NEPC Resources on Politics, Policy, and School Practices

Derek Gottlieb (). NEPC Review: Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems (EdTrust, September 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/essa

(). The Presidential Election and K-12 Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-election-110524

(). The Elections and Issues Around Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-henry-102924

(). National School Lunch Program and the 2024 Elections. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-schanzenbach-101724

Christopher Saldaña, Joshua Cowen, Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Josh Cowen and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. About Privatization, School Choice, and Culture Wars. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-cowen-henry

(). What Will Happen to Bilingual Education After the Elections?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-bilingual-101024

(). Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-shepard-092624

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

Christopher Saldaña, David Houston (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Houston About Partisanship and Polarization in Ed Policy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-houston

(). Help or Harmful? The Federal Role in Supporting Students with Disabilities in Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-fierros-090324

(). What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Education Policy?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-debray-082224

Bryan Mann (). NEPC Review: Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/ohio-charters

Joshua Cowen (). NEPC Review: The Reality of Switchers (EdChoice, March 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/switchers

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

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley (). The Potential for Land Use and Housing Reform to Address School Segregation and Educational Opportunity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-segregation

(). ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2023. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-top-five-2023-012524

Vivian E. Hamilton (). The Conflict Over Parents’ Rights. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/parents-rights

Christopher Saldaña (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Matthew Kelly About the History of School Finance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-kelly

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

(). 2020 Was a Horror Show. Is There Anything We Should Learn From Schools’ Response?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-reach-report-103123

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

(). Testing is Broken. Can This Bill Fix It?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-dc-briefing-100523

David S. Knight (). NEPC Review: Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit: Economic Analysis (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, June 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/tax-credit

Christopher Saldaña, Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, David DeMatthews (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, and David DeMatthews About District Takeovers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-schueler-morel-dematthews

Maria M. Lewis, Raquel Muñiz (). Section 504 Plans: Examining Inequitable Access and Misuse. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/504-plan

(). How Much Do You Know About School Vouchers? . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-voucher-quiz-052523

Christopher Saldaña, Thomas Dee, Sally Nuamah (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Thomas Dee and Sally Nuamah About Declining Enrollment . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-dee-nuamah

Christine Sleeter, David R. Garcia (). NEPC Review: School Choice Is Not Enough: The Impact of Critical Social Justice Ideology in American Education (Manhattan Institute, February 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/csj

(). Educational Accountability 3.0: Beyond ESSA. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-beyond-essa

Jeffrey Vincent (). NEPC Review: Assessing the National Landscape of Capital Expenditures for Public School Districts (Urban Institute, January 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/capital

(). Governor DeSantis Scuffles With Woke and Insolent Chatbots. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-woke-040123

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: The Economic Cost of the Pandemic: State by State (Hoover Institution, January 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/pandemic

Christopher Saldaña, Carrie Sampson (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Carrie Sampson About the Role of School Boards. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-sampson

W. Steven Barnett (). NEPC Review: Off Track: An Assessment of Wisconsin’s Early Care and Learning System for Young Children (Badger Institute, September 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/wi-childcare

Christine Sleeter, T. Jameson Brewer (). NEPC Review: Empowering Parents with School Choice Reduces Wokeism in Education (Heritage Foundation, November 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/wokeism

(). Five Charts That Show How Partisan Strife Is Impacting Public Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-democracy-120622

Christopher Saldaña, David R. Garcia (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Garcia About the Use of Research in Education Policy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-garcia

Helen F. Ladd (). How Charter Schools Undermine Good Education Policymaking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-policy

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

(). The Other CRT. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-crt-100422

(). The School-to-Deportation Pipeline: The Other School Safety Concern. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-undocumented-081822

Gail L. Sunderman (). State Accountability Rating Systems: A Review of School Report Cards as Indicators of School Quality. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/report-cards

