NEPC Resources on Legal Issues
Kevin G. Welner (). What Would It Mean if President-Elect Trump Dismantled the US Department of Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rd-dept-ed
James Noonan (). NEPC Review: School Segregation on School Report Cards: Who Are We Grading Anyway? (Urban Institute, September 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/segregation
Joshua Cowen, Ryan D. Nowak (). How Can States Make School Voucher Systems More Accountable, Accessible, and Transparent?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/voucher-accountability
(). Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-cowen-091924
(). Religious Charter School Declared Unconstitutional: A Webinar on OK Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/fyi-religious-charter-school
(). Title IX Regulations Have Changed. Here’s What You Need to Know.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-title-ix-080824
(). South Carolina Amicus Brief: Eidson v. South Carolina Department of Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rd-sc-amicus-brief
Kevin G. Welner (). What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for Public Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rd-religious-charters
(). Are Science of Reading Laws Based on Science?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-sor-041124
Christopher Saldaña, Jonathan Feingold, Joshua Weishart (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart about Discriminatory Censorship Laws. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-feingold-weishart
Vivian E. Hamilton (). The Conflict Over Parents’ Rights. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/parents-rights
Jonathan Feingold, Joshua Weishart (). How Discriminatory Censorship Laws Imperil Public Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/censorship
Christopher Saldaña, Christopher Lubienski, Suzanne E. Eckes (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Christopher Lubienski and Suzanne Eckes About School Choice and Vouchers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-lubienski-eckes
(). Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College: Eight Takeaways. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-race-conscious-admissions-102623
Jamaal Bowman (). Jamaal Bowman Discusses the "More Teaching Less Testing Act of 2023". Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/fyi-video-bowman
Gloria Ladson-Billings (). Truths My Teacher Can't Tell Me: The Politics of Today's Curriculum. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/fyi-video-ladson-billings
Michal Kurlaender (). How Can We Improve Racial Diversity in Selective Colleges and Universities in the Wake of the SCOTUS Students for Fair Admissions Decision?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/fyi-video-kurlaender
(). The U.S. Supreme Court Decision That Finished Off Affirmative Action: NEPC Experts Weigh In. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-affirmative-action-070623
Maria M. Lewis, Raquel Muñiz (). Section 504 Plans: Examining Inequitable Access and Misuse. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/504-plan
Elizabeth DeBray, Kara Finnigan, Janel George, Janelle T. Scott (). A Civil Rights Framework for the Reauthorization of ESEA . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reauthorization
(). How to Help Improve Schools for Transgender Youth. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-transgender-082522
Kevin G. Welner (). The Outsourcing of Discrimination: Another SCOTUS Earthquake?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/carson-makin
(). It's Time to End Corporal Punishment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-corporal-04052022
Christopher Saldaña, Morgan Craven, Ellen Reddy, Kameisha Smith (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Morgan Craven, Ellen Reddy, and Kameisha Smith About Corporal Punishment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-craven-reddy-smith
(). U.S. Supreme Court Decision Sounds Death Knell for Race-Conscious College Admissions Policies: A Q&A With Gary Orfield. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-orfield-02012022
Kevin D. Brown (). NEPC Review: How to Regulate Critical Race Theory in Schools: A Primer and Model Legislation (Manhattan Institute, August 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/crt-regulation
(). Ed Law Scholars File Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case on State Funding for Religious Schools . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-amicus-113021
(). Carson v. Makin Amicus Brief. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/resource-document-amicus
Francesca López, Alex Molnar, Royel Johnson, Ashley Patterson, LaWanda Ward, Kevin K. Kumashiro (). Understanding the Attacks on Critical Race Theory. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/crt
Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: The Effect of Constitutional Provisions on Education Policy and Outcomes (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, April 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/constitutional-provisions
Amy Cummings (). Making Early Literacy Policy Work: Three Considerations for Policymakers Based on Kentucky’s “Read to Succeed” Act. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/literacy
(). Expelling Evidence: State Lawmakers Seek to Whitewash Fact-Based Discussions of Race in the Classroom. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-systemic-racism-051121
(). School Funding is Shameful. Here’s How to Change That.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-funding-042721
Christopher Saldaña, Bruce D. Baker, Preston Green (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Bruce Baker and Preston Green About Pandemic Relief Funds. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-baker-green
Ruth M. López (). The (Mis)Treatment and (Non)Education of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/immigrant-children
(). Caught in the Crosshairs: Emerging Bilinguals and the Reading Wars. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-reading-wars-030421
Derek W. Black (). NEPC Review: Religious Charter Schools: Legally Permissible? Constitutionally Required? (Manhattan Institute, December 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/religious-charters
(). Amy Coney Barrett and Education: Where Does She Stand?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-barrett-111020
(). Education Scholar and Epidemiologist William Tate to Deliver 17th Annual Brown Lecture on October 22nd via Zoom. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-brown-101320
(). RBG and Education: A Legacy of Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-rgb-100120
