NEPC Resources on Legal Issues

Joshua Cowen, Ryan D. Nowak (October 3, 2024). How Can States Make School Voucher Systems More Accountable, Accessible, and Transparent?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/voucher-accountability

(September 19, 2024). Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-cowen-091924

(August 16, 2024). 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

(August 8, 2024). Title IX Regulations Have Changed. Here’s What You Need to Know.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-title-ix-080824

(June 24, 2024). 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 (June 11, 2024). What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for Public Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/rd-religious-charters

(April 11, 2024). Are Science of Reading Laws Based on Science?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-sor-041124

Christopher Saldaña, Jonathan Feingold, Joshua Weishart (March 21, 2024). 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 (January 16, 2024). The Conflict Over Parents’ Rights. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/parents-rights

Jonathan Feingold, Joshua Weishart (November 30, 2023). How Discriminatory Censorship Laws Imperil Public Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/censorship

Christopher Saldaña, Christopher Lubienski, Suzanne E. Eckes (November 16, 2023). 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

(October 26, 2023). Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College: Eight Takeaways. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-race-conscious-admissions-102623

Jamaal Bowman (October 13, 2023). Jamaal Bowman Discusses the "More Teaching Less Testing Act of 2023". Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-video-bowman

Gloria Ladson-Billings (October 13, 2023). 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 (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?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-video-kurlaender

(July 6, 2023). 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 (June 8, 2023). 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 (October 11, 2022). A Civil Rights Framework for the Reauthorization of ESEA . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reauthorization

(August 25, 2022). How to Help Improve Schools for Transgender Youth. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-transgender-082522

Kevin G. Welner (May 12, 2022). The Outsourcing of Discrimination: Another SCOTUS Earthquake?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/carson-makin

(May 5, 2022). 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 (April 28, 2022). 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

(February 1, 2022). 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 (December 14, 2021). 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

(November 30, 2021). 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

(November 30, 2021). 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 (September 23, 2021). Understanding the Attacks on Critical Race Theory. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/crt

Bruce D. Baker (June 22, 2021). 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 (June 3, 2021). 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

(May 11, 2021). 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

(April 27, 2021). 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 (March 18, 2021). 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 (March 9, 2021). The (Mis)Treatment and (Non)Education of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/immigrant-children

(March 4, 2021). Caught in the Crosshairs: Emerging Bilinguals and the Reading Wars. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-reading-wars-030421

Derek W. Black (January 26, 2021). NEPC Review: Religious Charter Schools: Legally Permissible? Constitutionally Required? (Manhattan Institute, December 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/religious-charters

(November 10, 2020). Amy Coney Barrett and Education: Where Does She Stand?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-barrett-111020

(October 13, 2020). 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

(October 1, 2020). RBG and Education: A Legacy of Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-rgb-100120

(July 10, 2020). The Most Important School Desegregation Case You’ve Never Heard Of. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-maestas-070920

(June 2, 2020). A Few Weeks of Webinars. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-webinars-060220

(April 30, 2020). Incarcerated Children During the Pandemic. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-juvenile-detention-043020

(April 9, 2020). 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 (February 4, 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. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/social-impact-bonds

(January 30, 2020). 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 (November 19, 2019). 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

(August 22, 2019). Six Ways Trump “Public Benefits” Policies Could Harm Children. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-benefits-082219

(July 25, 2019). From Black Armbands to Instagram: Tinker + 50 . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-tinker-072519

(May 16, 2019). Backpedaling on Brown: The Re-Segregation of Our Nation’s Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-brown-051619

(April 11, 2019). Unz-der the Radar: The Quiet, Final Blow to English-First Language Policies. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-language-041119

(April 9, 2019). 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

(April 4, 2019). Advice on Keeping Immigrant Students Safe at School. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-immigration-040219

(February 28, 2019). 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

(February 12, 2019). 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 (January 22, 2019). 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

(January 8, 2019). 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 (December 6, 2018). How School Privatization Opens the Door for Discrimination. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/privatization

Gregory A. Smith, Patricia Gándara (September 18, 2018). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Patricia Gándara on Immigration. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-gandara

(September 13, 2018). Education and the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-kavanaugh-091318

(July 25, 2018). Five Resources to Help You Understand the Affirmative Action Debate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-affirmative-action-072418

(July 10, 2018). New Jersey Desegregation Case Could Make Waves. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-NJ-desegretation-07102018

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Erica Frankenberg (February 8, 2018). 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 (January 24, 2018). 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 (January 23, 2018). The State of Education Savings Account Programs in the United States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ESAs

Gary Miron (April 18, 2016). 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 (December 10, 2015). 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 (June 3, 2015). 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 (February 12, 2015). 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 (September 30, 2010). 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 (March 20, 2008). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations

Julie F. Mead (March 1, 2008). 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 (January 1, 2007). 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 (January 1, 2005). 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

(September 7, 2004). Fee to Former Superintendent Raises Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fee-former-superintendent-raises-issues

Harold Berlak (January 1, 2004). 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 (January 1, 2003). 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