Publications: Equity and Social Justice

students walking down a school hallway with security officer looking on

Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Disentangling the Intersections of Student Behavior, School Discipline, and School Safety in the Post-COVID Era

Policy Brief

Richard O. Welsh and Kathryn James McGraw

May 20, 2025

Demystifying Education Public-Private Partnerships: What Every Policymaker Should Know

Resource Document

Frank Adamson, Anjela Taneja, and Jo Walker

February 27, 2025

picture of teacher with a group of young students

NEPC Review: Think Again: Are Education Programs for High Achievers Inherently Inequitable? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, October 2024)

NEPC Review

Margaret Thornton

February 4, 2025

picture of U.S. Board of Education building

NEPC Review: Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems (EdTrust, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Derek Gottlieb

November 20, 2024

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

Resource Document

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

Resource Document

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

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

April 10, 2024

The Potential for Land Use and Housing Reform to Address School Segregation and Educational Opportunity

Policy Brief

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley

February 13, 2024

How Discriminatory Censorship Laws Imperil Public Education

Policy Brief

Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart

November 30, 2023

NEPC Review: Integrating Housing and Education Solutions to Reduce Segregation and Drive School Equity (Urban Institute, August 2023)

NEPC Review

Andrene J. Castro

November 14, 2023

Cultivating the Soils of Change: Policy Contexts for Just Schools

FYI

Ann M. Ishimaru

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?

FYI

Michal Kurlaender

October 13, 2023

NEPC Review: Think Again: Is Education Funding in America Still Unequal? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, July 2023)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

September 5, 2023

Section 504 Plans: Examining Inequitable Access and Misuse

Policy Brief

Maria M. Lewis and Raquel Muñiz

June 8, 2023

Educational Accountability 3.0: Beyond ESSA

Resource Document

May 1, 2023

NEPC Review: Assessing the National Landscape of Capital Expenditures for Public School Districts (Urban Institute, January 2023)

NEPC Review

Jeffrey Vincent

April 20, 2023

NEPC Review: K-12 Without Borders: Public School Students, Families, and Teachers Shut In by Education Boundaries (Manhattan Institute, November 2022)

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski and T. Jameson Brewer

March 3, 2023

NEPC Review: Equal Is Not Good Enough: An Analysis of School Funding Equity Across the U.S. and Within Each State (Education Trust, December 2022)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

February 14, 2023

NEPC Review: Empowering Parents with School Choice Reduces Wokeism in Education (Heritage Foundation, November 2022)

NEPC Review

Christine Sleeter and T. Jameson Brewer

January 24, 2023

Improving Trauma-Informed Education: Responding to Student Adversity With Equity-Centered, Systemic Support

Policy Brief

Stacy Gherardi

November 15, 2022

NEPC Review: Some Assembly Required: How a More Flexible Learning Ecosystem Can Better Serve All Kids and Unlock Innovation (Bellwether, August 2022)

NEPC Review

Carrie Sampson

November 8, 2022

A Civil Rights Framework for the Reauthorization of ESEA

Policy Brief

Elizabeth DeBray, Kara Finnigan, Janel George, and Janelle T. Scott

October 11, 2022

State Accountability Rating Systems: A Review of School Report Cards as Indicators of School Quality

Policy Brief

Gail L. Sunderman

June 23, 2022

"Grow Your Own" Programs: Examining Potential and Pitfalls for a New Generation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Community Teachers

Policy Brief

Conra D. Gist

May 19, 2022

The Outsourcing of Discrimination: Another SCOTUS Earthquake?

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

May 12, 2022

NEPC Review: Documenting Inequitable Patterns in Spending by Parent Teacher Associations, Parent Teacher Organizations, and "Friends of" Fundraising Groups at Illinois Public Schools (Urban Institute, February 2022)

NEPC Review

Maia Cucchiara

March 29, 2022

Transgender Students and Policy in K-12 Public Schools: Acknowledging Historical Harms and Taking Steps Toward a Promising Future

Policy Brief

Elizabeth J. Meyer, Bethy Leonardi, and Harper B. Keenan

March 24, 2022

NEPC Review: Priced Out of Public Schools: District Lines, Housing Access, and Inequitable Educational Options (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2021)

NEPC Review

Erica Frankenberg

March 1, 2022

NEPC Review: Equity Elementary: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Staff in Public Schools (Heritage Foundation, October 2021)

