Publications: Kevin G. Welner

Designing a Healthy and Healing Community School System in Michigan

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Jonathon Sawyer, Regina Umpstead Pratel, Kathryn Wiley, Zainab Azim, Monica Obregon, Michelle Renée Valladares, Anna Deese, Kevin G. Welner, and Christopher Saldaña

July 10, 2025

What Would It Mean if President-Elect Trump Dismantled the US Department of Education?

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Kevin G. Welner

December 12, 2024

photo of school desk with pencils, apple, and a small wooden cross

What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for Public Education?

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Kevin G. Welner

June 11, 2024

Pursuing an "Every Child Thrives" Public School System in North Carolina

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Kathryn Wiley, Adam York, Tatianna Grant, Michelle Renée Valladares, Kevin G. Welner, Christopher Saldaña, Anna Deese, and John L. Myers

April 25, 2024

Taking Equal Opportunity Rhetoric Seriously: Envisioning and Costing-Out a P–12 Public School System in North Carolina Where Every Child Thrives: A Working Document

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Christopher Saldaña, Anna Deese, Kevin G. Welner, Kathryn Wiley, Tatianna Grant, Adam York, Michelle Renée Valladares, and John L. Myers

April 25, 2024

The Mythical Great Equalizer School System: Exploring the Potential to Make It Real

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Kevin G. Welner

April 10, 2024

Students Lose Out as Cities and States Give Billions in Property Tax Breaks to Businesses − Draining School Budgets and Especially Hurting the Poorest Students

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Christine Wen, Danielle McLean, Kevin G. Welner, and Nathan Jensen

February 22, 2024

The Outsourcing of Discrimination: Another SCOTUS Earthquake?

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

May 12, 2022

Reviews Worth Sharing: An Analysis of the Fiscal and Economic Impact of Georgia's Qualified Education Expense (Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University, November 2020)

Reviews Worth Sharing

Kevin G. Welner

December 8, 2020

Research Panel: What’s Lost When the Lights Go Out in Brick and Mortar Schools?

FYI

Kevin G. Welner, Michael W. Apple, and Francesca López

September 25, 2020

Research Panel: Are Students “Behind” as a Result of School Closures and Reliance on Remote Education?

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Kevin G. Welner, David R. Garcia, and Lorrie Shepard

September 25, 2020

Austerity, Subsistence, or Investment: Will Congress and the President Choose to Bail Out Our Children’s Future?

Policy Memo

Frank Adamson, Allison Brown, and Kevin G. Welner

June 4, 2020

NEPC Statement about Police Violence and Civil Unrest

FYI

Kevin G. Welner

May 31, 2020

NEPC Review: Public-Private Virtual-School Partnerships and Federal Flexibility for Schools During COVID-19 (Mercatus Center, March 2020)

NEPC Review

Kevin G. Welner

April 8, 2020

Examining the New Phenomenon of Teachers as Brand Ambassadors

Research Brief

Christopher Saldaña, Kevin G. Welner, Susan Malcolm, and Eleanore Tisch

January 17, 2019

How Voucher Advocates Created a Blue-State Loophole to Trump’s Tax Law

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

January 24, 2018

The State of Education Savings Account Programs in the United States

Policy Brief

Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos, William J. Mathis, and Kevin G. Welner

January 23, 2018

Might the New Gates Education Initiative Close Opportunity Gaps?

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

December 12, 2017

Lifting All Children Up

FYI

Kevin G. Welner

March 21, 2017

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

Lifting All Children Up

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

March 21, 2016

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

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

October 28, 2015

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

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 3, 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

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

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

The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards

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Kevin G. Welner

March 26, 2014

Much Ado about Politics (and Much Ignored about Research Evidence)

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

November 6, 2013

New Infographic: Welcome to CharterLand!

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Opportunity to Learn Campaign and Kevin G. Welner

September 6, 2013

Is American Education on a Bad Track?

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Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris

August 8, 2013

Texas Must Avoid a Return to the Vocational Track

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Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris

June 29, 2013

Consequential Validity and the Transformation of Tests from Measurement Tools to Policy Tools

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Kevin G. Welner

May 25, 2013

The Dirty Dozen: How Charter Schools Influence Student Enrollment

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Kevin G. Welner

May 10, 2013

Charter Schools Possess No Magic Formula: Opposing View

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Kevin G. Welner

April 1, 2013

Missing the Target? The Parent Trigger as a Strategy for Parental Engagement and School Reform

Policy Memo

Christopher Lubienski, Janelle T. Scott, John Rogers, and Kevin G. Welner

September 5, 2012

The Lesson of the Cupcakes: Fix Schools by Resisting Gimmicks and Heeding Evidence

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

April 25, 2012

Teacher Job Satisfaction Plummets — Survey

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Kevin G. Welner

March 7, 2012

Study's Results Are Flawed and Inconsequential

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Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

March 3, 2012

Researchers as Resources: A List of Experts Who Can Speak to the Overall Knowledge Base on Important Education Issues

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner, William J. Mathis, and Alex Molnar

January 23, 2012

Productivity Research, the U.S. Department of Education, and High-Quality Evidence

Policy Brief

Kevin G. Welner and Bruce D. Baker

December 15, 2011

How Many Decades Before 'Reform' Becomes 'Status Quo'?

