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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

NEPC Review: Ten Years in New Orleans: Public School Resurgence and the Path Ahead (Public Impact and New Schools for New Orleans, August 2015)

NEPC Review

Adrienne D. Dixson

October 21, 2015

Charter Researchers Promoting “No Excuses” Schools Republish Inflated Claims

Newsletter

October 9, 2015

NEPC Review: The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development (TNTP, August 2015)

NEPC Review

Heather C. Hill

September 30, 2015

Problems with CREDO’s Charter School Research: Understanding the Issues

Newsletter

September 28, 2015

How to Create and Maintain Civil Society Space

Policy Memo

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

September 18, 2015

Investing in Equal Opportunity: What Would it Take to Build the Balance Wheel?

Policy Brief

Jennifer King Rice

September 15, 2015

National Education Policy Center Associate Director Announced

Newsletter

September 11, 2015

School-Based Marketing Threats to Children’s Well-Being Intensify

Newsletter

September 9, 2015

NEPC Review: Measuring Diversity in Charter School Offerings (American Enterprise Institute, July 2015)

NEPC Review

Arnold Danzig and William J. Mathis

September 1, 2015

New Orleans Recovery School District Not Quite as Recovered as Advertised

Newsletter

July 13, 2015

NEPC Review: School Closures and Student Achievement: An Analysis of Ohio's Urban District and Charter Schools (Fordham Institute, April 2015)

NEPC Review

Ben Kirshner and Matthew Gaertner

June 16, 2015

NEPC Review: ESEA Reauthorization: How We Can Build Upon No Child Left Behind's Progress for Students with Disabilities in a Reauthorized ESEA (Center for American Progress, April 2015)

NEPC Review

Edward García Fierros and Katherine Cosner

June 8, 2015

Silver Linings Casebook: How Vergara’s Backers May Lose by Winning

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 3, 2015

Student Mobility: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

Policy Brief

Russell W. Rumberger

June 1, 2015

Schools of Opportunity Provide Models for Outstanding and Equitable High Schools

Newsletter

May 27, 2015

NEPC Review: Increasing Education: What it Will and Will Not Do for Earnings and Earnings Inequality (The Hamilton Project, March 2015)

NEPC Review

Marvin Lazerson and Ryan Pfleger

May 18, 2015

NEPC Review: Dramatic Action, Dramatic Improvement: The Research on School Turnaround (Center for American Progress, March 2015)

NEPC Review

Tina Trujillo

May 11, 2015

National Program Recognizing Outstanding and Equitable High Schools Announces its First Accolades

Newsletter

May 7, 2015

High-Stakes, Test-Driven Accountability Debated in New York Times

Newsletter

May 4, 2015

NEPC Review: Pushed Out? Low-Performing Students and New York City Charter Schools (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, March 2015)

NEPC Review

Erica Frankenberg

May 4, 2015

NEPC Review: Urban Charter School Study Report on 41 Regions 2015 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), March 2015)

NEPC Review

Andrew Maul

April 27, 2015

NEPC Review: Measuring and Understanding Education Advocacy (Brookings Institution, March 2015)

NEPC Review

Robin Rogers and Sara Goldrick-Rab

April 16, 2015

NEPC Review: Paying the Best Teachers More to Teach More Students (Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, February 2015)

NEPC Review

Patricia H. Hinchey

April 13, 2015

State Sen. Alberta Darling's Recovery District Idea is Designed to Fail

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

April 9, 2015

On the Block: Student Data and Privacy in the Digital Age

Research Brief

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

April 9, 2015

NEPC Embraces New Reformy Mission

Newsletter

April 1, 2015

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2015: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, and Charisse Gulosino

March 10, 2015

NEPC Review: Separating Fact & Fiction: What You Need to Know About Charter Schools (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, August 2014)

NEPC Review

Gary Miron, William J. Mathis, and Kevin G. Welner

February 23, 2015

Review of The Texas Economy and School Choice

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski and Ee-Seul Yoon

February 17, 2015

Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Time to Move Beyond Test-Focused Policies

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner and William J. Mathis

February 12, 2015

Review of Turning Lightning into Electricity

NEPC Review

Mark R. Warren

February 2, 2015

“School Choice Week” is a Good Time to Review the Evidence

Newsletter

January 27, 2015

Why School Report Cards Merit a Failing Grade

Policy Brief

Kenneth R. Howe and Kevin Murray

January 26, 2015

Researchers Urge Caution Regarding Expected SOTU Push to Expand Career and Technical Education

Newsletter

January 20, 2015

NEPC Review: No Excuses Charter Schools: A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, December 2014)