NEPC Review

Edward García Fierros

January 25, 2022

Centering Students’ Past and Present to Advance Equity in the Future

Policy Memo

Kate Baca and Michelle Renée Valladares

January 6, 2022

Understanding the Attacks on Critical Race Theory

Policy Memo

Francesca López, Alex Molnar, Royel Johnson, Ashley Patterson, LaWanda Ward, and Kevin K. Kumashiro

September 23, 2021

The Economic Burden of Racism from the U.S. Education System

Policy Brief

Clive Belfield

June 11, 2021

NEPC Review: Youth Engagement in Collective Impact Initiatives: Lessons from Promise Neighborhoods (Urban Institute, December 2020)

NEPC Review

Dana L. Mitra

March 30, 2021

NEPC Review: Capitalism in the 1619 Project (The Heritage Foundation, January 2021)

NEPC Review

Seth Rockman

March 23, 2021

The (Mis)Treatment and (Non)Education of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States

Policy Brief

Ruth M. López

March 9, 2021

NEPC Review: Toward Equitable School Choice (Hoover Institution, November 2020)

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski

February 5, 2021

NEPC Review: Religious Charter Schools: Legally Permissible? Constitutionally Required? (Manhattan Institute, December 2020)

NEPC Review

Derek W. Black

January 26, 2021

NEPC Review: The Third Way: A Guide to Implementing Innovation Schools (Progressive Policy Institute, October 2020)

NEPC Review

Carrie Sampson and Sarah Diem

January 21, 2021

The Price of Opportunity

Resource Document

December 15, 2020

An Agenda for Restoring Civil Rights in K-12 Federal Education Policy

Policy Memo

Janelle T. Scott, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Elizabeth DeBray, Erica Frankenberg, and Kathryn McDermott

November 24, 2020

Rethinking “Innovation Schools”: Strengths and Limitations of Autonomy-Based School Improvement Plans in Contexts of Widening Racial Inequality

Policy Brief

Terrenda White and Anna Noble

October 27, 2020

NEPC Review: Special Education and Distance Learning: Supporting Students through the Pandemic (ExcelinEd, June 2020)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth B. Kozleski

September 17, 2020

From Katrina to COVID-19: How Disaster, Federal Neglect, and the Market Compound Racial Inequities

Policy Memo

Kristen L. Buras

July 28, 2020

We All Want More Teachers of Color, Right?: Concerns and Considerations about the Emergent Consensus

Policy Brief

Thomas M. Philip and Anthony L. Brown

July 21, 2020

Michelle Renée Valladares, Ph.D. and Kate Somerville on COVID-19's Impact on K-12 Education

FYI

Michelle Renée Valladares and Kate Somerville

July 8, 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

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Educators and Activists About Educational Equity During the Pandemic

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Jillian McRae, Ann Dealy, Saa’un Bell, Kyle Serrette, and Keith Catone

April 16, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Ansley T. Erickson and Ernest Morrell About the Educational History of Harlem

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Ansley T. Erickson, and Ernest Morrell

March 26, 2020

Community Research Collaboratives

Policy Memo

Adam York, Siomara Valladares, Michelle Renée Valladares, Jon Snyder, and Matt Garcia

March 24, 2020

Tracking and the Future of Career and Technical Education: How Efforts to Connect School and Work Can Avoid the Past Mistakes of Vocational Education

Policy Brief

Emily Hodge, Shaun Dougherty, and Carol C. Burris

February 25, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara Finnigan About Educational and Urban Politics and Policymaking

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Jennifer Jellison Holme, and Kara Finnigan

February 18, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Daniel Markovits About American Meritocracy

FYI

Christopher Saldaña and Daniel Markovits

January 16, 2020

The Starts and Stumbles of Restorative Justice in Education: Where Do We Go from Here?

