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State Pre-K: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Yet to Come

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August 14, 2025

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To Test or Not to Test? What Research Has to Say About the SAT and ACT

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August 7, 2025

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School Choice Stress

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July 31, 2025

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New Learning Guides Explain Why Public Education is a Public Good

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July 24, 2025

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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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Do Vouchers Help Make Private Schools More Diverse?

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July 10, 2025

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Adequacy Without Equity: The Anatomy of a School Finance Lawsuit

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July 3, 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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The Disruptive School Reform With No Benefits

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May 29, 2025

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Are Charter Schools Really Public? Will They Become Voucher Policies?

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May 22, 2025

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New Data Dashboard Highlights Opportunity Gaps

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May 13, 2025

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About That Urban Institute Voucher Study: Q&A With Josh Cowen

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May 6, 2025

Two Special AERA Sessions Honoring Jeannie Oakes

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April 22, 2025

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Educational Equity in a Post-Pandemic World. What’s Next?

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April 15, 2025

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

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April 10, 2025

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Not-Quite-as-Creative Fundraising: Please Support NEPC

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April 3, 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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A+ or F-? How a Bipartisan Commission Rated the State of the Nation

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March 20, 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

NEPC Fellows Briggs, Lubienski, and Welner Elected to the National Academy of Education

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February 18, 2025

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Can School Boards Save DEI?

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February 6, 2025

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Remembering Dan Liston

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January 23, 2025

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

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January 14, 2025

NEPC Joins Bluesky

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December 12, 2024

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The Presidential Election and K-12 Education

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November 5, 2024

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Teacher Turnover: The Hidden Costs

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October 30, 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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Austerity or Accountability? State Financial Interventions During Economic Downturns

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October 24, 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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Join These Upcoming Webinars on Youth Organizing

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October 8, 2024

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Early Childhood Education and the 2024 Elections

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October 1, 2024

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Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role

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September 26, 2024

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Worthy Webinars This Week: Kumashiro Workshops

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September 23, 2024

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Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views

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September 19, 2024

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Webinar: Examining the Public Funding of Religious Schools

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September 12, 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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High-Impact Practices in Higher Ed

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August 15, 2024

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Title IX Regulations Have Changed. Here’s What You Need to Know.

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August 8, 2024

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Selling Water to a Whale? Jay-Z’s Support for Vouchers in PA

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June 27, 2024

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Are Latinx Youth Getting the Mental Health Services They Need?

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June 6, 2024

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Good Tutoring Helps. But Can It Survive the Pandemic?

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May 23, 2024

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Developing Youth Power

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May 21, 2024

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Only 19% of Computer Science Majors Are Female. Can This Approach Help Change That?

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May 16, 2024

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Critical Policy Research. What It Is. And What It Is Not.

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May 14, 2024

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Improving Out-of-School Enrichment for Minoritized Youth

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May 9, 2024

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Janelle Scott Assumes AERA Presidency With Theme of Repair and Renewal

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May 7, 2024

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Jeannie Oakes, In Our Hearts Forever

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April 26, 2024

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Project Estimates Price Tag for Equal Educational Opportunity in K-12

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April 25, 2024

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Paying for College: How Do Students’ Views Differ by Social Class?

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April 23, 2024

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Gutiérrez, López, Finnigan Honored

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April 18, 2024

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Are Science of Reading Laws Based on Science?

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April 11, 2024

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Communicating About CRT in K-12

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April 4, 2024

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This April 1st, Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction?

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April 1, 2024

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The Vexing Disconnect Between Research and Recommendations on School Police

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March 28, 2024

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What Happened to Nex Benedict Was Tragic. Why Did It Occur and What Can We Do Next?

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March 12, 2024

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The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Children, in Five Charts

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March 7, 2024

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Disloyalty Is the Norm: How Choice Undermines Voice

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February 29, 2024

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NEPC Fellows Honored by the American Educational Research Association

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February 27, 2024

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The Potential of Teacher Residencies to Help Recruit and Retain Black Teachers

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February 8, 2024

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Slavery Caused the Civil War. Do America’s Schoolchildren Know That Fact?

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February 6, 2024

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Can a “Low-Touch” Intervention Help Make School Choice More Equitable?

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February 1, 2024

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School Spending Is Unfair. Here’s Why.

