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What Would Be the Impact if Trump Succeeds in Defunding Programs Helping the Children of Migrant Families and Students Learning English? A Q&A.

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July 17, 2025

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Pulling the Rug Out Beneath McKinney-Vento: How Block Granting Will Likely Remove Protections for Unhoused Children and Youth

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June 26, 2025

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Tackling Blocking: Trump’s Proposal for Fed Ed Funds and Research on Block Grants

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June 24, 2025

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Debunking DEI Misconceptions

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June 5, 2025

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NEPC Fellows Active in Lawsuits Challenging the Dismantling of U.S. DOE

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April 10, 2025

Tremendous NEPC to Get Creative in Tapping New Funding

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April 1, 2025

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Attaching a Dollar Amount to the Culture Wars at School

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March 27, 2025

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Defunding Fed Ed: Which States Have the Most to Lose?

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March 13, 2025

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Fighting DEI Lies

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March 6, 2025

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Answering the Important Questions About Closing Schools

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February 25, 2025

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As Fed Ed Data Disappears, Users Scramble to Preserve It

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February 20, 2025

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Webinar: What Do We Do Now? Students’ Rights Are Civil Rights!

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January 14, 2025

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The Presidential Election and K-12 Education

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November 5, 2024

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The Elections and Issues Around Racial and Ethnic Diversity

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October 29, 2024

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Community Schools and the Elections

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October 22, 2024

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National School Lunch Program and the 2024 Elections

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October 17, 2024

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What Will Happen to Bilingual Education After the Elections?

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October 10, 2024

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Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role

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September 26, 2024

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Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views

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September 19, 2024

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Help or Harmful? The Federal Role in Supporting Students with Disabilities in Schools

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September 3, 2024

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Protections Against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Schools: The Federal Role

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August 29, 2024

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What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Education Policy?

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August 22, 2024

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Communicating About CRT in K-12

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April 4, 2024

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Testing is Broken. Can This Bill Fix It?

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October 5, 2023

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How Much Do You Know About School Vouchers?

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May 25, 2023

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Governor DeSantis Scuffles With Woke and Insolent Chatbots

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April 1, 2023

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ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2022

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January 26, 2023

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Five Charts That Show How Partisan Strife Is Impacting Public Schools

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December 6, 2022

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Taking Stock of the GOP School Board Takeover Strategy

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September 1, 2022

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The School-to-Deportation Pipeline: The Other School Safety Concern

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August 18, 2022

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Why Is the Charter Lobby So Upset About Biden’s Proposed Regulations?

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Kevin G. Welner

April 13, 2022

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School Controversies Dominated This Contentious Election Cycle

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November 11, 2021

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Youth Organizing in America: Nine Things You Need to Know

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May 18, 2021

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Civic Reasoning and Discourse Skills Were Sorely Lacking Among the Perpetrators of Last Week’s Attack on the Capitol. What Can Schools Do to Help?

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January 14, 2021

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What’s Next for PreK-12 Funding? Austerity, Subsistence or Investment?

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November 19, 2020

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School and Society in the Age of Trump

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September 29, 2020

Six Ways Trump “Public Benefits” Policies Could Harm Children

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August 22, 2019

Advice on Keeping Immigrant Students Safe at School

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April 4, 2019

Class Sizes Will Be “The Biggest Ever” Boasts President Trump

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April 1, 2019

Betsy DeVos’s Proposed Title IX Regulations: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Elizabeth Meyer

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February 28, 2019

Joint Statement Concerning the Trump Administration Policy on Family Immigration from the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder, BUENO Center for Multicultural Education, and the National Education Policy Center

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June 28, 2018

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

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August 18, 2016

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

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November 7, 2014

Blueprint Reviews Now Available Online

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Wendy C. Chi

October 5, 2010