Policy Brief

Anne Gregory and Katherine R. Evans

January 14, 2020

NEPC Review: Fewer Children Left Behind: Lessons From the Dramatic Achievement Gains of the 1990s and 2000s (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, October 2019)

NEPC Review

Jaekyung Lee

November 26, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Kevin Kumashiro About Education Deans for Justice and Equity Alliance

FYI

Christopher Saldaña and Kevin K. Kumashiro

November 21, 2019

Seven Trends to Reform U.S. Teacher Education, and the Need to Address Systemic Injustices

FYI

Education Deans for Justice and Equity

October 10, 2019

Recasting Families and Communities as Co-Designers of Education in Tumultuous Times

Policy Memo

Ann M. Ishimaru, Megan Bang, Michelle Renée Valladares, Charlene Montaño Nolan, Henedina Tavares, Aditi Rajendran, and Katherine Chang

July 16, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Mark Warren, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, and Jonathan Stith About the Educational Justice Movement

FYI

Gregory A. Smith, Mark R. Warren, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, and Jonathan Stith

March 26, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Suzanne Eckes and Julie Mead About Privatization and Discrimination

FYI

Gregory A. Smith, Suzanne E. Eckes, and Julie F. Mead

January 22, 2019

How School Privatization Opens the Door for Discrimination

Policy Brief

Julie F. Mead and Suzanne E. Eckes

December 6, 2018

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Noliwe Rooks on School Segregation

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Noliwe Rooks

November 15, 2018

NEPC Review: Systems for Success: Thinking Beyond Access to AP (The Education Trust, July 2017)

NEPC Review

Beth C. Rubin

September 25, 2018

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Patricia Gándara on Immigration

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Patricia Gándara

September 18, 2018

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Marilyn Cochran-Smith About Teacher Accountability

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Marilyn Cochran-Smith

April 17, 2018

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Warren Simmons About Systemic Change in Schools

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Warren Simmons

March 7, 2018

Seaside High School Exemplifies How Schools Can Help Students Learn by Providing Them Rich Learning Opportunities

FYI

March 1, 2018

NEPC Review: The Academic and Behavioral Consequences of Discipline Policy Reform: Evidence from Philadelphia (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, December 2017)

NEPC Review

Yolanda Anyon and Kathryn Wiley

February 15, 2018

NEPC Review: Balancing Act: Schools, Neighborhoods, and Racial Imbalance (Brookings Institution, November 2017)

NEPC Review

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Erica Frankenberg

February 8, 2018

Don't Expect Too Much: The Limited Usefulness of Common SES Measures and a Prescription for Change

Policy Brief

Michael Harwell

January 30, 2018

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Linda Molner Kelley and Adam York on Schools of Opportunity

FYI

Gregory A. Smith, Linda Molner Kelley, and Adam York

January 17, 2018

NEPC Review: Student-Centered State Funding: A How-to Guide for State Policymakers (The Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), November 2017)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

January 9, 2018

Might the New Gates Education Initiative Close Opportunity Gaps?

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

December 12, 2017

NEPC Review: Tackling Gaps in Access to Strong Teachers: What State Leaders Can Do (The Education Trust, October 2017)

NEPC Review

Doris A. Santoro

November 28, 2017

NEPC Review: Lights Off: Practice and Impact of Closing Low-Performing Schools (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2017)

NEPC Review

Matthew Gaertner and Ben Kirshner

October 24, 2017

Our Children Deserve Better: A Call to Resist Washington’s Dangerous Vision for U.S. Education

FYI

Education Deans for Justice and Equity

September 6, 2017

A Continuous Improvement Approach to Indicator Development

FYI

William R. Penuel, Michelle Renée Valladares, and Elizabeth J. Meyer

July 19, 2017

NEPC Review: Renewing Our Cities (EdChoice, March 2017)

NEPC Review

Jennifer Jellison Holme and Emily Germain

June 20, 2017

NEPC Review: Hidden Money: The Outsized Role of Parent Contributions in School Finance (Center for American Progress, April 2017)

NEPC Review

Maia Cucchiara

June 15, 2017

Law and Order in School and Society: How Discipline and Policing Policies Harm Students of Color, and What We Can Do About It

Policy Brief

Janelle T. Scott, Michele S. Moses, Kara Finnigan, Tina Trujillo, and Darrell Jackson

June 8, 2017

School Closure as a Strategy to Remedy Low Performance

Policy Brief

Gail L. Sunderman, Erin Coghlan, and Rick Mintrop

May 18, 2017

NEPC Review: Differences by Design? Student Composition in Charter Schools with Different Academic Models (American Enterprise Institute, February 2017)

NEPC Review

T. Jameson Brewer and Christopher Lubienski

April 13, 2017

Lifting All Children Up

FYI

Kevin G. Welner

March 21, 2017

What We Can Learn from the Massachusetts Ballot Question Campaign on Charter School Expansion

Policy Memo

Lawrence Blum

March 14, 2017

NEPC Review: Reimagining Learning: A Big Bet on the Future of American Education (NewSchools Venture Fund)

