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Community Schools: Closing Opportunity Gaps for Students in Need

Newsletter

December 14, 2017

NEPC Review: School District Reform in Newark (National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2017)

NEPC Review

Mark Weber and Bruce D. Baker

December 14, 2017

Might the New Gates Education Initiative Close Opportunity Gaps?

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

December 12, 2017

NEPC Review: Tackling Gaps in Access to Strong Teachers: What State Leaders Can Do (The Education Trust, October 2017)

NEPC Review

Doris A. Santoro

November 28, 2017

NEPC Review: Why Indiana Parents Choose: A Cross-Sector Survey of Parents' Views in a Robust School Choice Environment (EdChoice, September 2017)

NEPC Review

Jeanne M. Powers

November 21, 2017

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Ken Zeichner on Independent Teacher Prep Programs

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Kenneth M. Zeichner

November 14, 2017

NEPC Review: Teacher Absenteeism in Charter and Traditional Public Schools (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2017)

NEPC Review

Patricia H. Hinchey

November 7, 2017

NEPC Review: Lights Off: Practice and Impact of Closing Low-Performing Schools (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2017)

NEPC Review

Matthew Gaertner and Ben Kirshner

October 24, 2017

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Alyssa Hadley Dunn on Viral Teacher Resignation Letters

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Alyssa Hadley Dunn

October 17, 2017

NEPC Review: Charter School Funding: Inequity in New York City (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, August 2017)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

October 11, 2017

Assessing the Fiscal Impact of Wisconsin's Statewide Voucher Program

Policy Memo

Ellie Bruecker

October 5, 2017

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger on Student Privacy

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Faith Boninger

September 21, 2017

NEPC Review: Charter Management Organizations 2017 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), June 2017)

NEPC Review

Gary Miron and Christopher Shank

September 7, 2017

Our Children Deserve Better: A Call to Resist Washington’s Dangerous Vision for U.S. Education

FYI

Education Deans for Justice and Equity

September 6, 2017

Strong Collaborative Relationships for Strong Community Schools

Policy Memo

Julia Daniel

August 31, 2017

NEPC Review: The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit: Do Publicly Funded Private School Choice Programs Save Money? (EdChoice, October 2016)

NEPC Review

Luis A. Huerta and Steven J. Koutsavlis

August 24, 2017

Asleep at the Switch: Schoolhouse Commercialism, Student Privacy, and the Failure of Policymaking

Research Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Kevin Murray

August 15, 2017

A Continuous Improvement Approach to Indicator Development

FYI

William R. Penuel, Michelle Renée Valladares, and Elizabeth J. Meyer

July 19, 2017

NEPC Review: Back to the Staffing Surge: The Great Teacher Salary Stagnation and the Decades-Long Employment Growth in American Public Schools (EdChoice, May 2017)

NEPC Review

Joydeep Roy and William J. Mathis

July 5, 2017

Virtual Schools in Five Key States Show Growth but Poor Performance

Newsletter

June 27, 2017

NEPC Review: Renewing Our Cities (EdChoice, March 2017)

NEPC Review

Jennifer Jellison Holme and Emily Germain

June 20, 2017

NEPC Review: Hidden Money: The Outsized Role of Parent Contributions in School Finance (Center for American Progress, April 2017)

NEPC Review

Maia Cucchiara

June 15, 2017

NEPC Review: Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Education Cities, March 2017)

NEPC Review

Gail L. Sunderman

June 13, 2017

Law and Order in School and Society: How Discipline and Policing Policies Harm Students of Color, and What We Can Do About It

Policy Brief

Janelle T. Scott, Michele S. Moses, Kara Finnigan, Tina Trujillo, and Darrell Jackson

June 8, 2017

Community Schools: An Evidence-Based Strategy for Equitable School Improvement

Policy Brief

Jeannie Oakes, Anna Maier, and Julia Daniel

June 5, 2017

NEPC Review: Understanding a Vicious Cycle: Do Out-of-School Suspensions Impact Student Test Scores? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2017)

NEPC Review

Brea L. Perry and Daniel J. Losen

June 1, 2017

School Closure as a Strategy to Remedy Low Performance

Policy Brief

Gail L. Sunderman, Erin Coghlan, and Rick Mintrop

May 18, 2017

NEPC Review: New York Charter Schools Outperform Traditional Selective Public Schools: More Evidence that Cream-Skimming is Not Driving Charters' Success (Manhattan Institute , March 2017)

NEPC Review

Sarah Cordes

May 9, 2017

NEPC Review: Gender Identity Policies in Schools (Heritage Foundation, March 2017)

NEPC Review

Robert Kim

May 2, 2017

NEPC Review: Apples to Apples: The Definitive Look at School Test Scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, March 2017)

NEPC Review

Benjamin Shear

April 25, 2017

NEPC Director Kevin Welner Honored With American Educational Research Association Award

