National Education Policy Center

Joy Resmovits

Separate But Equal? Policy Brief Aims To Ensure Charter Schools Aren't.

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 02.24.2012

Charter schools often promise to bring greater equity to education, but a new brief starts with the assumption that they fall short in delivery -- and...

Can Corporate Sponsorship In Schools Can Harm Students?

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Joanna Lin | Posted 01.09.2012

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. For schools facing shrinking budgets, a branded scoreboard on the football field or advertis...

New Study on Student Discipline: Black Kids Take It on the Chin

Peter Meyer | Posted 12.10.2011

Peter Meyer

As long as white people are writing the rules, interpreting them, and enforcing them, African Americans have something to worry about--and it's not segregation.

Minority Students Face Harsher Punishments, Report Shows

Posted 12.05.2011

Black and Latino students are disproportionately more likely to experience harsher punishments by schools for infractions and misbehaviors, according ...

Mold, Cancer, Viruses and... Walmart?

Kevin Welner | Posted 07.09.2011

Kevin Welner

In the end, I fear that students will indeed continue to be losers as our public schools are turned over to private corporations.

The L.A. Times Stands Behind Incorrect Teacher Ratings

Kevin Welner | Posted 05.25.2011

Kevin Welner

The L.A. Times has not been simply reporting on teacher evaluations or ratings. It has been creating them and publicizing them.

Why I Don't Trust Education Research

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011

Alan Gottlieb

Staring a sentence with the words "research shows" is aimed at sticking a dagger in the heart of an opponent's argument. Increasingly, though, I am finding reasons not to trust education research.

How Do Successful School Systems Treat Teachers?

Sabrina Stevens | Posted 05.25.2011

Sabrina Stevens

Unlike our international peers, Americans don't consider teaching a prestigious profession or even much of a profession at all.