NEPC Review

Jeffrey W. Snyder

March 7, 2017

Examples of Indicators Focused on Equity, Quality, and Climate

FYI

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

February 1, 2017

NEPC Review: High Stakes for High Achievers:
State Accountability in the Age of ESSA (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2016)

NEPC Review

Beth C. Rubin

January 26, 2017

Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – Helping States Focus on School Equity, Quality and Climate

FYI

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

January 4, 2017

Declaration of Principles on Public Education, Democracy, and the Role of Federal Government

FYI

Education Deans for Justice and Equity

January 13, 2017

NEPC Review: Segregation, Race, and Charter Schools: What Do We Know? (Brookings Institution, October 2016)

NEPC Review

Erica Frankenberg

December 19, 2016

Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo

November 17, 2016

Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – Helping States Focus on School Equity, Quality and Climate

Policy Memo

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

November 15, 2016

Independent Teacher Education Programs: Apocryphal Claims, Illusory Evidence

Policy Brief

Kenneth M. Zeichner

September 8, 2016

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

August 23, 2016

Access and Equity for African American Students in Higher Education: A Critical Race Historical Analysis of Policy Efforts

Resource Document

Shaun Harper, Lori D. Patton, and Ontario S. Wooden

May 26, 2016

Men of Color: A Role for Policymakers in Improving the Status of Black Male Students in U.S. Higher Education

Resource Document

Shaun Harper

May 26, 2016

Disproportionate Impact of K-12 School Suspension and Expulsion on Black Students in Southern States

Resource Document

Shaun Harper

May 26, 2016

Review of 2016 Brown Center Report on American Education Part II: Tracking and Advanced Placement

NEPC Review

Marshall Jean

April 26, 2016

Lifting All Children Up

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

March 21, 2016

NEPC Review: SchoolGrades.org (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, September 2015)

NEPC Review

Jaime Del Razo

March 10, 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

Divining the Meaning of the Test Scores

Resource Document

William J. Mathis

November 3, 2015

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

Policy Brief

Jennifer King Rice

September 15, 2015

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

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

April 9, 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

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

NEPC Review

Kevin K. Kumashiro

January 12, 2015

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

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

December 4, 2014

Review of Federal School Finance Reform

NEPC Review

Gail L. Sunderman

November 6, 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

NEPC Review: Understanding Illinois’ Broken Education Funding System: A Primer (Illinois Policy Center, October 2013)

NEPC Review

Amy E. Schwartz and Sarah Cordes

November 21, 2013

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

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

November 6, 2013

Data-Driven Improvement and Accountability

Legislative Brief

Andy Hargreaves, Henry Braun, and Kathleen Gebhardt

October 22, 2013

New Infographic: Welcome to CharterLand!

Resource Document

Opportunity to Learn Campaign and Kevin G. Welner

September 6, 2013

Is American Education on a Bad Track?

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris

August 8, 2013

Texas Must Avoid a Return to the Vocational Track

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris

June 29, 2013

NEPC Review: Weighted School Funding for California (Reason Foundation)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

June 18, 2013

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

June 13, 2013

Addressing School Environment and Safety for LGBT Students

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

May 23, 2013

Review of Failure Is Not an Option

NEPC Review

Mark Paige

January 15, 2013

Review of New York State Special Education Enrollment Analysis

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

December 6, 2012

Democratic School Turnarounds: Pursuing Equity and Learning from Evidence

Legislative Brief

Tina Trujillo, Michelle Renée Valladares, and Tara Kini

October 1, 2012

NEPC Review: Parent Power: Grass-Roots Activism and K-12 Education Reform (American Enterprise Institute, July 2012)

NEPC Review

Michelle Fine and Stan Karp

September 6, 2012

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

Charter Schools, Fair Housing, and Legal Standards: A Call for Equal Treatment

Policy Memo

Lisa Hoag Mieritz

June 18, 2012

Colorado Disciplinary Practices, 2008-2010: Disciplinary Actions, Student Behaviors, Race, and Gender

Research Brief

Ryan Pfleger and Kathryn Wiley

April 30, 2012

Chartering Equity: Using Charter School Legislation and Policy to Advance Equal Educational Opportunity

Legislative Brief

Julie F. Mead and Preston Green

February 21, 2012

Creando equidad: Uso de la legislación y la política de escuelas charter para alcanzar la oportunidad educativa igualitaria