(). 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

Kevin G. Welner (). Why Is the Charter Lobby So Upset About Biden’s Proposed Regulations?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-csp-04122022

(). Teachers Welcome Deprofessionalization. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teachers-04012022

Erica Frankenberg (). NEPC Review: Priced Out of Public Schools: District Lines, Housing Access, and Inequitable Educational Options (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/housing

(). New Report Details the School-Level Impact of the Anti-CRT Conflict Campaign. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-anti-crt-01272022

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

(). School Controversies Dominated This Contentious Election Cycle. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-election-111121

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

Christopher Saldaña, Gloria Ladson-Billings (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Gloria Ladson-Billings About Education Policy Responses to Pandemic and Civil Unrest. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-ladson-billings

(). Critical Race Theory: What It Is. And What It Is Not. A Q&A With Adrienne Dixson. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-dixson-crt-082621

Christopher Saldaña, Lorrie Shepard (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Lorrie Shepard About Standardized Testing Policy . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-shepard

(). “Turducken Voucher” Bill Introduced in Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-turducken-040121

Seth Rockman (). NEPC Review: Capitalism in the 1619 Project (The Heritage Foundation, January 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/1619-project

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

(). Do School Reopenings Contribute to COVID’s Spread?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-reopening-021121

Janelle T. Scott, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Elizabeth DeBray, Erica Frankenberg, Kathryn McDermott (). An Agenda for Restoring Civil Rights in K-12 Federal Education Policy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/restoring-civil-rights

Christopher Saldaña, Janelle T. Scott (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Janelle Scott About the Emergence of Learning Pods. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publications/podcast-saldana-scott

Christopher Saldaña, Jennifer Jellison Holme, Kara Finnigan (). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara Finnigan About Educational and Urban Politics and Policymaking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/saldana-holme-finnigan

(). Patience Can Be Rewarded: RAND Report Demonstrates Promise of Embattled NYC Community Schools Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-nyc-community-schools-020620

(). 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

(). Class Sizes Will Be “The Biggest Ever” Boasts President Trump. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-april-class-size-04012019

(). A Child’s School is the Child’s Choice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-school-choice-040119

(). 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

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

(). U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Axed Guidance That Cracked Down on Unfair Punishments for Students of Color. What Should Schools Do Next?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-devos-discipline-011019

Donald J. Peurach, Maxwell Yurkofsky (). Organizing and Managing Instruction in US Public School Districts: Considerations for Families, Communities, and States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/instruction

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

(). Are Four-Day Weeks Bad for Students?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-four-day-weeks-090418

Dustin Pappas, Meredith Mountford (). Reviews Worth Sharing: Focusing on School Safety After Parkland (The Heritage Foundation, March 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/RWS-discipline

Gregory A. Smith, Michael K. Barbour, Bryan Mann (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Michael Barbour and Bryan Mann on Virtual Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-barbour-mann

Kevin G. Welner (). How Voucher Advocates Created a Blue-State Loophole to Trump’s Tax Law. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/SALT

Education Deans for Justice and Equity (). Our Children Deserve Better: A Call to Resist Washington’s Dangerous Vision for U.S. Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/children-deserve-better

Gail L. Sunderman (). NEPC Review: Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Education Cities, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-ESSA-accountability

Jeannie Oakes, Anna Maier, Julia Daniel (). Community Schools: An Evidence-Based Strategy for Equitable School Improvement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/equitable-community-schools

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, David Nitkin (). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2017. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2017

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, Michelle Renée Valladares (). Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – Helping States Focus on School Equity, Quality and Climate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/webinar-making-most-every-student-succeeds-act-essa-helping-states-focus-school-equity

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, Michelle Renée Valladares (). Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – Helping States Focus on School Equity, Quality and Climate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ESSA

Tina Trujillo (). NEPC Review: Dramatic Action, Dramatic Improvement: The Research on School Turnaround (Center for American Progress, March 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-school-turnaround