Newsletter

April 24, 2017

NEPC Review: Differences by Design? Student Composition in Charter Schools with Different Academic Models (American Enterprise Institute, February 2017)

NEPC Review

T. Jameson Brewer and Christopher Lubienski

April 13, 2017

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2017

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, and David Nitkin

April 11, 2017

Secretary DeVos Has Secret Russia Meeting With Potential Grizzly

Newsletter

Kevin G. Welner

April 1, 2017

NEPC Review: A New Agenda: Research to Build a Better Teacher Preparation Program (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2016)

NEPC Review

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Stephani Burton, Molly Cummings Carney, Juan Gabriel Sánchez, and Andrew F. Miller

March 28, 2017

Review of Within Our Grasp: Achieving Higher Admissions Standards in Teacher Prep

NEPC Review

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Megina Baker, Wen-Chia Chang, M. Beatriz Fernández, and Elizabeth Stringer Keefe

March 23, 2017

Lifting All Children Up

FYI

Kevin G. Welner

March 21, 2017

What We Can Learn from the Massachusetts Ballot Question Campaign on Charter School Expansion

Policy Memo

Lawrence Blum

March 14, 2017

NEPC Review: Reimagining Learning: A Big Bet on the Future of American Education (NewSchools Venture Fund)

NEPC Review

Jeffrey W. Snyder

March 7, 2017

Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

March 1, 2017

Bunkum Award 2016

FYI

February 23, 2017

Examples of Indicators Focused on Equity, Quality, and Climate

FYI

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

February 1, 2017

NEPC Review: For Good Measure? Teacher Evaluation Policy in the ESSA Era (Bellwether Education Partners, December 2016)

NEPC Review

Amy N. Farley

February 22, 2017

NEPC Review: Measures of Last Resort: Assessing Strategies for State-Initiated Turnarounds (Center on Reinventing Public Education, November 2016)

NEPC Review

Betty Malen and Jennifer King Rice

February 14, 2017

NEPC Launches Third Year of Schools of Opportunity Recognition Project: Public High Schools Encouraged to Apply

Newsletter

January 30, 2017

NEPC Review: High Stakes for High Achievers:
State Accountability in the Age of ESSA (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2016)

NEPC Review

Beth C. Rubin

January 26, 2017

Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – Helping States Focus on School Equity, Quality and Climate

FYI

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

January 4, 2017

Declaration of Principles on Public Education, Democracy, and the Role of Federal Government

FYI

Education Deans for Justice and Equity

January 13, 2017

NEPC Review: Better Evidence, Better Choices, Better Schools: State Supports for Evidence-Based School Improvement and the Every Student Succeeds Act (Center for American Progress and the Knowledge Alliance, August 2016)

NEPC Review

Terri S. Wilson

January 12, 2017

NEPC Review: Segregation, Race, and Charter Schools: What Do We Know? (Brookings Institution, October 2016)

NEPC Review

Erica Frankenberg

December 19, 2016

Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo

November 17, 2016

Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – Helping States Focus on School Equity, Quality and Climate

Policy Memo

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

November 15, 2016

NEPC Statement on Violence and Intimidation in Schools and Communities

Newsletter

November 11, 2016

NEPC Review: Squeezing the Public School Districts: The Fiscal Effects of Eliminating the Louisiana Scholarship Program (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, August 2016)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

September 29, 2016

Introducing the NEPC Widget!

Newsletter

September 26, 2016

Schools of Opportunity Project Honors 20 Exemplary High Schools From Coast to Coast

Newsletter

September 12, 2016

Independent Teacher Education Programs: Apocryphal Claims, Illusory Evidence

Policy Brief

Kenneth M. Zeichner

September 8, 2016

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

August 23, 2016

Denver “Portfolio” Report’s Flaws Remain, Reviewer Confirms

Newsletter

August 18, 2016

Reviewer Finds Continuing Problems with WILL Charter School “Autonomy” Report

Newsletter

August 11, 2016

Renowned Scholars Examine Effective, Equitable School Reforms in New NEPC Book

Newsletter

William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo

July 28, 2016

NEPC Review: A 21st Century School System in the Mile-High City (Progressive Policy Institute, May 2016)

NEPC Review

Terrenda White

July 26, 2016

Review of Measuring School Turnaround Success

NEPC Review

Tina Trujillo and Marialena Rivera

July 20, 2016

NEPC Review: Bang for the Buck: Which Public Schools in Milwaukee Produce the Best Outcome Per Dollar Spent? (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, May 2016)

NEPC Review

Casey Cobb

July 12, 2016

NEPC Review: A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on School Choice (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, May 2016)

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski

June 30, 2016

Research-Based Expectations for Implementation of the Community Schools Initiative in New York City