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January 30, 2024

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ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2023

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January 25, 2024

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Equity-Focused Deeper Learning: Three Key Strategies

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December 5, 2023

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Tricky Marketing? How Schools Sell Themselves to Students

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November 28, 2023

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Webinar on Schools of Opportunity a Week From Today

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November 9, 2023

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Are These Vouchers on Steroids a Trainwreck in Slow Motion?

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November 7, 2023

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Finnish Schools Have A Lot to Teach Us. Here’s One More Lesson to be Learned

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November 2, 2023

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2020 Was a Horror Show. Is There Anything We Should Learn From Schools’ Response?

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October 31, 2023

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Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College: Eight Takeaways

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October 26, 2023

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Football Gets Lots of Love. The Colleges? Not So Much.

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October 24, 2023

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School Integration: A Path Forward

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October 18, 2023

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Webinar: The School Voucher Illusion

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October 10, 2023

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Testing is Broken. Can This Bill Fix It?

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October 5, 2023

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ASCD Launches Webinar Series on NEPC’s Schools of Opportunity

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October 3, 2023

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Did School Lunch Reforms Help Curb Increases in Childhood Obesity Rates?

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August 31, 2023

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Why NEPC Won’t Tweet – Or Thread

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August 24, 2023

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Whole Child Education: How Four Nations Compare

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August 17, 2023

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New Study Places NOLA Portfolio Schools Within a History of Anti-Black Racism

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August 10, 2023

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How Corporate Welfare Can Pilfer Money From Marginalized Students and Their Schools

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August 3, 2023

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Nine Ways to Shrink the Opportunity Gap in Early Childhood

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July 27, 2023

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Furthering Integration in an Era of Resegregation

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July 20, 2023

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School Choice for Teachers

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July 13, 2023

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The U.S. Supreme Court Decision That Finished Off Affirmative Action: NEPC Experts Weigh In

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July 6, 2023

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Making Multicultural Education in Graduate School More Manageable

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June 29, 2023

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Seven Ways to Make Equity Research Matter More

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June 22, 2023

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Charter Schools With a “Christian Nationalist Spin”

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June 15, 2023

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How to Talk to Young Children About Race: 10 Research-Based Tips

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June 1, 2023

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How Much Do You Know About School Vouchers?

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May 25, 2023

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Eight Ways to Increase Charter School Equity

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May 9, 2023

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How Can Charter School Authorizers Encourage Equity?

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May 4, 2023

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How “DefectCraft” Helps Explain Racial Disparities in Special Education

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April 27, 2023

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New Laws Are Harming LGBTQ+ Students. Here’s How to Help.

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April 25, 2023

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Can Cross-Sector Collaboration Make Education More Equitable?

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April 4, 2023

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Governor DeSantis Scuffles With Woke and Insolent Chatbots

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April 1, 2023

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Five Reasons to Be Cautious When Comparing Pre- and During-Pandemic Test Scores

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March 28, 2023

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School Finance Is Unfair. This New Plan Would Help Fix It.

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March 23, 2023

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Special Event: What Great Public High Schools Can Accomplish

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March 21, 2023

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Evidence That Vouchers Are Cannibalizing Public School Budgets

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March 9, 2023

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Introducing Students to Civic Engagement: Six Practical Tips

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February 28, 2023

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The Concerning Connection Between School Spending, Poverty, and Race

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February 23, 2023

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Writing Instruction for Emerging Bilinguals

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February 9, 2023

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New Book Shows How High Schools Can Become Schools of Opportunity

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February 2, 2023

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ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2022

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January 26, 2023

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Can “Syncretic Learning” Improve Math Instruction?

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December 13, 2022

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What Research Is Actually Used by K-12 Administrators?

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December 8, 2022

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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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Another Troubling Link Between K-12 Spending and Student Demographics

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November 29, 2022

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Tracing Pre-K’s Early Racist Implementation to Present-Day Policies

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November 3, 2022

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How Charter Schools May Be Exacerbating the Teacher Shortage

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November 1, 2022

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Preparing Tech-Savvy Teachers

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October 27, 2022

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Omisión y Confusión: Six Ways Schools of Choice Advertise Their Approach to Teaching Emerging Bilinguals

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October 25, 2022

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The Other CRT

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October 4, 2022

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Is Teacher Stress a Policy Problem?

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September 29, 2022

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Nine Ways to Hold Teacher Prep Programs Accountable for Equity

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September 22, 2022

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Demystifying Detracking and Tracking

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September 15, 2022

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Could Place-Based Education Help Save the World?