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Charisse Gulosino (). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2015: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2015

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

Kevin K. Kumashiro (). NEPC Review: Proposed 2015 Federal Teacher Preparation Regulations (U.S. Department of Education, December 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-proposed-teacher-preparation

(). ALEC ‘Report Card’ Recycles Bogus School Quality and Improvement Claims. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/alec-report

Peter W. Cookson, Jr. (). Review of The State Education Agency: At the Helm, Not the Oar. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-state-education-agency

Randall Reback (). NEPC Review: New York City's Children First: Lessons in School Reform (Center for American Progress, March 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-NYC-children-first

Craig Howley (). Review of A New Frontier: Utilizing Charter Schooling to Strengthen Rural Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-new-frontier

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Brian Horvitz (). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2014

Julian Vasquez Heilig, Su Jin Jez (). Teach for America: A Return to the Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teach-for-america-return

Elizabeth DeBray, Huriya Jabbar (). Review of Two Presentations on the Portfolio School Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-portfolio-districts

Kevin G. Welner, Carol C. Burris (). Is American Education on a Bad Track? . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/american-education-bad-track

William J. Mathis (). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/options

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Larry Cuban, Brian Horvitz, Charisse Gulosino, Sheryl Rankin Shafer (). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2013: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2013

Ben Levin (). What Does It Take to Scale Up Innovations?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/scaling-up-innovations

Kenneth R. Howe, David E. Meens (). How Recent Education Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/democracy-left-behind

Michelle Fine, Stan Karp (). NEPC Review: Parent Power: Grass-Roots Activism and K-12 Education Reform (American Enterprise Institute, July 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-parent-power

Christopher Lubienski, Janelle T. Scott, John Rogers, Kevin G. Welner (). Missing the Target? The Parent Trigger as a Strategy for Parental Engagement and School Reform. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/missing-the-target

Kevin G. Welner (). Teacher Job Satisfaction Plummets — Survey. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-job-satisfaction-plummets

Kevin G. Welner, William J. Mathis, Alex Molnar (). Researchers as Resources: A List of Experts Who Can Speak to the Overall Knowledge Base on Important Education Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/researchers-as-resources

Wendy C. Chi (). Blueprint Reviews Now Available Online. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/blueprint-reviews-now-available-online

William J. Mathis (). The "Common Core" Standards Initiative: An Effective Reform Tool?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/common-core-standards

Kenneth Saltman (). Urban School Decentralization and the Growth of "Portfolio Districts". Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/portfolio-districts

Richard Ingersoll, Lisa Merrill (). NEPC Review: Teacher Layoffs: Rethinking "Last Hired, First Fired" Policies (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-layoffs

William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: Behind the Curtain: Assessing the Case for National Standards (February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-behind-the-curtain

Gregory J. Marchant (). NEPC Review: The Shaping of the American Mind: The Diverging Influences of the College Degree & Civic Learning on American Beliefs (December 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-shaping-american-mind

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel, William J. Mathis, Elana Tornquist (). Schools Without Diversity: Education Management Organizations, Charter Schools, and the Demographic Stratification.... Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schools-without-diversity

Bob Williams (). Reviews Worth Sharing: Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation (November 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/does-grading-bias-apply-education-reports

Carol C. Burris, Kevin G. Welner, Jennifer Bezoza (). Universal Access to a Quality Education: Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/universal-access

Kevin G. Welner (). Reviews Worth Sharing: Tracking and Detracking: High Achievers in Massachusetts Middle Schools (December 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/non-evidence-about-tracking-critiquing-new-report-fordham-institute

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2009 (April 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-weighted-student-formula-yearbook

William J. Mathis (). NCLB’s Ultimate Restructuring Alternatives: Do they Improve the Quality of Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/nclb-ultimate-restructuring

Meredith P. Richards, Jennifer Jellison Holme (). NEPC Review: "Plotting School Choice" and "In Need of Improvement" (November 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-plotting-school-choice