Legislative Brief

Julie F. Mead and Preston Green

February 21, 2012

Creating Teacher Incentives for School Excellence and Equity

Legislative Brief

Barnett Berry, Jon Eckert, and Scott R. Bauries

January 12, 2012

Creando incentivos docentes para mejorar la excelencia y la equidad en la escuela

Legislative Brief

Barnett Berry and Jon Eckert

January 12, 2012

Discipline Policies, Successful Schools, and Racial Justice

Legislative Brief

Daniel J. Losen

October 5, 2011

Linking Learning to the 21st Century: Preparing All Students for College, Career, and Civic Participation

Legislative Brief

Marisa Saunders and Christopher A. Chrisman

April 7, 2011

Getting Teacher Assessment Right: What Policymakers Can Learn From Research

Policy Brief

Patricia H. Hinchey

December 7, 2010

Safe at School: Addressing the School Environment and LGBT Safety through Policy and Legislation

Legislative Brief

Stuart Biegel and Sheila James Kuehl

September 30, 2010

Equal or Fair? A Study of Revenues and Expenditures in American Charter Schools

Research Brief

Gary Miron and Jessica Urschel

June 29, 2010

Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence

Policy Brief

Julian Vasquez Heilig and Su Jin Jez

June 9, 2010

Urban School Decentralization and the Growth of "Portfolio Districts"

Policy Brief

Kenneth Saltman

June 2, 2010

Schools Without Diversity: Education Management Organizations, Charter Schools, and the Demographic Stratification...

Research Brief

Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel, William J. Mathis, and Elana Tornquist

February 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

NCLB’s Ultimate Restructuring Alternatives: Do they Improve the Quality of Education?

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

April 8, 2009

Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success

Policy Brief

David C. Berliner

March 9, 2009

The Intersection of Race, Culture, Language, and Disability: Implications for Urban Education

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

January 1, 2009

Multiple Pathways: 21st Century High Schools that Prepare All Students for College, Career and Civic Participation

Legislative Brief

Marisa Saunders and Christopher A. Chrisman

December 1, 2008

School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations

Policy Brief

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, and Terri S. Wilson

March 20, 2008

How Legislation and Litigation Shape School Choice

Policy Brief

Julie F. Mead

March 1, 2008

Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking

Resource Document

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

March 1, 2008

Negotiating Public and Private: Philosophical Frameworks for School Choice

Policy Brief

Terri S. Wilson

March 1, 2008

School Choice and Segregation by Race, Class, and Achievement

Policy Brief

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Martha Bottia, and Stephanie Southworth

March 1, 2008

Promoting ELL Parental Involvement: Challenges in Contested Times

Policy Brief

Beatriz Arias and Milagros Morillo-Campbell

January 28, 2008

Promoviendo la participación de los padres de estudiantes que aprenden inglés: Desafíos en tiempos de conflicto

Policy Brief

Beatriz Arias and Milagros Morillo-Campbell

January 8, 2008

Schooling and the Construction of Identity Among Minority Students in Spain and the United States

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

January 1, 2008

'Restoring Value' to the High School Diploma: The Rhetoric and Practice of Higher Standards

Policy Brief

W. Norton Grubb

October 20, 2007

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

Resource Document

Robert L. Linn and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2007

The Use of Assessment for Curricular Differentiation

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner and K. Martinez

January 1, 2007

Discarding the Deficit Model

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

January 1, 2007

NEPC Review: Segregation Levels in Cleveland Public Schools and the Cleveland Voucher Program (August 2006)

NEPC Review

Gary W. Ritter

October 5, 2006

The Special Education Referral and Decision-Making Process for English Language Learners: Child Study Team Meetings and Staffing

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

May 9, 2006

English Language Learners Who Struggle with Reading: Language Acquisition or Learning Disabilities?

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

January 18, 2006

Why the Affirmative Action Debate Persists: The Role of Moral Disagreement

Resource Document

Michele S. Moses

January 1, 2006

Ending the Blame Game on Educational Inequity: A Study of "High Flying" Schools and NCLB

Research Brief

Douglas N. Harris

January 1, 2006

Language Planning Challenges and Prospects in Native American Communities and Schools

Policy Brief

Mary Eunice, Romero Little, and Teresa L. McCarty

January 1, 2006

Alternative Approaches to the Politics of Detracking

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris

January 1, 2006

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

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2006

The Diversity Rationale: The Intellectual Roots of an Ideal

Resource Document

Michele S. Moses

January 1, 2006

Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Diversity Rationale

Resource Document

Michele S. Moses and Mitchell J. Chang

January 1, 2006

Monolingual Assessment and Emerging Bilinguals: A Case Study in the U.S.

