Forty-six states and the District of Columbia permit charter schools to open, and 33 states plus D.C. allow independently governed charter schools that the Supreme Court may soon declare to be non-sta...

A new analysis finds that multilingual learners with disabilities are more likely to graduate from high school and enroll in college if they attend school with a lot of other students who have this du...

Once the darling of policy wonks who aimed to apply free market-style approaches to public education, social impact bonds are taking up much less airtime these days.

Higher ed spends more money on educating students from affluent families. Two researchers tried, but failed, to find a justifiable reason why.

A Heritage Foundation report proposes to end Head Start, concluding that the program does not improve school readiness or produce lasting benefits, spends more per child than alternatives, fails to pr...

A new brief shares research evidence to inform high school reforms.

NEPC Fellows who have spent their careers studying the subject have been raising serious concerns about recent efforts to characterize and criticize DEI on campus.

Even as efforts to limit curricula addressing gender, race, and sexual orientation made the rounds, seven states were approving efforts to expand how students learn about the world around them.

A new working paper chronicles the unprecedented growth of state-funded pre-K between 2002 and 2024.

American teachers already spend more time working than do their peers in other nations. A new framework calls for education policies to address this reality.

A new report from NCTQ evaluates how well university-based teacher education programs prepare candidates to teach reading and calls for stronger alignment with its preferred approach to reading instru...

A new study finds that LGBTQ+ students are more likely than cisgender peers to aspire to earn four-year degrees, even as they are significantly more likely to face bullying and discrimination in high ...

In Florida, the attorney general says he won’t enforce laws preventing religious charter schools.

August 18th webinar on fostering student belonging and deeper learning is the second installment of a free webinar series that aims to harness research results to improve student engagement.

As policymakers and educators seek to improve student achievement, engagement, and equity, a new report analyzes contemporary disputes about effective mathematics instruction. Although it concludes th...

A new essay takes stock of research on current far-right education policies and movements.

A new analysis proposes improvements to funding and regulating education for multilingual learners.

A report from the Progressive Policy Institute presents an insider account of how Mississippi’s K–3 education system evolved over roughly two decades. This review focuses on the report’s description o...

A new study raises questions about state mandates requiring principal evaluations to take into account the test scores of students at their schools.

A new study finds that larger and more rigorous math courseloads in high school are associated with higher likelihoods of college enrollment, especially for students from low-income families.

As activism to curb ed tech makes news around the nation, decades of NEPC’s Commercialism in Education Research Unit research can help guide needed reforms.

Bill Mathis, Senior Policy Advisor for NEPC and bona fide gentleman, will be remembered for his many contributions to educational policy, research, leadership, and equity.

NEPC Fellow Christopher Saldaña has been awarded a NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to help support his work on ways that the capacity of school districts shapes their ability to negotiate relatio...

Forty-six states and the District of Columbia permit charter schools to open, and 33 states plus D.C. allow independently governed charter schools that the Supreme Court may soon declare to be non-sta...

As part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in July 2025, the federal government created a nationwide tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations that fund K–12 educational exp...

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña speaks with Susanna Loeb about the the recent release of Getting Down to Facts 3, a Stanford SCALE Initiative project that bring...

A WILL report examines Wisconsin’s extreme Black-White achievement gap in ELA/reading and argues that poverty, disability, and family instability, misrepresented as factors separate from systemic raci...

Under President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a wa...

A new analysis attempts to estimate the total public and private cost associated with raising children from 0 to age 18 and in the process, reveals inequities.

The scholar members of the National Academy of Education are speaking out about proposed changes to requirements for receiving federal funds and the abrupt dismissal of the entire National Science Boa...

Three NEPC Fellows will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

A recent Supreme Court case opened the door to providing LGBTQ+ youth with conversion therapy in public schools, even in states where it’s now statutorily banned.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña speaks with Michael Rebell and Luisa Sanchez about the history of school finance adequacy litigation, highlighting how young adv...

The first year of Trump's second administration has marked a sharp departure from six decades of federal education policy. This policy brief examines how the administration has expanded executive auth...

A recent case puts religiously motivated speech ahead of the well-being of LGBTQ+ youth.

Equity-based succession planning can help schools that serve low-income communities reduce principal turnover and ensure the continuity of equity-based initiatives.

A new study explores how mobility justice-related issues create barriers to participating in school choice.

A recent research brief highlights data on what is—and is not—behind the under-representation of Black and Hispanic principals relative to the Black and Hispanic student population.

Luddites get a bad rap, but can they teach teachers lessons about uncritically embracing AI?

Get ready for testing season by boning up on your knowledge of assessment.

Listen now to Kevin Welner’s ed-policy satire earworm.

Listen now to Kevin Welner’s ed-policy satire earworm.

Listen now to Kevin Welner’s ed-policy satire earworm.

Listen now to Kevin Welner’s ed-policy satire earworm.

A recent study reviewed want ads for school district attorneys and found they often fell short.

The Fordham Institute’s survey of more than 5,000 school board members across 3,000 districts finds members are disproportionately White, college educated, and often current or former teachers; their ...

The latest installment of an annual school finance report finds that states continue to devote a smaller share of their gross domestic products to K-12 education than they did during the Great Recessi...