Janette K. Klingner (). The Intersection of Race, Culture, Language, and Disability: Implications for Urban Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/intersection-race-culture-language-and-disability-implications-urban-education

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Kevin G. Welner (). Fellows’ Education Letters to the President. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/Letters-to-Obama

Marisa Saunders, Christopher A. Chrisman (). Multiple Pathways: 21st Century High Schools that Prepare All Students for College, Career and Civic Participation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/multiple-pathways

Gregory Camilli (). NEPC Review: High-Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-high-achieving-students

John T. Yun (). NEPC Review: The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program (Manhattan Institute, April 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-effect-of-special

Patrick McQuillan (). NEPC Review: The Turnaround Challenge: Why America’s Best Opportunity to Dramatically Improve Student Achievement Lies in Our Worst-Performing Schools (December 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-turnaround-challenge

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

Wendy C. Chi (). The Impact of Advocacy Funding on the School Choice Debate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-impact-advocacy-funding-school-choice-debate

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Martha Bottia, Stephanie Southworth (). School Choice and Segregation by Race, Class, and Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-choice-and-segregation-race-class-and-achievement

Carol C. Burris, Edward W. Wiley, Kevin G. Welner (). Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/accountability-rigor-and-detracking

Terri S. Wilson (). Negotiating Public and Private: Philosophical Frameworks for School Choice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/negotiating-public-and-private-philosophical-frameworks-school-choice

Wendy C. Chi, Kevin G. Welner (). Charter Ranking Roulette: An Analysis of Reports That Grade States’ Charter School Laws. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/charter-ranking-roulette

Janette K. Klingner (). Schooling and the Construction of Identity Among Minority Students in Spain and the United States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schooling-and-construction-identity-among-minority-students-spain-and-united-states

W. Norton Grubb (). 'Restoring Value' to the High School Diploma: The Rhetoric and Practice of Higher Standards. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/restoring-value-high-school-diploma-the-rhetoric-and-practice-higher-standards

Bruce Fuller (). NEPC Review: End It, Don't Mend It: What to Do with No Child Left Behind (September 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-end-it-don%E2%80%99t-mend-it-what-do-with-no-child-left-behind

John T. Yun (). NEPC Review: Answering the Question That Matters Most: Has Student Achievement Increased Since No Child Left Behind? (June 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-answering-question-that-matters-most-has-student-achievement-increased-since-no-chi

Lawrence Mishel, Sean P. Corcoran (). NEPC Review: How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid? (Manhattan Institute, January 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-how-much-are-public-school-teachers-paid

Kevin G. Welner (). Money Mutterers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/money-mutterers

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, Alex Molnar (). Truthiness in Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/truthiness-education

Patricia Burch (). Supplemental Education Services under NCLB: Emerging Evidence and Policy Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/supplemental-education-services-under-nclb-emerging-evidence-and-policy-issues

Debbi C. Harris (). The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Teacher Compensation Approaches. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-promises-and-pitfalls-alternative-teacher-compensation-approaches

Kevin G. Welner (). Demanding More of Presidential Candidates. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/demanding-more-presidential-candidates

Kevin G. Welner, K. Martinez (). The Use of Assessment for Curricular Differentiation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-use-assessment-curricular-differentiation

Janette K. Klingner (). Discarding the Deficit Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/discarding-deficit-model

Ash Vasudeva, Raymond Pecheone (). NEPC Review: Giving Students the Chaff: How to Find and Keep the Teachers We Need (September 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-giving-students-chaff-how-find-and-keep-teachers-we-need

Gary W. Ritter (). NEPC Review: Segregation Levels in Cleveland Public Schools and the Cleveland Voucher Program (August 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-segregation-levels-cleveland-public-schools-and-cleveland-voucher-program

Kenneth R. Howe (). NEPC Review: The State of State Standards 2006 (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-the-state-state-standards-2006