(). The Most Important School Desegregation Case You’ve Never Heard Of. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-maestas-070920
(). A Few Weeks of Webinars. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-webinars-060220
(). Incarcerated Children During the Pandemic. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-juvenile-detention-043020
(). Children’s Data Privacy During COVID-19 Closures: 10 Questions to Ask. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-covid-privacy-040920
Martin Carnoy, Roxana Marachi (). Investing for "Impact" or Investing for Profit? Social Impact Bonds, Pay for Success, and the Next Wave of Privatization of Social Services and Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/social-impact-bonds
(). Landmark Voucher Case Could Foster Discrimination and Further Lower the Church-State Wall of Separation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-espinoza-013020
William S. Koski (). NEPC Review: Commercial Cash: How NY Schools Can Raise Extra Money Without Raising Taxes (Urban Institute, September 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/commercialism
(). Six Ways Trump “Public Benefits” Policies Could Harm Children. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-benefits-082219
(). From Black Armbands to Instagram: Tinker + 50 . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-tinker-072519
(). Backpedaling on Brown: The Re-Segregation of Our Nation’s Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-brown-051619
(). Unz-der the Radar: The Quiet, Final Blow to English-First Language Policies. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-language-041119
(). Voluntary Integration in the Age of Trump: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Erica Frankenberg. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-frankenberg-integration-040819
(). Advice on Keeping Immigrant Students Safe at School. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-immigration-040219
(). Betsy DeVos’s Proposed Title IX Regulations: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Elizabeth Meyer. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-title-ix-022819
(). Affirmative Action on Trial. Again.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-affirmative-action-021219
Gregory A. Smith, Suzanne E. Eckes, Julie F. Mead (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Suzanne Eckes and Julie Mead About Privatization and Discrimination. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smith-eckes-mead
(). The Lawsuit That Could Change the Face of Civics Education: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Beth Rubin. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-Rubin-010818
Julie F. Mead, Suzanne E. Eckes (). How School Privatization Opens the Door for Discrimination. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/privatization
Gregory A. Smith, Patricia Gándara (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Patricia Gándara on Immigration. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smith-gandara
(). Education and the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-kavanaugh-091318
(). Five Resources to Help You Understand the Affirmative Action Debate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-affirmative-action-072418
(). New Jersey Desegregation Case Could Make Waves. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-NJ-desegretation-07102018
Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Erica Frankenberg (). NEPC Review: Balancing Act: Schools, Neighborhoods, and Racial Imbalance (Brookings Institution, November 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-segregation
Kevin G. Welner (). How Voucher Advocates Created a Blue-State Loophole to Trump’s Tax Law. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/SALT
Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos, William J. Mathis, Kevin G. Welner (). The State of Education Savings Account Programs in the United States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/ESAs
Gary Miron (). NEPC Review: The Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools (Center on Reinventing Public Education, October 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-online-charters
Bruce D. Baker, Gary Miron (). The Business of Charter Schooling: Understanding the Policies that Charter Operators Use for Financial Benefit. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/charter-revenue
Kevin G. Welner (). Silver Linings Casebook: How Vergara’s Backers May Lose by Winning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/silver-linings-casebook
Kevin G. Welner, William J. Mathis (). Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Time to Move Beyond Test-Focused Policies. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/esea
Stuart Biegel, Sheila James Kuehl (). Safe at School: Addressing the School Environment and LGBT Safety through Policy and Legislation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/safe-at-school
David Arsen, Clive Belfield, Marisa Cannata, Wendy C. Chi, Casey Cobb, Stephanie Evergreen, Gregg Garn, Christopher Lubienski, Julie F. Mead, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Gary Miron, Yongmei Ni, Stephanie Southworth, Jessica Urschel, Terri S. Wilson (). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations
Julie F. Mead (). How Legislation and Litigation Shape School Choice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/how-legislation-and-litigation-shape-school-choice
Robert L. Linn, Kevin G. Welner (). Race-Conscious Policies for Assigning Students to Schools: Social Science Research and the Supreme Court Cases. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/race-conscious-policies-assigning-students-schools-social-science-research-and-supreme-c
Kevin G. Welner (). Can Irrational Become Unconstitutional? NCLB’s 100% Presuppositions. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/can-irrational-become-unconstitutional-nclb%E2%80%99s-100-presuppositions
(). Fee to Former Superintendent Raises Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/fee-former-superintendent-raises-issues
Harold Berlak (). The State of Teacher Education in California: A Report Addressed to Faculty, Students, and the Public. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-state-teacher-education-california-a-report-addressed-faculty-students-and-public
Kathy Escamilla, S. Shannon, S. Carlos, J. García (). Breaking the Code: Colorado's Defeat of the Anti-Bilingual Education Initiative (Amendment 31). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/breaking-code-colorados-defeat-anti-bilingual-education-initiative-amendment-31