NEPC Review

Jeanne M. Powers

January 20, 2015

NEPC Review: Proposed 2015 Federal Teacher Preparation Regulations (U.S. Department of Education, December 2014)

NEPC Review

Kevin K. Kumashiro

January 12, 2015

Review of Better Data, Better Decisions and A Crisis We Can Solve

NEPC Review

Erin McNamara Horvat and David Everington Baugh

January 5, 2015

NEPC Review: The Economic Benefits of Closing Educational Achievement Gaps (Center for American Progress, November 2014)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

December 4, 2014

Personalized Instruction: New Interest, Old Rhetoric, Limited Results, and the Need for a New Direction for Computer-Mediated Learning

Policy Brief

Noel Enyedy

November 24, 2014

ALEC ‘Report Card’ Recycles Bogus School Quality and Improvement Claims

Newsletter

November 7, 2014

Review of Federal School Finance Reform

NEPC Review

Gail L. Sunderman

November 6, 2014

NEPC Review: Virtual Schooling and Student Learning: Evidence from the Florida Virtual School (Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance)

NEPC Review

Michael K. Barbour

October 28, 2014

National Education Policy Center Launches “Schools of Opportunity” Project To Recognize Top High Schools

Newsletter

October 2, 2014

NEPC Review: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature on the Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement (Center on Reinventing Public Education, August 2014)

NEPC Review

Francesca López

September 30, 2014

Review of The Efficiency Index

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

September 23, 2014

Report of the Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights

Resource Document

Farida Shaheed

September 17, 2014

Review of Seeds of Achievement

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett and Cynthia E. Lamy

September 16, 2014

NEPC Review: Lacking Leaders: The Challenges of Principal Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2014)

NEPC Review

Arnold Danzig

September 9, 2014

NEPC Review: The Productivity of Public Charter Schools (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, July 2014)

NEPC Review

Gene V Glass

August 19, 2014

NEPC Review: Preparing Principals to Raise Student Achievement: Implementation and Effects of the New Leaders Program in Ten Districts (RAND Corporation, May 2014)

NEPC Review

Ed Fuller

June 26, 2014

Debate Intensifies over Value-Added Research

Newsletter

June 24, 2014

Review of Expanding the Education Universe

NEPC Review

Patricia Burch, Jahni Smith, and Mary Stewart

June 19, 2014

Review of The State Education Agency: At the Helm, Not the Oar

NEPC Review

Peter W. Cookson, Jr.

June 17, 2014

NEPC Review: New York City's Children First: Lessons in School Reform (Center for American Progress, March 2014)

NEPC Review

Randall Reback

June 3, 2014

Review of Two Alternative Teacher Preparation Proposals

NEPC Review

William J. Mathis

May 29, 2014

NEPC Review: Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands (School Choice Demonstration Project and University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, April 2014)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

May 20, 2014

Wait, Wait. Don’t Mislead Me! Nine Reasons to Be Skeptical About Charter Waitlist Numbers

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner and Gary Miron

May 5, 2014

NEPC and Its Work Win Awards at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

Newsletter

April 17, 2014

Review of The Effect of Co-locations on Student Achievement in NYC Public Schools

NEPC Review

Tina Trujillo and Marialena Rivera

April 15, 2014

Review of Measuring the Impacts of Teachers

NEPC Review

Moshe Adler

April 10, 2014

Review of The Economic Benefits of New York City's Public School Reforms, 2002-2013

NEPC Review

Sean P. Corcoran

March 31, 2014

The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

March 26, 2014

Seeing Past the “Colorblind” Myth of Education Policy

Policy Brief

Amy Stuart Wells

March 20, 2014

NEPC Review: Updating Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century (Lexington Institute, February 2014)

NEPC Review

Marisa Saunders and Jaime Del Razo

March 18, 2014

Review of A New Frontier: Utilizing Charter Schooling to Strengthen Rural Education

NEPC Review

Craig Howley

March 13, 2014

Schoolhouse Commercialism Leaves Policymakers Behind

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Ken Libby, and Joseph Fogarty

March 11, 2014

NEPC Review: Pluck & Tenacity: How Five Private Schools in Ohio Have Adapted to Vouchers (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2014)

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski and T. Jameson Brewer

March 6, 2014

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, and Brian Horvitz

March 4, 2014

Review of A Legal Lever for Enhancing Productivity

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

February 27, 2014

Review of Should Charter Schools Pay Rent?

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

February 20, 2014

Does Class Size Matter?

Policy Brief

February 18, 2014

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