Janette K. Klingner (). The Special Education Referral and Decision-Making Process for English Language Learners: Child Study Team Meetings and Staffing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/special-education-referral-and-decision-making-process-english-language-learners-child-s

Janette K. Klingner (). English Language Learners Who Struggle with Reading: Language Acquisition or Learning Disabilities? . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/english-language-learners-who-struggle-reading-language-acquisition-or-learning-disabili

Mary Eunice, Romero Little, Teresa L. McCarty (). Language Planning Challenges and Prospects in Native American Communities and Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/language-planning-challenges-and-prospects-native-american-communities-and-schools

Janette K. Klingner, P. Edwards (). Cultural Considerations with Response to Intervention Models. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/cultural-considerations-with-response-intervention-models

Kevin G. Welner (). K-12 Race-Conscious Student Assignment Policies: Law, Social Science, and Diversity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/k-12-race-conscious-student-assignment-policies-law-social-science-and-diversity

Gerald W. Bracey (). Separate But Superior? A Review of Issues and Data Bearing on Single-Sex Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/separate-but-superior-a-review-issues-and-data-bearing-single-sex-education

William J. Mathis (). The Accuracy and Effectiveness of Adequate Yearly Progress, NCLB's School Evaluation System. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-accuracy-and-effectiveness-adequate-yearly-progress-nclbs-school-evaluation-system

Kevin G. Welner, Carol C. Burris (). Alternative Approaches to the Politics of Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/alternative-approaches-politics-detracking

Gerald W. Bracey (). A Policy Maker's Guide to "The 65% Solution" Proposals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-policy-makers-guide-the-65-solution-proposals

Michael W. Apple (). Dangerous Reading. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/dangerous-reading

David C. Berliner (). Our Impoverished View of Educational Reform. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/our-impoverished-view-educational-reform

Edward W. Wiley, William J. Mathis, David R. Garcia (). The Impact of the Adequate Yearly Progress Requirement of the Federal "No Child Left Behind" Act on Schools in the Great Lakes. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-impact-adequate-yearly-progress-requirement-federal-no-child-left-behind-act-schools

Carol C. Burris, Kevin G. Welner (). Closing the Achievement Gap by Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/closing-achievement-gap-detracking

Janette K. Klingner (). Addressing the Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education through. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/addressing-disproportionate-representation-culturally-and-linguistically-diverse-student

Gerald W. Bracey (). No Child Left Behind: Where Does the Money Go?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/no-child-left-behind-where-does-money-go

Wayne Wright (). Evolution of Federal Policy and Implications of No Child Left Behind For Language Minority Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/evolution-federal-policy-and-implications-no-child-left-behind-for-language-minority-stu

Harold Berlak (). Does the No Child Left Behind Act Improve Schools and Increase Educational Opportunity?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/does-no-child-left-behind-act-improve-schools-and-increase-educational-opportunity

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

Kevin G. Welner, D. Q. Weitzman (). The Soft Bigotry of Low Expenditures. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-soft-bigotry-low-expenditures

Sharon L. Nichols, Gene V Glass, David C. Berliner (). High-Stakes Testing and Student Achievement: Problems for the No Child Left Behind Act. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/high-stakes-testing-and-student-achievement-problems-no-child-left-behind-act

Michele S. Moses (). Social Welfare, the Neo-Conservative Turn, and Educational Opportunity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/social-welfare-neo-conservative-turn-and-educational-opportunity

Kevin G. Welner, Haggai Kupermintz (). Rethinking Expert Testimony in Education Rights Legislation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/rethinking-expert-testimony-education-rights-legislation

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reform-florida

William J. Mathis (). Two Very Different Questions. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/two-very-different-questions

David C. Berliner (). These Youths Deserve Better. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/these-youths-deserve-better

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

Kevin G. Welner (). The Overrepresentation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-overrepresentation-culturally-and-linguistically-diverse-students-special-education

