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

Newsletter

January 14, 2025

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

Policy Brief

Joshua Cowen and Ryan D. Nowak

October 3, 2024

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

FYI

August 16, 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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South Carolina Amicus Brief: Eidson v. South Carolina Department of Education

Resource Document

June 24, 2024

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What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for Public Education?

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 11, 2024

Are Science of Reading Laws Based on Science?

Newsletter

April 11, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: Discussing the Implications of Discriminatory Censorship Laws in K-12 Education

March 21, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart about Discriminatory Censorship Laws

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Jonathan Feingold, and Joshua Weishart

March 21, 2024

The Conflict Over Parents’ Rights

Policy Brief

Vivian E. Hamilton

January 16, 2024

How Discriminatory Censorship Laws Imperil Public Education

Policy Brief

Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart

November 30, 2023

Brief Explores Effects of Discriminatory Censorship Laws on K-12 Schools

November 30, 2023

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Christopher Lubienski and Suzanne Eckes About School Choice and Vouchers

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Christopher Lubienski, and Suzanne E. Eckes

November 16, 2023

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College: Eight Takeaways

Newsletter

October 26, 2023

Jamaal Bowman Discusses the "More Teaching Less Testing Act of 2023"

FYI

Jamaal Bowman

October 13, 2023

Truths My Teacher Can't Tell Me: The Politics of Today's Curriculum

FYI

Gloria Ladson-Billings

October 13, 2023

How Can We Improve Racial Diversity in Selective Colleges and Universities in the Wake of the SCOTUS Students for Fair Admissions Decision?

FYI

Michal Kurlaender

October 13, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court Decision That Finished Off Affirmative Action: NEPC Experts Weigh In

Newsletter

July 6, 2023

Section 504 Plans: Examining Inequitable Access and Misuse

Policy Brief

Maria M. Lewis and Raquel Muñiz

June 8, 2023

NEPC Talks Education: Discussing the Role of Law and Litigation in K-12 Education Policy

December 15, 2022

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Derek Black About the Role of Law in Education Policy

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Derek W. Black

December 15, 2022

How to Help Improve Schools for Transgender Youth

Newsletter

August 25, 2022

The Outsourcing of Discrimination: Another SCOTUS Earthquake?

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

May 12, 2022

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Morgan Craven, Ellen Reddy, and Kameisha Smith About Corporal Punishment

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Morgan Craven, Ellen Reddy, and Kameisha Smith

April 28, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Sounds Death Knell for Race-Conscious College Admissions Policies: A Q&A With Gary Orfield

Newsletter

February 1, 2022

False and Misleading Information About CRT Prevents Report From Being a Serious Guide to Lawmaking

December 14, 2021

NEPC Review: How to Regulate Critical Race Theory in Schools: A Primer and Model Legislation (Manhattan Institute, August 2021)

NEPC Review

Kevin D. Brown

December 14, 2021

Ed Law Scholars File Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case on State Funding for Religious Schools

Newsletter

November 30, 2021

Carson v. Makin Amicus Brief

Resource Document

November 30, 2021

Understanding the Attacks on Critical Race Theory

Policy Memo

Francesca López, Alex Molnar, Royel Johnson, Ashley Patterson, LaWanda Ward, and Kevin K. Kumashiro

September 23, 2021

NEPC Review: The Effect of Constitutional Provisions on Education Policy and Outcomes (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, April 2021)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

June 22, 2021

Report from Federal Reserve Bank Comes Up Short

June 22, 2021

Making Early Literacy Policy Work: Three Considerations for Policymakers Based on Kentucky’s “Read to Succeed” Act

Policy Brief

Amy Cummings

June 3, 2021

Expelling Evidence: State Lawmakers Seek to Whitewash Fact-Based Discussions of Race in the Classroom

Newsletter

May 11, 2021

School Funding is Shameful. Here’s How to Change That.

Newsletter

April 27, 2021

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Bruce Baker and Preston Green About Pandemic Relief Funds

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Bruce D. Baker, and Preston Green

March 18, 2021

The (Mis)Treatment and (Non)Education of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States

Policy Brief

Ruth M. López

March 9, 2021

Caught in the Crosshairs: Emerging Bilinguals and the Reading Wars

Newsletter

March 4, 2021

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