Equity

Newsletter

October 1, 2020

School and Society in the Age of Trump

Newsletter

September 29, 2020

Research Panel: What’s Lost When the Lights Go Out in Brick and Mortar Schools?

FYI

Kevin G. Welner, Michael W. Apple, and Francesca López

September 25, 2020

Research Panel: Are Students “Behind” as a Result of School Closures and Reliance on Remote Education?

FYI

Kevin G. Welner, David R. Garcia, and Lorrie Shepard

September 25, 2020

Issues to Consider Before Adopting a Digital Platform or Learning Program

Policy Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Michael K. Barbour

September 24, 2020

Want to Reduce Racism in Schools? Listen to These Students.

Newsletter

September 22, 2020

The Commercial Transformation of America’s Schools

Resource Document

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

September 21, 2020

NEPC Review: Special Education and Distance Learning: Supporting Students through the Pandemic (ExcelinEd, June 2020)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth B. Kozleski

September 17, 2020

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Janelle Scott About the Emergence of Learning Pods

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Janelle T. Scott

September 15, 2020

The Pandemic and Preschool Education in Five Charts

Newsletter

September 10, 2020

#ScholarStrike May Be Especially Relevant to Education Scholars

Newsletter

September 8, 2020

Seven Ways Research Can Guide Schools’ Recovery from the Coronavirus

Newsletter

September 3, 2020

Lighter Screen Use During Dark Days: Tips for Lessening the Role of Edtech in Remote Instruction During the Pandemic

Newsletter

August 27, 2020

To Reopen or Not to Reopen: Equity-Related Arguments For and Against Resuming In-Person Instruction This Fall

Newsletter

August 20, 2020

Practical Advice on Addressing Racial Justice in K-12 Schools: A Q&A with Gloria Ladson-Billings

Newsletter

August 13, 2020

The Misguided Push to Reintroduce Standardized Testing During the Pandemic

Newsletter

August 6, 2020

From Katrina to COVID-19: How Disaster, Federal Neglect, and the Market Compound Racial Inequities

Policy Memo

Kristen L. Buras

July 28, 2020

We All Want More Teachers of Color, Right?: Concerns and Considerations about the Emergent Consensus

Policy Brief

Thomas M. Philip and Anthony L. Brown

July 21, 2020

Teaching in Troubled Times: A Q&A With a Trauma Expert

Newsletter

July 16, 2020

The Most Important School Desegregation Case You’ve Never Heard Of

Newsletter

July 10, 2020

Michelle Renée Valladares, Ph.D. and Kate Somerville on COVID-19's Impact on K-12 Education

FYI

Michelle Renée Valladares and Kate Somerville

July 8, 2020

Big Claims, Little Evidence, Lots of Money: The Reality Behind the Summit Learning Program and the Push to Adopt Digital Personalized Learning Platforms

Research Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Christopher Saldaña

June 25, 2020

New Concerns Raised About a Well-Known Digital Learning Platform

Resource Document

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, and Faith Boninger

June 25, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Diane Ravitch About Privatization

FYI

Christopher Saldaña and Diane Ravitch

June 16, 2020

NEPC Review: Are Charter Schools Safer than District-Run Schools? (Reason Foundation, April 2020)

NEPC Review

Bruce Fuller

June 9, 2020

Austerity, Subsistence, or Investment: Will Congress and the President Choose to Bail Out Our Children’s Future?

Policy Memo

Frank Adamson, Allison Brown, and Kevin G. Welner

June 4, 2020

A Few Weeks of Webinars

Newsletter

June 2, 2020

NEPC Statement about Police Violence and Civil Unrest

FYI

Kevin G. Welner

May 31, 2020

NEPC Review: Comparing Ed Reforms: Assessing the Experimental Research on Nine K-12 Education Reforms (EdChoice, April 2020)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

May 27, 2020

The New Normal Could Be Better Than the Old One. A Learning Scientist Explains Why.