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September 8, 2022

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Back to School Special: Three Ways to Use NEPC Resources in the Classroom

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September 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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Examining #Optoutsowhite

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August 30, 2022

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How to Help Improve Schools for Transgender Youth

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August 25, 2022

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Does Mask Wearing Depend on COVID Victims’ Race?

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August 23, 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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Digital Organizing: Six Ways to Up Your Game

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August 16, 2022

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What Sesame Place Can Teach Us About Fighting Implicit Bias

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August 11, 2022

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Five Ways to Encourage Equitable School Rezoning

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August 4, 2022

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The Secret Weapon for Fighting Teacher Attrition

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July 28, 2022

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The Trickiness of Charter School Waitlists

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July 21, 2022

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The Dark Side of “Scientific Motherhood”

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June 30, 2022

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Three Ways Research-Practice Partnerships Can Support Equity-Based Reforms

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June 16, 2022

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What’s Wrong With Open Enrollment?

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June 9, 2022

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The Intriguing Association Between Principal Unionization and Charter School Academic Outcomes

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June 2, 2022

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The White Innocence Playbook

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May 26, 2022

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The Pandemic’s Pernicious Effect on Preschool

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May 17, 2022

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It's Time to End Corporal Punishment

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May 5, 2022

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Five Real-World Lessons From Common Core State Standards Implementation

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April 26, 2022

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Four Ways School Choice Worsens Segregation

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April 21, 2022

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“Don’t Say Gay” Laws Are Nothing New

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April 19, 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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Why In-School Suspension Is Not a Helpful Alternative

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April 7, 2022

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From Toxic to Productive Masculinity

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April 5, 2022

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Teachers Welcome Deprofessionalization

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April 1, 2022

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How Rising Rents Harm Kids

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March 22, 2022

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This Seemingly Benign Education App Seems Harmless. It Isn’t.

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March 10, 2022

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Should We Question the Purported Benefits of School Closures?

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March 8, 2022

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Is School Choice Really About Equity? Can It Be?

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March 3, 2022

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The Student Mental Health Pandemic

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February 24, 2022

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Why NEPC Pulled Its Podcast From Spotify

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February 10, 2022

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Six Tips for Improving Partnerships Between Researchers and K-12 Educators

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February 3, 2022

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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Sounds Death Knell for Race-Conscious College Admissions Policies: A Q&A With Gary Orfield

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February 1, 2022

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New Report Details the School-Level Impact of the Anti-CRT Conflict Campaign

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January 27, 2022

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Opportunity to Learn Indicators: Why They Matter More Than Ever Right Now

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January 13, 2022

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Is This Pre-K Program Worsening the Racial Disparities It Was Supposed to Address?

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January 11, 2022

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NEPC’s Most Popular Publications of the Year

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January 4, 2022

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Equity-Centered Alternatives to Policing in Schools: Lessons From Research

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December 9, 2021

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Ed Law Scholars File Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case on State Funding for Religious Schools

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November 30, 2021

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Spend it on Schools: Holiday Edition

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November 23, 2021

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School Controversies Dominated This Contentious Election Cycle

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November 11, 2021

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Are Regressive Spending Decisions Undermining This Progressive School Finance Reform?

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November 4, 2021

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We Unplugged From Facebook in 2018. Here’s Why You Should Too.

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November 2, 2021

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Spring 2021 Exam Results Are In. Now What?

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October 28, 2021

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October is Youth Justice Action Month. Here Are Nine Ways to Celebrate

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October 26, 2021

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Five Myths About Education

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October 21, 2021

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The Subversion of IDEA and Federal Policies Designed to Reduce Racial Disparities in Special Education

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October 12, 2021

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Why Educational Funding Is More Than School Funding

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October 7, 2021

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The “Great Equalizer” Myth

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October 5, 2021

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Educator Relationships: Another COVID Casualty?

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September 30, 2021

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“Toxic” Schools? Study Suggests Stressful School Environments Can Impact Student Health

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September 28, 2021

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Do Students Choose Their Charter Schools, or Is It the Other Way Around?

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September 21, 2021

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Normal Was Never Enough. COVID Offers the Opportunity to Improve the Status Quo

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September 14, 2021

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Not Even the Pandemic Could Change It: A Q&A About Grading

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September 7, 2021

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Critical Race Theory: What It Is. And What It Is Not. A Q&A With Adrienne Dixson

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August 26, 2021

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Can I Really Trust That Evaluation of My Teacher Prep Program?

