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The Mounting Trouble with Education Savings Accounts

Policy Brief

Samuel E. Abrams

April 17, 2025

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Attaching a Dollar Amount to the Culture Wars at School

Newsletter

March 27, 2025

Can School Boards Save DEI?

Newsletter

February 6, 2025

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NEPC Review: Underachieving and Underenrolled: Chronically Low-Performing Schools in the Post-Pandemic Era (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Sally Nuamah

January 29, 2025

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Sophia Rodriguez and Jacob Kirksey About Immigration and K-12 Education Policy

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Sophia Rodriguez, and Jacob Kirksey

January 16, 2025

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

Newsletter

January 14, 2025

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

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

December 12, 2024

NEPC Review: Searching for the Tipping Point: Scaling up Public School Choice Spurs Citywide Gains (Public Policy Institute, October 2024)

NEPC Review

David R. Garcia

December 4, 2024

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

NEPC Review

Derek Gottlieb

November 20, 2024

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The Presidential Election and K-12 Education

Newsletter

November 5, 2024

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The Elections and Issues Around Racial and Ethnic Diversity

Newsletter

October 29, 2024

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National School Lunch Program and the 2024 Elections

Newsletter

October 17, 2024

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Josh Cowen and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. About Privatization, School Choice, and Culture Wars

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Joshua Cowen, and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

October 15, 2024

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What Will Happen to Bilingual Education After the Elections?

Newsletter

October 10, 2024

Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role

Newsletter

September 26, 2024

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Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views

Newsletter

September 19, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Houston About Partisanship and Polarization in Ed Policy

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and David Houston

September 17, 2024

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

Newsletter

September 3, 2024

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What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Education Policy?

Newsletter

August 22, 2024

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NEPC Review: Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Bryan Mann

June 20, 2024

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NEPC Review: The Reality of Switchers (EdChoice, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Joshua Cowen

May 3, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart about Discriminatory Censorship Laws

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Jonathan Feingold, and Joshua Weishart

March 21, 2024

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

Policy Brief

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley

February 13, 2024

ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2023

Newsletter

January 25, 2024

The Conflict Over Parents’ Rights

Policy Brief

Vivian E. Hamilton

January 16, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Matthew Kelly About the History of School Finance

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña

January 16, 2024

How Discriminatory Censorship Laws Imperil Public Education

Policy Brief

Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart

November 30, 2023

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

Newsletter

October 31, 2023

Jamaal Bowman Discusses the "More Teaching Less Testing Act of 2023"

FYI

Jamaal Bowman

October 13, 2023

Truths My Teacher Can't Tell Me: The Politics of Today's Curriculum

FYI

Gloria Ladson-Billings

October 13, 2023

Testing is Broken. Can This Bill Fix It?

Newsletter

October 5, 2023

NEPC Review: Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit: Economic Analysis (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, June 2023)

NEPC Review

David S. Knight

September 27, 2023

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, and David DeMatthews About District Takeovers

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, and David E. DeMatthews

September 14, 2023

Section 504 Plans: Examining Inequitable Access and Misuse

Policy Brief

Maria M. Lewis and Raquel Muñiz

June 8, 2023

How Much Do You Know About School Vouchers?

Newsletter

May 25, 2023

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Thomas Dee and Sally Nuamah About Declining Enrollment

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Thomas Dee, and Sally Nuamah

May 23, 2023

NEPC Review: School Choice Is Not Enough: The Impact of Critical Social Justice Ideology in American Education (Manhattan Institute, February 2023)

NEPC Review

Christine Sleeter and David R. Garcia

May 3, 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

Governor DeSantis Scuffles With Woke and Insolent Chatbots

Newsletter

April 1, 2023

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