Policy Memo

Julia Daniel, Kevin G. Welner, and Michelle Renée Valladares

June 14, 2016

Access and Equity for African American Students in Higher Education: A Critical Race Historical Analysis of Policy Efforts

Resource Document

Shaun Harper, Lori D. Patton, and Ontario S. Wooden

May 26, 2016

Men of Color: A Role for Policymakers in Improving the Status of Black Male Students in U.S. Higher Education

Resource Document

Shaun Harper

May 26, 2016

Disproportionate Impact of K-12 School Suspension and Expulsion on Black Students in Southern States

Resource Document

Shaun Harper

May 26, 2016

Black Male Student-Athletes and Racial Inequities in NCAA Division I College Sports

Resource Document

Shaun Harper

May 24, 2016

Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at School

Research Brief

Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar

May 17, 2016

NEPC Review: School Spending and Student Achievement in Michigan: What's the Relationship? (Mackinac Center, April 2016)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

May 13, 2016

Review of 2016 Brown Center Report on American Education Part II: Tracking and Advanced Placement

NEPC Review

Marshall Jean

April 26, 2016

Virtual Schools Report 2016: Directory and Performance Review

Research Brief

Gary Miron and Charisse Gulosino

April 20, 2016

NEPC Review: The Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools (Center on Reinventing Public Education, October 2015)

NEPC Review

Gary Miron

April 18, 2016

NEPC Review: The School Choice Voucher: A "Get Out of Jail" Card? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2016)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

April 6, 2016

"Gold-Standard Research" is (April) Fools' Gold

Newsletter

April 1, 2016

NEPC Review: Learning about Learning: What Every New Teacher Needs to Know (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), January 2016)

NEPC Review

P.L. Thomas and Christian Z. Goering

March 22, 2016

MPS School Board Should Reject Proposal to Increase Class Size

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

March 21, 2016

Lifting All Children Up

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

March 21, 2016

How Companies Learn What Children Secretly Want

Resource Document

Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar

March 17, 2016

Holding Teacher Preparation Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence

Policy Brief

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Rebecca Stern, Juan Gabriel Sánchez, Andrew F. Miller, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, M. Beatriz Fernández, Wen-Chia Chang, Molly Cummings Carney, Stephani Burton, and Megina Baker

March 16, 2016

NEPC Review: SchoolGrades.org (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, September 2015)

NEPC Review

Jaime Del Razo

March 10, 2016

Community Schools as an Effective Strategy for Reform

Policy Memo

Julia Daniel and Jon Snyder

March 8, 2016

NEPC Review: Lessons From State Performance on NAEP: Why Some High-Poverty Students Score Better Than Others (Center for American Progress , January 2016)

NEPC Review

Sharon L. Nichols

February 26, 2016

Review of Special Education and English Language Learner Students in Boston Charter Schools

NEPC Review

Julie F. Mead and Mark Weber

February 17, 2016

Review of Continued Progress: Promising Evidence on Personalized Learning

NEPC Review

William R. Penuel and Raymond Johnson

January 26, 2016

Application Deadline of February 3rd for “Schools of Opportunity” Recognition of Top High Schools

Newsletter

January 19, 2016

NEPC Review: Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession (Center for American Progress, November 2015)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth J. Meyer

January 7, 2016

NEPC Review: The Integration Anomaly: Comparing the Effects of K-12 Education Delivery Models on Segregation in Schools (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, October 2015)

NEPC Review

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Erica Frankenberg

January 5, 2016

Diverse Housing, Diverse Schooling: How Policy Can Stabilize Racial Demographic Change in Cities and Suburbs

Policy Brief

Amy Stuart Wells

December 15, 2015

Application Deadline of January 20 for “Schools of Opportunity” Recognition of Top High Schools

Newsletter

December 11, 2015

The Business of Charter Schooling: Understanding the Policies that Charter Operators Use for Financial Benefit

Research Brief

Bruce D. Baker and Gary Miron

December 10, 2015

Review of The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time

NEPC Review

Joseph Cimpian

December 3, 2015

NEPC Review: The Hidden Value of Curriculum Reform: Do States and Districts Receive the Most Bang for Their Curriculum Buck? (Center for American Progress, October 2015)

NEPC Review

Sarah Lubienski

November 19, 2015

NEPC Review: Do We Already Have Universal Preschool? (Brookings Institution, September 2015)

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett

November 12, 2015

Divining the Meaning of the Test Scores

Resource Document

William J. Mathis

November 3, 2015

International Test Score Comparisons and Educational Policy: A Review of the Critiques

Policy Brief

Martin Carnoy

October 30, 2015

NAEPscuses: Making Sense of Excuse-Making from the No-Excuses Contingent

Newsletter

October 28, 2015

NAEPscuses: Making Sense of Excuse-Making from the No-Excuses Contingent

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

October 28, 2015

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