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August 19, 2021

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Where Does Funding for School Resource Officers Come From? Three Federal Programs Explained

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July 13, 2021

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One Year into Police-Free Schools: Three Trends to Know

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June 29, 2021

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School Police Don’t Make These Students Feel Safe. Here’s Why.

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May 27, 2021

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Retaining Educators of Color: Some Practical Advice.

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May 20, 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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Expelling Evidence: State Lawmakers Seek to Whitewash Fact-Based Discussions of Race in the Classroom

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May 11, 2021

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Five Myths About Teaching

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May 4, 2021

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These Schools Are Attending to Equity During COVID. Here’s How.

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April 29, 2021

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School Funding is Shameful. Here’s How to Change That.

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April 27, 2021

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In Memoriam: Linda McSpadden McNeil

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April 22, 2021

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The Pandemic Has Wreaked Havoc on Preschoolers. This Plan Could Help Reverse the Effects.

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April 13, 2021

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Rich Milner Elected AERA President

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April 6, 2021

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“Turducken Voucher” Bill Introduced in Florida

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April 1, 2021

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Malicious Math Games? The Problem with Prodigy

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March 25, 2021

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How to Spot a Policy Distraction

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March 11, 2021

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Caught in the Crosshairs: Emerging Bilinguals and the Reading Wars

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March 4, 2021

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“Deep Poverty”: What It Is and Why It Matters to Schools

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February 23, 2021

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Do School Reopenings Contribute to COVID’s Spread?

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February 11, 2021

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Nope, We Can’t Educate Ourselves Out of the Recession. Here’s Why.

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February 2, 2021

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“Dataveillance,” Algorithmic Bias, and Other Concerns About Learning Management Systems

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January 28, 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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62,596 Years of Instruction Are Lost Annually, and It Has Nothing to Do With COVID

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January 12, 2021

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Education Policy Satire is What We Need to End This Bear of a Year

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December 15, 2020

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The Pandemic to Prison Pipeline: A Timely Q&A

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December 10, 2020

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Higher Ed Alliances Expand Racial Justice Movement

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December 1, 2020

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What is TribalCrit?

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November 26, 2020

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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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“Curriculum Punishment.” What It Is and Why You Need To Know About It Now

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November 12, 2020

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Amy Coney Barrett and Education: Where Does She Stand?

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November 10, 2020

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More Than One in Five Americans is Food Insecure. It’s Even Worse for Kids.

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November 5, 2020

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New Online Game Asks: What If We Funded Education Instead?

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November 3, 2020

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Education Scholar and Epidemiologist William Tate to Deliver 17th Annual Brown Lecture on October 22nd via Zoom

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October 13, 2020

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Community Schools Are Adapting to Remote Learning. Here’s How.

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October 8, 2020

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Scholars Strike Back Against Attacks on Anti-Racist Education

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October 6, 2020

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RBG and Education: A Legacy of Equity

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October 1, 2020

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School and Society in the Age of Trump

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September 29, 2020

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Want to Reduce Racism in Schools? Listen to These Students.

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September 22, 2020

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The Pandemic and Preschool Education in Five Charts

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September 10, 2020

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#ScholarStrike May Be Especially Relevant to Education Scholars

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September 8, 2020

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Seven Ways Research Can Guide Schools’ Recovery from the Coronavirus

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September 3, 2020

Lighter Screen Use During Dark Days: Tips for Lessening the Role of Edtech in Remote Instruction During the Pandemic

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August 27, 2020

To Reopen or Not to Reopen: Equity-Related Arguments For and Against Resuming In-Person Instruction This Fall

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August 20, 2020

Practical Advice on Addressing Racial Justice in K-12 Schools: A Q&A with Gloria Ladson-Billings

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August 13, 2020

The Misguided Push to Reintroduce Standardized Testing During the Pandemic

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August 6, 2020

Teaching in Troubled Times: A Q&A With a Trauma Expert

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July 16, 2020

The Most Important School Desegregation Case You’ve Never Heard Of

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July 10, 2020

A Few Weeks of Webinars

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June 2, 2020

The New Normal Could Be Better Than the Old One. A Learning Scientist Explains Why.

