by Rebecca Grossfield | May 23, 2023 | News
Recent commentary, “Getting Reading Legislation Right,” authored by Dale Chu on the Fordham Institute site, referenced WEPC research on the Mississippi Test-Based Promotion Policy. Read News item Policy Brief Working...
by Erin Xu | Feb 14, 2023 | News
Politics and school libraries: What shapes students’ access to controversial content BROOKINGS – School libraries have become a key battleground in contemporary culture wars over public education. In the 2021-22 school year, PEN America reported a record-setting...
by Erin Xu | Jan 22, 2023 | News
Students want new books. Thanks to restrictions, librarians can’t buy them. WASHINGTON POST – In one Texas school district, school librarians have ordered 6,000 fewer books this year than the year before, because under a new rule parents must have 30 days to...
by Erin Xu | Jan 6, 2023 | News
What Book Bans Are Doing to School Library Purchases EDUCATION WEEK – As books are banned and challenged across the country, they might have a much larger impact than the removal of a few titles: They may be changing the makeup of entire school libraries, due to...
by Meagan Comb | Jan 6, 2022 | News
WEPC Faculty Included in 2022 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings Education Week – The 2022 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings ranks the university-based scholars in the United States who did the most last year to shape educational practice and...