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

December 1, 2011

Online K-12 Schooling in the U.S.

Legislative Brief

Gene V Glass, Kevin G. Welner, and Justin Bathon

October 25, 2011

Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Concerning Evaluation of Teachers and Principals

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris

July 30, 2011

How to Calculate the Costs or Savings of Tax Credit Voucher Policies

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

March 17, 2011

Introduction: Assessing the Research Base for A Blueprint for Reform

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis and Kevin G. Welner

October 5, 2010

NEPC Review: Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students (May 2010)

NEPC Review

Gene V Glass, Kevin G. Welner, and W. Steven Barnett

October 5, 2010

Universal Access to a Quality Education: Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification

Legislative Brief

Carol C. Burris, Kevin G. Welner, and Jennifer Bezoza

December 14, 2009

Reviews Worth Sharing: Tracking and Detracking: High Achievers in Massachusetts Middle Schools (December 2009)

Reviews Worth Sharing

Kevin G. Welner

December 14, 2009

The Neovoucher: A Kissing Cousin in Disguise

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 1, 2009

Fellows’ Education Letters to the President

Policy Brief

Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kevin G. Welner

December 29, 2008

Legislature's Vouchers Report is Based on Smoke and Mirrors

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Kevin G. Welner

December 24, 2008

Under the Voucher Radar

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Kevin G. Welner

September 3, 2008

The Overselling of Growth Modeling

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Kevin G. Welner

June 1, 2008

Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking

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Carol C. Burris, Edward W. Wiley, and Kevin G. Welner

March 1, 2008

The Privatization Infatuation

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

February 20, 2008

Charter Ranking Roulette: An Analysis of Reports That Grade States’ Charter School Laws

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Wendy C. Chi and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2008

The Use of Assessment for Curricular Differentiation

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Kevin G. Welner and K. Martinez

January 1, 2007

Dropout Policies: Research-Based Strategies

Policy Brief

Holly Kurtz, Jennifer S. Silverstein, Kevin G. Welner, and Samara S. Foster

January 1, 2007

Money Mutterers

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2007

Truthiness in Education

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

January 1, 2007

Race-Conscious Policies for Assigning Students to Schools: Social Science Research and the Supreme Court Cases

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Robert L. Linn and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2007

Demanding More of Presidential Candidates

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2007

Alternative Approaches to the Politics of Detracking

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Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris

January 1, 2006

K-12 Race-Conscious Student Assignment Policies: Law, Social Science, and Diversity

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2006

Can Irrational Become Unconstitutional? NCLB's 100% Presuppositions

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Kevin G. Welner

August 1, 2005

Closing the Achievement Gap by Detracking

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Carol C. Burris and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2005

The Soft Bigotry of Low Expenditures

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Kevin G. Welner and D. Q. Weitzman

January 1, 2005

Can Irrational Become Unconstitutional? NCLB’s 100% Presuppositions

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2005

Colorado Charter School Authorization and Funding Reform: An Analysis of HB 04-1141

Policy Brief

B. Bartels and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2004

Educational Equity and School Structure: School Size, Overcrowding, and Schools-Within-Schools

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D. Ready, V. Lee, and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2004

The Overrepresentation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2004

Rethinking Expert Testimony in Education Rights Legislation

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Kevin G. Welner and Haggai Kupermintz

January 1, 2004

An Examination of Colorado's Tuition Tax Credit Proposal

Policy Brief

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2003

Education Tax Credits: No Net Benefit to Arizona's Impoverished Students

Policy Brief

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2003

Excellence Fails to Impress Feds

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Jonathan Dings

January 1, 2003

An Analysis of Colorado's School Voucher Proposals

Policy Brief

Kenneth R. Howe and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2003

School Choice and the Pressure to Perform: Déjà Vu for Children with Disabilities?

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Kenneth R. Howe and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2002

The Unintended Consequences of Colorado's Anti-Bilingual Initiative

Policy Brief

Kathy Escamilla and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2002

Ability Tracking: What Role for the Courts?

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2002

Disabling Discrimination in Our Public Schools: Comprehensive Legal Challenges to Inappropriate and Inadequate Special Education

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Daniel J. Losen and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2001

Tracking in an Era of Standards: Low-Expectation Classes Meet High-Expectation Laws

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2001

Legal Rights, Local Wrongs: When Community Control Collides with Educational Equity

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2001

Alexander v. Sandoval: A Setback for Civil Rights

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2001

Taxing the Establishment Clause: The Revolutionary Decision of the Arizona Supreme Court in Kotterman v. Killian

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2000

Navigating the Politics of Detracking

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Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2000

Contextualizing Homeschooling Data: A Response to Rudner

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Kevin G. Welner and K. M. Welner

January 1, 1999