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May 21, 2020

Three Ways to Emphasize Equity During School Closures

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May 14, 2020

Temperature Check: School Funding and the Coronavirus Recession

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May 12, 2020

Sustaining and Scaling Community Schools: Seven Questions to Consider

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May 5, 2020

Incarcerated Children During the Pandemic

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April 30, 2020

Coronavirus is Hard on Everyone. But Immigrant Students Face an Additional Set of Challenges

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April 28, 2020

Coronavirus Testing Cancellations Threatened to Worsen Inequities. So These Students Spoke Out

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April 21, 2020

Children’s Data Privacy During COVID-19 Closures: 10 Questions to Ask

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April 9, 2020

When a School is More Than Just a School: How Schools of Opportunity are Handling Coronavirus Closures

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April 2, 2020

This School Raised Youth Voting Rates. Can Others Learn from Its Example?

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March 12, 2020

Four Big Takeaways About Testing

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March 5, 2020

Should For-Profit Corporations Be Writing America’s Curriculum to Best Serve Their Needs?

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February 27, 2020

Misuse of Screens in Schools: An Action Kit to Help Parents

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February 20, 2020

NEPC Valentine’s Day Special: A Dozen Roses for Public Education

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February 13, 2020

Between-District Desegregation: Three Districts That Are Doing It Right

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February 11, 2020

Patience Can Be Rewarded: RAND Report Demonstrates Promise of Embattled NYC Community Schools Model

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February 6, 2020

Landmark Voucher Case Could Foster Discrimination and Further Lower the Church-State Wall of Separation

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January 30, 2020

Does Online Education Raise Issues of Morality?

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January 28, 2020

Will 2020 Be the Year of Acknowledging Opportunity Gaps?

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January 23, 2020

The Dark Side of Parent Fundraising

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December 17, 2019

Are Zillow and Realtors Contributing to School Segregation?

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December 12, 2019

Educational Distrust is Everywhere. Here’s What We Can Do About It

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December 10, 2019

Six Ways Educators Can Make Schools Safer for LGBTQ Students

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December 5, 2019

How to Start a Social Justice Reading Group in Four Easy Steps

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December 3, 2019

College Admissions Fraud and 504 Plans: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Edward Garcia Fierros

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November 12, 2019

Applications Now Open for Program Honoring High-Quality, Equitable Schools

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November 5, 2019

Trauma Belongs in Schools. This New Book Explains Why.

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October 31, 2019

This Community Renovated Their Schools Instead of Tearing Them Down. The Results Are In. And They’re Spectacular.

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October 15, 2019

Five Charts That Show Why We Really Need to Track Educational Equity

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October 8, 2019

Teacher Education and Deeper Learning. These Seven Schools are Doing it Right

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October 3, 2019

White Fragility. What it Looks Like in Schools

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October 1, 2019

Who “Gets” to Be Bilingual?

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September 24, 2019

Neo-Segregation: Communities That Divorce Their School Districts

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September 19, 2019

The Saturday School Where Mexican American Children Learn About Their Heritage: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Angela Valenzuela

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September 17, 2019

Bad and Better News about School Segregation

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September 12, 2019

Young Adult Voting Skyrocketed in 2018. What Can We Do To Make It Happen Again?

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September 10, 2019

Data Walls Demoralize Students. Assessment Expert Lorrie Shepard Explains Why

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August 29, 2019

Six Ways Trump “Public Benefits” Policies Could Harm Children

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August 22, 2019

Are You Demoralized or “Just” Burnt Out?

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August 15, 2019

Adolescence: 6 Facts to Know

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August 8, 2019

The Promise of Meta-Analysis for Our Schools: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Gene V Glass

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August 1, 2019

From Black Armbands to Instagram: Tinker + 50

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July 25, 2019

This Teacher Evaluation Trend Was the Reform Du Jour. Now States Are Backing Away

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July 11, 2019

This Professor Studied Undocumented Students. Then He Started a Scholarship for Them

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June 6, 2019

Review Identifies Flaws in High-Profile “Gold Standard” Study Used to Market TFA

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May 23, 2019

Seven New Schools of Opportunity Recognized

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May 21, 2019

Backpedaling on Brown: The Re-Segregation of Our Nation’s Schools

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May 16, 2019

Three NEPC Fellows Elected to the National Academy of Education

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May 9, 2019

This Approach to Teaching English Learners Works Better. So Why Aren't We Using It More?

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May 7, 2019

A Weak Defense of a Useless Report

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May 2, 2019

Lost in Translation: English Learners, One Study, and the Dangers of Translating Research into Practice

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April 25, 2019

Are Preschool Programs Designed to Live Up to Their Potential?