Resource Document

Kathy Escamilla

January 1, 2006

Failing Our Children: How "No Child Left Behind" Undermines Quality and Equity in Education

Resource Document

May 1, 2005

Closing the Achievement Gap by Detracking

Resource Document

Carol C. Burris and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2005

Addressing the Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education through

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

January 1, 2005

Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in Post Proposition 203 Arizona

Research Brief

Wayne Wright and Chang Pu

January 1, 2005

New Approaches to Using Census Data to Test the Critical Period Hypothesis for Second Language Acquisition

Resource Document

Edward W. Wiley and E. Bialystok

January 1, 2005

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

Resource Document

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

January 1, 2004

Social Welfare, the Neo-Conservative Turn, and Educational Opportunity

Resource Document

Michele S. Moses

January 1, 2004

Red-Eared Sliders and Neighborhood Dogs

Resource Document

Margaret Eisenhart and L. Edwards

January 1, 2004

Rethinking Expert Testimony in Education Rights Legislation

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner and Haggai Kupermintz

January 1, 2004

Reform Florida

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, and Victoria-Maria MacDonald

January 1, 2004

Closing the Gap: Enhancing Student Outcomes in an Urban Professional Development School

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner, S. Ahwee, D. Van Garderen, and C. Hernandez

January 1, 2004

The Overrepresentation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2004

Determinants of Student Achievement: New Evidence from San Diego

Resource Document

September 1, 2003

When Should Bilingual Students Be in Special Education?

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner and Alfredo J. Artiles

January 1, 2003

Closing Achievement Gaps

Resource Document

January 1, 2003

Sugar Beets, Segregation and Schools: Mexican Americans in a Northern Colorado Community, 1920-1960

Resource Document

Ruben Donato

January 1, 2003

Connecting with Latino Children: Bridging Gaps with Children's Literature

Resource Document

S. Nathenson-Mejia and Kathy Escamilla

January 1, 2003

High-Stakes Testing, Latinos and Limited English Proficient Students: Lessons from Colorado

Resource Document

Kathy Escamilla, E. Mahon, and H. Riley-Bernal

January 1, 2003

Penalizing Diverse Schools?

Resource Document

John Novak and Bruce Fuller

January 1, 2003

Important Publications in the Field of LD in Light of Imminent Topics

Resource Document

Russell Gersten, Linda K. Elksnin, Daniel Boudah, Janette K. Klingner, and David Scanlon

January 1, 2003

Testimony on AZ's Desegregation Funding Mechanism Prepared for Presentation to the Sunset Review Comm. of the AZ Legislature

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

Breaking the Code: Colorado's Defeat of the Anti-Bilingual Education Initiative (Amendment 31)

Resource Document

Kathy Escamilla, Sheila Shannon, Silvana Carlos, and J. García

January 1, 2003

High-Stakes Testing and U.S.-Mexican Youth in Texas: The Case for Multiple Compensatory Criteria in Assessment

Resource Document

September 1, 2002

Diversity Enhances Education

Legacy Publication

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson

June 4, 2002

A Compromised Commitment: Society's Obligation and Failure to Serve the Nation's Largest Growing Population

Resource Document

May 1, 2002

The Unintended Consequences of Colorado's Anti-Bilingual Initiative

Policy Brief

Kathy Escamilla and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2002

The Equity Impact of Arizona's Education Tax Credit Program: A Review of the First Three Years (1998-2000)

Research Brief

Glen Wilson

January 1, 2002

Ability Tracking: What Role for the Courts?

