Daniel J. Losen

Daniel J. Losen is the Senior Director of the Education team at the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL), where he leads efforts to advance educational equity for all students, particularly children of color and others who have faced historic discrimination. He oversees staffing for the Education Civil Rights Alliance, an NCYL initiative that conducts research on civil rights issues and advocates for systemic education reform at the national, state, and local levels. Before joining NCYL, Dan spent over two decades as a civil rights attorney and education researcher, serving as Director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at UCLA’s Civil Rights Project. He is the author of several books and award-winning reports on racial disparities in education policy and is recognized nationally for his expertise. Dan has testified on education inequities before the United Nations, the U.S. Congress, the National Academies of Science, and the U.S. Commission on Civil and Human Rights. A former public school teacher for 10 years, Dan has also served as an adjunct professor at Harvard Law School.

Email Daniel J. Losen at: losendan@gmail.com