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April 16, 2019

Unz-der the Radar: The Quiet, Final Blow to English-First Language Policies

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April 11, 2019

Voluntary Integration in the Age of Trump: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Erica Frankenberg

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April 9, 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

A Child’s School is the Child’s Choice

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April 1, 2019

The Maddening Side of March Madness: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Shaun Harper

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March 21, 2019

Researchers Reprise Earlier Erroneous Crime-Cutting Voucher Verdict

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March 19, 2019

Five Facts to Know About Class Size Research

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March 14, 2019

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

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February 28, 2019

What Can Research Tell Us About the Pay Plan that Led to the Picket Line?

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February 26, 2019

Has the Tide Turned Against Vouchers?

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February 21, 2019

Share Feedback on This New Social Justice Reading Group Guide

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February 19, 2019

Affirmative Action on Trial. Again.

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February 12, 2019

A School Where All Students Are Challenged and Supported

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February 5, 2019

Teachers are Striking. NEPC Fellow Terrenda White Explains Why

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January 31, 2019

Does Closing Schools Pay Off?

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January 29, 2019

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Axed Guidance That Cracked Down on Unfair Punishments for Students of Color. What Should Schools Do Next?

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January 10, 2019

The Lawsuit That Could Change the Face of Civics Education: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Beth Rubin

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January 8, 2019

The Backlash Against Personalized Learning

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December 11, 2018

Conversation about the Reading Wars, Sparked by a New Documentary about Literacy Instruction: Q&A with Elizabeth Moje, Dean of the University of Michigan School of Education

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November 29, 2018

The Education Debt

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November 20, 2018

New Voucher Report Replicates Flaws of Previous Analysis

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November 13, 2018

The Connection Between Poverty, Race and College Preparation in Five Charts

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November 8, 2018

NEPC Fellow Douglas Harris Responds to Critiques of Study, and a Q&A on the Effect of New Orleans School Reforms

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November 6, 2018

At This School, Student Discipline Is Often an Opportunity to Learn

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November 1, 2018

Statement Supporting Trans Community

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October 30, 2018

School Poverty Rates: How High Before They Harm Students?

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October 25, 2018

This Charter School Wraps its Arms Around its Students

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October 23, 2018

These Comeback Kids Don’t Bake Cookies: The Community-Based Transformation of an Urban School

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October 16, 2018

What Should We Really Learn From New Orleans After the Storm? A Q&A With NEPC Fellow Bruce Baker

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October 9, 2018

Irony at the IRS: Cracking Down on Blue State Tactic Borrowed From Red State Playbook

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October 2, 2018

The Long View Highlights Community Organizing in Urban Schools

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September 20, 2018

Education and the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings

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September 13, 2018

Whatever Happened with the Los Angeles Times' Decision to Publish Teachers’ Value-Added Scores?

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September 6, 2018

Are Four-Day Weeks Bad for Students?

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September 4, 2018

How to Sustain Community Schools − The Partnership for the Future of Learning Publishes New How-To Guide

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August 30, 2018

NEPC Resources on Protecting Student Privacy in Schools

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August 28, 2018

EPI Review Raises Questions About Study Linking Teacher Collective Bargaining to Poorer Labor Market Outcomes for Students

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August 23, 2018

What Does Research Have to Say About LeBron’s New School?

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August 21, 2018

Ideas for Incorporating NEPC Resources into Your Instruction

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August 16, 2018

Are Private Schools Really Better?

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August 9, 2018

As School Segregation Intensifies, What Can We Do About It?

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August 7, 2018

The Demise of Channel One News

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August 2, 2018

An Open Secret: The Problems with Virtual Schools

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July 31, 2018

What Do We Know About Teacher Quality?

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July 26, 2018

Five Resources to Help You Understand the Affirmative Action Debate

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July 25, 2018

High Stakes, Low Validity?

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July 19, 2018

This School Encouraged Every Student to Take Advanced Classes. Here’s What Happened Next.