D. Ready, V. Lee, Kevin G. Welner (). Educational Equity and School Structure: School Size, Overcrowding, and Schools-Within-Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/educational-equity-and-school-structure-school-size-overcrowding-and-schools-within-scho

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

Janette K. Klingner, Alfredo J. Artiles (). When Should Bilingual Students Be in Special Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/when-should-bilingual-students-be-special-education

Russell Gersten, Linda K. Elksnin, Daniel Boudah, Janette K. Klingner, David Scanlon (). Important Publications in the Field of LD in Light of Imminent Topics. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/important-publications-field-ld-light-imminent-topics

Alex Molnar (). Testimony on AZ's Desegregation Funding Mechanism Prepared for Presentation to the Sunset Review Comm. of the AZ Legislature. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/testimony-azs-desegregation-funding-mechanism-prepared-presentation-sunset-review-comm-a

Harold Berlak (). The "No Child Left Behind Act" and Teaching Reading. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-no-child-left-behind-act-and-teaching-reading

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson (). Diversity Enhances Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/diversity-enhances-education

W. Steven Barnett, Jeremy D. Finn, Craig Howley, Gene V Glass, Douglas Downey, Catherine A. Lugg, Barak Rosenshine, Robert M. Carini, Haggai Kupermintz, Ulrich C. Reitzug, Gerald W. Bracey, Alex Molnar (). School Reform Proposals: The Research Evidence Executive Summaries. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-reform-proposals-research-evidence-executive-summaries

S. Vaughn, Janette K. Klingner (). The Changing Roles and Responsibilities of an LD Specialist. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-changing-roles-and-responsibilities-ld-specialist

Kevin G. Welner (). Ability Tracking: What Role for the Courts?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ability-tracking-what-role-courts

Kenneth R. Howe, Kevin G. Welner (). School Choice and the Pressure to Perform: Déjà Vu for Children with Disabilities?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-choice-and-pressure-perform-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-children-with-disabilities

Alex Molnar, W. Steven Barnett, Jeremy D. Finn, Craig Howley, Gene V Glass, Douglas Downey, Catherine A. Lugg, Barak Rosenshine, Robert M. Carini, Haggai Kupermintz, Ulrich C. Reitzug, Gerald W. Bracey (). School Reform Proposals: The Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-reform-proposals-the-research-evidence

Catherine A. Lugg (). Congress, Teachers, and the Perils of Merit Pay. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/congress-teachers-and-perils-merit-pay

Margaret Eisenhart (). Moving Women from School to Work in Science: Curriculum Demands, Adult Identities, and Life Transitions. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/moving-women-school-work-science-curriculum-demands-adult-identities-and-life-transition

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson (). A Blow to Equal Opportunity Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-blow-equal-opportunity-education

Kevin G. Welner (). Legal Rights, Local Wrongs: When Community Control Collides with Educational Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/legal-rights-local-wrongs-when-community-control-collides-with-educational-equity

T. Parrish, Edward W. Wiley, G. W. Bohrnstedt (). Class Size Reduction and Special Education Referrals and Placements. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/class-size-reduction-and-special-education-referrals-and-placements

Daniel J. Losen, Kevin G. Welner (). Disabling Discrimination in Our Public Schools: Comprehensive Legal Challenges to Inappropriate and Inadequate Special Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/disabling-discrimination-our-public-schools-comprehensive-legal-challenges-inappropriate

Kevin G. Welner (). Tracking in an Era of Standards: Low-Expectation Classes Meet High-Expectation Laws. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/tracking-era-standards-low-expectation-classes-meet-high-expectation-laws

Gregory A. Smith (). Defusing Environmental Education: An Evaluation of the Critique of the Environmental Education Movement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/defusing-environmental-education-an-evaluation-critique-environmental-education-movement

