Big Claims, Little Evidence, Lots of Money: The Reality Behind the Summit Learning Program and the Push to Adopt Digital Personalized Learning Platforms
Research Brief
Virtual learning and personalized learning have been at the forefront of education refo...
Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Diane Ravitch About Privatization
FYI
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Dr. Diane Ravitch about privatization an...
NEPC Review: Are Charter Schools Safer than District-Run Schools? (Reason Foundation, April 2020) and Effects of Charter School Competition on District School Budgeting Decisions (Annenberg Institute at Brown University EdWorkingPaper Series, February 2020)
NEPC Review
June 9, 2020
Tandem papers by researchers based at the Reason Foundation ask, respectively, whether ...
Austerity, Subsistence, or Investment: Will Congress and the President Choose to Bail Out Our Children’s Future?
Policy Memo
The aggregate cuts to education budgets currently described as inevitable are in fact a...
A Few Weeks of Webinars
Newsletter
We’d like to invite you to three education policy webinars co-sponsored by NEPC.
NEPC Statement about Police Violence and Civil Unrest
FYI
The nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd express deep pain, as they...
NEPC Review: Comparing Ed Reforms: Assessing the Experimental Research on Nine K-12 Education Reforms (EdChoice, April 2020)
NEPC Review
May 27, 2020
A report from EdChoice, working with Hanover Research, identifies and reviews studies t...
The New Normal Could Be Better Than the Old One. A Learning Scientist Explains Why.
Newsletter
In this Q&A, NEPC Fellow Bill Penuel highlights ways in which coronavirus closures ...
Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Frank Adamson About the Privatization of Public Education
FYI
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Frank Adamson about the privatization of...
Three Ways to Emphasize Equity During School Closures
Newsletter
Educators in diverse settings should ensure everyone has the access to needed resources...
Temperature Check: School Funding and the Coronavirus Recession
Newsletter
As a coronavirus-induced recession hits, how can policymakers ensure the continued heal...
NEPC Review: Financial Crisis Looming for K-12 Schools? Flexibility Needed, Not Bailouts (Heritage Foundation, April 2020)
NEPC Review
May 7, 2020
A Heritage Foundation report argues that special interest groups are pushing for excess...
Sustaining and Scaling Community Schools: Seven Questions to Consider
Newsletter
A new study adds to the discussion of how policymakers might best implement and sustain...
Incarcerated Children During the Pandemic
Newsletter
Activists call for states to release most youth from juvenile detention facilities and ...
Coronavirus is Hard on Everyone. But Immigrant Students Face an Additional Set of Challenges
Newsletter
From fears associated with using public services like hospitals, to risks associated wi...
Coronavirus Testing Cancellations Threatened to Worsen Inequities. So These Students Spoke Out
Newsletter
Students are calling for colleges and universities to prioritize equity in the admissio...
Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Educators and Activists About Educational Equity During the Pandemic
FYI
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña Interviews educators and activists about educationa...
NEPC Review: A Roadmap to Fix Arizona School Finance: Steering the Grand Canyon State Toward Fairness and Innovation in K-12 Education (Reason Foundation, February 2020)
NEPC Review
April 14, 2020
A report from the Reason Foundation walks the reader through a calculation of Arizona’s...
Children’s Data Privacy During COVID-19 Closures: 10 Questions to Ask
Newsletter
With schools closed due to COVID-19, many schools have expanded their use of online edu...
NEPC Review: Public-Private Virtual-School Partnerships and Federal Flexibility for Schools during COVID-19 (Mercatus Center, March 2020)
NEPC Review
April 8, 2020
A short report from the Mercatus Center argues that, in response to the COVID-19 pandem...
When a School is More Than Just a School: How Schools of Opportunity are Handling Coronavirus Closures
Newsletter
Schools of Opportunity honorees are often a lifeline for students, because they provide...
NEPC Review: Child Safety Accounts: Protecting Our Children through Parental Freedom (Heartland Institute, November 2019)
NEPC Review
March 31, 2020
A report from the Heartland Institute argues for a Child Safety Accounts (CSA) program ...
Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Ansley T. Erickson and Ernest Morrell About the Educational History of Harlem
FYI
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña Interviews Ansley T. Erickson and Ernest Morrell ab...
Community Research Collaboratives
Policy Memo
This policy memo discusses an approach to research and engagement called Community Rese...
Policy Statement on the “Science of Reading”
FYI
All students deserve equitable access to high-quality literacy and reading instruction ...
NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Newark: The Effect on Student Test Scores (Manhattan Institute, January 2020)
NEPC Review
March 17, 2020
Charter Schools in Newark: The Effect on Student Test Scores, published by the Manhatta...
This School Raised Youth Voting Rates. Can Others Learn from Its Example?
Newsletter
A study of Democracy Prep suggests that the school raised youth voting rates substantia...
NEPC Review: Ripple Effect: How Expanding School Choice Programs Can Lead to More College Graduates and a Stronger Economy (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, January 2020)
NEPC Review
March 10, 2020
A report from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty claims a chain of benefits wi...
Four Big Takeaways About Testing
Newsletter
Four things to know about grading, accountability measures, NAEP, and equity.
NEPC Review: Measuring Student Poverty: Developing Accurate Counts for School Funding, Accountability, and Research (Urban Institute, December 2019)
NEPC Review
March 3, 2020
An Urban Institute report highlights how legislative changes have led to the steady dec...
Should For-Profit Corporations Be Writing America’s Curriculum to Best Serve Their Needs?
Newsletter
Corporate sponsorships of Career and Technical Education have raised concerns that scho...
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
Despite the popularity of Career and Technical Education (CTE), concerns remain about t...
Misuse of Screens in Schools: An Action Kit to Help Parents
Newsletter
A new action kit provides information designed to help combat the overuse and misuse of...
Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara Finnigan About Educational and Urban Politics and Policymaking
FYI
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña Interviews Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara Finniga...
NEPC Valentine’s Day Special: A Dozen Roses for Public Education
Newsletter
Public schools face relentless criticism. But this Valentine’s Day, we’re taking a step...
Between-District Desegregation: Three Districts That Are Doing It Right
Newsletter
Boston, Hartford and Omaha offer hope in a world where desegregation is often falsely v...
Patience Can Be Rewarded: RAND Report Demonstrates Promise of Embattled NYC Community Schools Model
Newsletter
Study finds clear benefits arising from the nation’s largest investment in community sc...
Investing for "Impact" or Investing for Profit? Social Impact Bonds, Pay for Success, and the Next Wave of Privatization of Social Services and Education
Policy Brief
A major new financial phenomenon has appeared within the social services arena, with co...
Landmark Voucher Case Could Foster Discrimination and Further Lower the Church-State Wall of Separation
Newsletter
The Supreme Court is expected to tell states that they cannot enforce legal barriers in...
Does Online Education Raise Issues of Morality?
Newsletter
In a recent article, NEPC Fellow Michael Barbour suggests that online education can be ...