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2002

What They Did on Vacation: It's Not Schools That Are Failing Poor Kids

Legacy Publication

Gerald W. Bracey

January 1, 2002

Separate and Unequal 15-Year-Olds

Legacy Publication

David C. Berliner

December 4, 2001

Closing the Achievement Gap: Improving Educational Outcomes for African American Children

Resource Document

November 1, 2001

The Return to Separate and Unequal

Resource Document

January 1, 2001

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

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2001

Why Bilingual Education Policy is Needed: A Philosophical Response to the Critics

Resource Document

Michele S. Moses

January 1, 2001

Educational Ethnography Past, Present, and Future: Ideas to Think With

Resource Document

Margaret Eisenhart

January 1, 2001

Class Size Reduction and Special Education Referrals and Placements

Resource Document

T. Parrish, Edward W. Wiley, and G. W. Bohrnstedt

January 1, 2001

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

Resource Document

Daniel J. Losen and Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2001

Assessing the Writing of Spanish Speaking Students: Issues and Suggestions

Resource Document

Maria Coady and Kathy Escamilla

January 1, 2001

A Blow to Equal Opportunity Education

Legacy Publication

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson

January 1, 2001

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

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2001

Affirmative Action and the Creation of More Favorable Contexts of Choice

Resource Document

Michele S. Moses

January 1, 2001

The Great Divide: It's Not Just Digital

Policy Brief

Bob Regan, Kenneth Saltman, and Sousan Arafeh

January 1, 2000

Navigating the Politics of Detracking

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2000

Bilingual Means Two: Assessment Issues, Early Literacy and Two Language Children

Resource Document

Kathy Escamilla

January 1, 2000

Teaching Literacy in Spanish

Resource Document

Kathy Escamilla

January 1, 1999

Hispano Education and the Implications of Autonomy: Four School Systems in Southern Colorado, 1920-1964

Resource Document

Ruben Donato

January 1, 1999

A Collaborative Effort to Enhance Reading and Writing Instruction in Inclusion Classrooms

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn, M. T. Hughes, and J. S. Schumm

January 1, 1998

Inclusion or Pull-Out: Which Do Students Prefer?

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner, J. W. Forgan, P. Cohen, S. Vaughn, and J. S. Schumm

January 1, 1998

Outcomes for Students With and Without Learning Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms

Resource Document

S. Vaughn, J. S. Schumm, B. Elbaum, M. T. Hughes, and Janette K. Klingner

January 1, 1998

Alex Molnar's Testimony to the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 1998

Inclusion of Limited-English-Proficient Students in Rhode Island's Grade 4 Mathematics Performance Assessment

Resource Document

Grace Taylor and Damian W. Betebenner

January 1, 1998

Understanding Equal Educational Opportunity: Social Justice, Democracy and Schooling

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1997

The Other Struggle for Equal Schools: Mexican Americans During the Civil Rights Era

Resource Document

Ruben Donato

January 1, 1997

The Irony of Year-Round Schools: Mexican Migrant Resistance in a California Community During the Civil Rights Era

Resource Document

Ruben Donato

January 1, 1996

Reciprocal Teaching of Reading Comprehension Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities Who Use English as a Second La

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner and S. Vaughn

January 1, 1996

Promises and Puzzles of Culturally-Sensitive Teaching

Resource Document

Margaret Eisenhart

January 1, 1995

The Fax, the Jazz Player, and the Self-Story Teller: How Do People Learn Culture?

Resource Document

Margaret Eisenhart

January 1, 1995

Students' Views of Instructional Practices: Implications for Inclusion

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn, L. Saumell, and J. S. Schumm

January 1, 1995

Standards, Assessment, and Equality of Educational Opportunity

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1994

Liberal Democracy, Equal Educational Opportunity and the Challenge of Multiculturalism

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1992

Children of the Harvest: The Schooling of Dust Bowl and Mexican Migrants during the Depression Era

Resource Document

P. Theobald and Ruben Donato

January 1, 1992

Constructing Cultural Difference and Educational Achievement in Schools

Resource Document

Margaret Eisenhart and M. E. Graue

January 1, 1992

Social and Cultural Constraints on Students' Access to School Knowledge

Resource Document

K. Cutts-Dougherty and Margaret Eisenhart

January 1, 1991

Promoting the Success of Latino Language-Minority Students: An Exploratory Study of Six High Schools

Resource Document

T. Lucas, Ruben Donato, and R. Henze

January 1, 1990

In Defense of Outcomes-Based Conceptions of Equal Educational Opportunity

Resource Document

Kenneth R. Howe

January 1, 1989

The New Push for Excellence: Widening the Schism Between Regular and Special Education

Resource Document

Lorrie Shepard

January 1, 1987

An Evaluation of the Identification of Learning Disabled Students in Colorado

Resource Document

Mary Lee Smith

January 1, 1983

Characteristics of Pupils Identified as Learning Disabled

Resource Document

Mary Lee Smith

January 1, 1983