Newsletter

May 21, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Frank Adamson About the Privatization of Public Education

FYI

Christopher Saldaña and Frank Adamson

May 19, 2020

Three Ways to Emphasize Equity During School Closures

Newsletter

May 14, 2020

Temperature Check: School Funding and the Coronavirus Recession

Newsletter

May 12, 2020

NEPC Review: Financial Crisis Looming for K-12 Schools? Flexibility Needed, Not Bailouts (Heritage Foundation, April 2020)

NEPC Review

Jack Schneider

May 7, 2020

Sustaining and Scaling Community Schools: Seven Questions to Consider

Newsletter

May 5, 2020

Incarcerated Children During the Pandemic

Newsletter

April 30, 2020

Coronavirus is Hard on Everyone. But Immigrant Students Face an Additional Set of Challenges

Newsletter

April 28, 2020

Coronavirus Testing Cancellations Threatened to Worsen Inequities. So These Students Spoke Out

Newsletter

April 21, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Educators and Activists About Educational Equity During the Pandemic

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Jillian McRae, Ann Dealy, Saa’un Bell, Kyle Serrette, and Keith Catone

April 16, 2020

NEPC Review: A Roadmap to Fix Arizona School Finance: Steering the Grand Canyon State Toward Fairness and Innovation in K-12 Education (Reason Foundation, February 2020)

NEPC Review

David R. Garcia

April 14, 2020

Children’s Data Privacy During COVID-19 Closures: 10 Questions to Ask

Newsletter

April 9, 2020

NEPC Review: Public-Private Virtual-School Partnerships and Federal Flexibility for Schools during COVID-19 (Mercatus Center, March 2020)

NEPC Review

Kevin G. Welner

April 8, 2020

When a School is More Than Just a School: How Schools of Opportunity are Handling Coronavirus Closures

Newsletter

April 2, 2020

NEPC Review: Child Safety Accounts: Protecting Our Children through Parental Freedom (Heartland Institute, November 2019)

NEPC Review

Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos and Gabriella Garriga

March 31, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Ansley T. Erickson and Ernest Morrell About the Educational History of Harlem

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Ansley T. Erickson, and Ernest Morrell

March 26, 2020

Community Research Collaboratives

Policy Memo

Adam York, Siomara Valladares, Michelle Renée Valladares, Jon Snyder, and Matt Garcia

March 24, 2020

Policy Statement on the “Science of Reading”

FYI

March 19, 2020

NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Newark: The Effect on Student Test Scores (Manhattan Institute, January 2020)

NEPC Review

Mark Weber

March 17, 2020

This School Raised Youth Voting Rates. Can Others Learn from Its Example?

Newsletter

March 12, 2020

NEPC Review: Ripple Effect: How Expanding School Choice Programs Can Lead to More College Graduates and a Stronger Economy (Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, January 2020)

NEPC Review

William J. Mathis

March 10, 2020

Four Big Takeaways About Testing

Newsletter

March 5, 2020

NEPC Review: Measuring Student Poverty: Developing Accurate Counts for School Funding, Accountability, and Research (Urban Institute, December 2019)

NEPC Review

Michael Harwell

March 3, 2020

Should For-Profit Corporations Be Writing America’s Curriculum to Best Serve Their Needs?

Newsletter

February 27, 2020

Tracking and the Future of Career and Technical Education: How Efforts to Connect School and Work Can Avoid the Past Mistakes of Vocational Education

Policy Brief

Emily Hodge, Shaun Dougherty, and Carol C. Burris

February 25, 2020

Misuse of Screens in Schools: An Action Kit to Help Parents

Newsletter

February 20, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara Finnigan About Educational and Urban Politics and Policymaking

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Jennifer Jellison Holme, and Kara Finnigan

February 18, 2020

NEPC Valentine’s Day Special: A Dozen Roses for Public Education

Newsletter

February 13, 2020

Between-District Desegregation: Three Districts That Are Doing It Right

Newsletter

February 11, 2020

Patience Can Be Rewarded: RAND Report Demonstrates Promise of Embattled NYC Community Schools Model

Newsletter

February 6, 2020

Investing for "Impact" or Investing for Profit? Social Impact Bonds, Pay for Success, and the Next Wave of Privatization of Social Services and Education

Policy Brief

Martin Carnoy and Roxana Marachi

February 4, 2020

Landmark Voucher Case Could Foster Discrimination and Further Lower the Church-State Wall of Separation

Newsletter

January 30, 2020

Does Online Education Raise Issues of Morality?