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July 17, 2018

Review Worth Sharing Identifies Flaws in NC Voucher Evaluation

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July 12, 2018

New Jersey Desegregation Case Could Make Waves

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July 10, 2018

Oakland International Academy Welcomes New Immigrants

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July 5, 2018

This Professor Assigned Her Students NEPC-Style Reviews. Here’s What They Learned

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July 3, 2018

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

School Discipline: Learning the Wrong Lesson from the Parkland Shootings

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June 21, 2018

Dive Deep into the Latest School Voucher Battle

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June 19, 2018

Apples to Aardvarks: WILL Replicates Erroneous Private School Findings

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May 31, 2018

Schools of Opportunity in the News. Nominate 2018 Candidates Now!

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May 22, 2018

School Closures: When a School is More than Just a School

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May 15, 2018

National Education Policy Center Deletes Its Facebook Account and Calls for Strict Data Protections Plus Public Regulation and Oversight of Digital Platforms

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March 27, 2018

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

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March 1, 2018

Eight Public High Schools Earn Top Honors, Recognized as National Schools of Opportunity

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January 22, 2018

Community Schools: Closing Opportunity Gaps for Students in Need

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December 14, 2017

Virtual Schools in Five Key States Show Growth but Poor Performance

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June 27, 2017

NEPC Director Kevin Welner Honored With American Educational Research Association Award

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April 24, 2017

Secretary DeVos Has Secret Russia Meeting With Potential Grizzly

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Kevin G. Welner

April 1, 2017

NEPC Launches Third Year of Schools of Opportunity Recognition Project: Public High Schools Encouraged to Apply

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January 30, 2017

NEPC Statement on Violence and Intimidation in Schools and Communities

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November 11, 2016

Introducing the NEPC Widget!

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September 26, 2016

Schools of Opportunity Project Honors 20 Exemplary High Schools From Coast to Coast

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September 12, 2016

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

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August 18, 2016

Reviewer Finds Continuing Problems with WILL Charter School “Autonomy” Report

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August 11, 2016

Renowned Scholars Examine Effective, Equitable School Reforms in New NEPC Book

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William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo

July 28, 2016

"Gold-Standard Research" is (April) Fools' Gold

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April 1, 2016

Application Deadline of February 3rd for “Schools of Opportunity” Recognition of Top High Schools

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January 19, 2016

Application Deadline of January 20 for “Schools of Opportunity” Recognition of Top High Schools

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December 11, 2015

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

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October 28, 2015

Charter Researchers Promoting “No Excuses” Schools Republish Inflated Claims

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October 9, 2015

Problems with CREDO’s Charter School Research: Understanding the Issues

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September 28, 2015

National Education Policy Center Associate Director Announced

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September 11, 2015

School-Based Marketing Threats to Children’s Well-Being Intensify

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September 9, 2015

New Orleans Recovery School District Not Quite as Recovered as Advertised

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July 13, 2015

Schools of Opportunity Provide Models for Outstanding and Equitable High Schools

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May 27, 2015

National Program Recognizing Outstanding and Equitable High Schools Announces its First Accolades

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May 7, 2015

High-Stakes, Test-Driven Accountability Debated in New York Times

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May 4, 2015

NEPC Embraces New Reformy Mission

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April 1, 2015

“School Choice Week” is a Good Time to Review the Evidence

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January 27, 2015

Researchers Urge Caution Regarding Expected SOTU Push to Expand Career and Technical Education

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January 20, 2015

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

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November 7, 2014

National Education Policy Center Launches “Schools of Opportunity” Project To Recognize Top High Schools

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October 2, 2014

Debate Intensifies over Value-Added Research

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June 24, 2014

NEPC and Its Work Win Awards at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

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April 17, 2014

Bunkum Awards Winners Brookings and StudentsFirst Reprise Their Shoddy Research

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January 23, 2014

Play “CharterLand,” from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign

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September 9, 2013

Leading Educators Call for a New Direction for Education Reform, Focused on the Opportunity Gap

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April 25, 2013

El National Education Policy Center lanza la Iniciativa del idioma español y anuncia la publicación de documentos breves de política sobre asuntos educativos de importancia fundamental

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February 5, 2013

Does Debunked Research Influence Governor Walker's Education Reform Agenda?

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Alex Molnar

April 7, 2011

Fact Checking the Los Angeles Times’ Defense of Its Teacher Rating Reporting

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February 17, 2011

Two Thumbs Down: Education Documentaries Fictionalize Research

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January 24, 2011

Blueprint Reviews Now Available Online

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Wendy C. Chi

October 5, 2010

Office of Civil Rights Enforcement Points to Need for Tracking Reform

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Carol C. Burris and Kevin G. Welner

March 10, 2010