Gerald W. Bracey (). A Comparison of the Performance of the Milwaukee Public Schools and School Systems in Selected Other Cities. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/comparison-performance-milwaukee-public-schools-and-school-systems-selected-other-cities

Gregory A. Smith, Gerald W. Bracey, William Ayers (). Ultimate Education Reform? Make Schools Smaller. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ultimate-education-reform-make-schools-smaller

Ruben Donato, Marvin Lazerson (). New Directions in American Educational History: Problems and Prospects. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/new-directions-american-educational-history-problems-and-prospects

Kevin G. Welner (). Navigating the Politics of Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/navigating-politics-detracking

M. E. Arguelles, M. T. Hughes, Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn (). Sustaining Research-Based Practices in Reading: A Three-Year Follow-Up. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/sustaining-research-based-practices-reading-a-three-year-follow-up

S. Vaughn, Janette K. Klingner (). Teaching Reading Comprehension Through Collaborative Strategic Reading Intervention. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teaching-reading-comprehension-through-collaborative-strategic-reading-intervention

William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn (). Resisting Zero Tolerance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resisting-zero-tolerance

Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn, M. T. Hughes, J. S. Schumm (). A Collaborative Effort to Enhance Reading and Writing Instruction in Inclusion Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-collaborative-effort-enhance-reading-and-writing-instruction-inclusion-classrooms

J. S. Schumm, S. Vaughn, Janette K. Klingner (). Collaborative Strategic Reading During Social Studies in Heterogeneous Fourth-Grade Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/collaborative-strategic-reading-during-social-studies-heterogeneous-fourth-grade-classro

Alex Molnar (). Alex Molnar's Testimony to the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/alex-molnars-testimony-wisconsin-legislative-black-caucus

Janette K. Klingner, J. W. Forgan, P. Cohen, S. Vaughn, J. S. Schumm (). Inclusion or Pull-Out: Which Do Students Prefer?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/inclusion-or-pull-out-which-do-students-prefer

S. Vaughn, J. S. Schumm, B. Elbaum, M. T. Hughes, Janette K. Klingner (). Outcomes for Students With and Without Learning Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/outcomes-students-with-and-without-learning-disabilities-inclusive-classrooms

Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn (). Reciprocal Teaching of Reading Comprehension Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities Who Use English as a Second La. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reciprocal-teaching-reading-comprehension-strategies-students-with-learning-disabilities

Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn, L. Saumell, J. S. Schumm (). Students' Views of Instructional Practices: Implications for Inclusion. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/students-views-instructional-practices-implications-inclusion

Margaret D. LeCompte (). Defining Reality: Applying Double Description and Chaos Theory to the Practice of Practice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/defining-reality-applying-double-description-and-chaos-theory-practice-practice

Kenneth R. Howe (). Standards, Assessment, and Equality of Educational Opportunity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/standards-assessment-and-equality-educational-opportunity

Kenneth R. Howe (). Liberal Democracy, Equal Educational Opportunity and the Challenge of Multiculturalism. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/liberal-democracy-equal-educational-opportunity-and-challenge-multiculturalism

Lorrie Shepard (). The New Push for Excellence: Widening the Schism Between Regular and Special Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/new-push-excellence-widening-schism-between-regular-and-special-education

W. A. Davis (). Specialists' Use of Tests and Clinical Judgment in the Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/specialists-use-tests-and-clinical-judgment-diagnosis-learning-disabilities

Mary Lee Smith (). An Evaluation of the Identification of Learning Disabled Students in Colorado. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/an-evaluation-identification-learning-disabled-students-colorado

Mary Lee Smith (). Characteristics of Pupils Identified as Learning Disabled. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/characteristics-pupils-identified-learning-disabled

Lorrie Shepard (). Technical Issues in Minimum Competency Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/technical-issues-minimum-competency-testing

Lorrie Shepard (). Standard Setting Issues and Methods. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/standard-setting-issues-and-methods

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