Newsletter

January 28, 2020

Will 2020 Be the Year of Acknowledging Opportunity Gaps?

Newsletter

January 23, 2020

NEPC Review: School Sector and Satisfaction: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample (Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, October 2019)

NEPC Review

Steven V. Miller

January 21, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Daniel Markovits About American Meritocracy

FYI

Christopher Saldaña and Daniel Markovits

January 16, 2020

The Starts and Stumbles of Restorative Justice in Education: Where Do We Go from Here?

Policy Brief

Anne Gregory and Katherine R. Evans

January 14, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Kate Phillippo About Competitive School Choice in Chicago

FYI

Christopher Saldaña and Kate Phillippo

December 19, 2019

The Dark Side of Parent Fundraising

Newsletter

December 17, 2019

Are Zillow and Realtors Contributing to School Segregation?

Newsletter

December 12, 2019

Educational Distrust is Everywhere. Here’s What We Can Do About It

Newsletter

December 10, 2019

Six Ways Educators Can Make Schools Safer for LGBTQ Students

Newsletter

December 5, 2019

How to Start a Social Justice Reading Group in Four Easy Steps

Newsletter

December 3, 2019

NEPC Review: Fewer Children Left Behind: Lessons From the Dramatic Achievement Gains of the 1990s and 2000s (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, October 2019)

NEPC Review

Jaekyung Lee

November 26, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Kevin Kumashiro About Education Deans for Justice and Equity Alliance

FYI

Christopher Saldaña and Kevin K. Kumashiro

November 21, 2019

NEPC Review: Commercial Cash: How NY Schools Can Raise Extra Money Without Raising Taxes (Urban Institute, September 2019)

NEPC Review

William S. Koski

November 19, 2019

NEPC Review: Rising Tide: Charter School Market Share and Student Achievement (Thomas B. Fordham Institute , September 2019)

NEPC Review

Yongmei Ni

November 14, 2019

College Admissions Fraud and 504 Plans: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Edward Garcia Fierros

Newsletter

November 12, 2019

NEPC Review: Homeschooling and Educational Freedom (Cato Institute, September 2019)

NEPC Review

Robert Kunzman

November 7, 2019

Applications Now Open for Program Honoring High-Quality, Equitable Schools

Newsletter

November 5, 2019

Trauma Belongs in Schools. This New Book Explains Why.

Newsletter

October 31, 2019

NEPC Review: Beyond the Mirage: How Pragmatic Stewardship Could Transform Learning Outcomes in International Education Systems (June 2019)

NEPC Review

Frank Adamson

October 29, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Katherine Schultz About Distrust in Educational Change

FYI

Christopher Saldaña and Katherine Schultz

October 24, 2019

NEPC Review: The Case for Educational Pluralism in the U.S. (Manhattan Institute, July 2019)

NEPC Review

Joel Westheimer

October 22, 2019

NEPC Review: The Effects of Means-Tested Private School Choice Programs on College Enrollment and Graduation (Urban Institute, July 2019)

NEPC Review

T. Jameson Brewer

October 17, 2019

This Community Renovated Their Schools Instead of Tearing Them Down. The Results Are In. And They’re Spectacular.

Newsletter

October 15, 2019

Seven Trends to Reform U.S. Teacher Education, and the Need to Address Systemic Injustices

FYI

Education Deans for Justice and Equity

October 10, 2019

Five Charts That Show Why We Really Need to Track Educational Equity

Newsletter

October 8, 2019

Teacher Education and Deeper Learning. These Seven Schools are Doing it Right

Newsletter

October 3, 2019

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