Kevin G. Welner

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Kevin G. Welner
Born(1963-12-26)December 26, 1963
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Awards
  • Early Career Award, AERA
  • Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, AERA
  • Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award, AERA
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorJeannie Oakes
Academic work
DisciplineEducation policy analysis
Institutions

Kevin G. Welner (born December 26, 1963) is professor of education at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education, where he chairs the Educational Foundations Policy and Practice program area. He co-founded[1] and is Director of the National Education Policy Center. He has authored or edited 11 books[2] and more than 100 articles and book chapters[3][4] concerning education policy and law.

Education and career[edit]

Welner received a B.A. from University of California-Santa Barbara, a J.D. at UCLA School of Law, and a Ph.D. from UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.[4] During his early career he received a National Academy of Education/Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellowship.[5]

Welner joined the faculty of the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education in 1999 as an Assistant Professor.[6] He became a Professor in 2009. where he serves as a professor of educational foundation policy and practice.[4]

In 2014, Welner co-founded the Schools of Opportunity awards project, which seeks to "highlight public high schools that actively seek to close opportunity gaps."[7]

Recognition (awards/honors)[edit]

In 2012, Welner was inducted as an American Educational Research Association Fellow.[8] Welner is notable for making technical research documents that are accessible to the general public,[9] and for participating in public academic debates on education reform issues such as standardized testing[10] and school choice.[11] Other awards and recognitions include:

  • Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award, American Educational Research Association, 2017[12]
  • Early Career Award, American Educational Research Association, 2006[13]
  • Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association, 2005[14]
  • Spencer Fellows, conferred by National Academy of Education, 2000[15]

Views and research[edit]

Welner has studied the public right to education, tracking, school vouchers, school choice, educational equity, and the use of research.[4][16]

Vouchers and School Choice[edit]

In 2005, Welner conducted research on school vouchers as a resident of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center.[4][17] That research was later published as a major work on school vouchers, NeoVouchers: The Emergence of Tuition Tax Credits for Private Schooling. The book provided an early explanation of the legal and policy issues surrounding a then-new type of private school vouchers. These neo-vouchers were created by giving large tax credits for donations to organizations that then packaged those donations as vouchers to fund tuition.[18][19] Welner's work on school choice is employed and reviewed in several publications.[20][21][22]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Welner, Kevin G. (July 30, 2000). "Taxing the Establishment Clause: Revolutionary Decision of the Arizona Supreme Court". Education Policy Analysis Archives. 8 (36): 36. doi:10.14507/epaa.v8n36.2000. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  • — (June 24, 2001). "Alexander v. Sandoval:A Setback for Civil Rights". Education Policy Analysis Archives. 9 (24): 24. doi:10.14507/epaa.v9n24.2001. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  • Welner, Kevin G.; Kupermintz, Haggai (January 1, 2004). "Rethinking Expert Testimony in Educational Rights Legislation". Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 28 (1): 127–142. doi:10.3102/01623737026002127. S2CID 15438729. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  • Welner, Kevin G. (July 2, 2004). "Colorado's Voucher Law: Examining the Claim of Fiscal Neutrality". Education Policy Analysis Archives. 12 (31): 31. doi:10.14507/epaa.v12n31.2004. Retrieved September 20, 2016.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sparks, Sarah D. (September 29, 2010). "Think Tank Critics Launch Policy Center". Education Week. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "WorldCat Profile for Welner, Kevin Grant 1963-". WorldCat. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Google Scholar Citations for Kevin Welner". scholar.google.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Kevin Welner's Curriculum Vitae at CU Boulder". School of Education. September 4, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "2000 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows - National Academy of Education". National Academy of Education. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "Kevin Welner". School of Education. September 4, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  7. ^ Strauss, Valerie (May 5, 2017). "How three schools creatively face the challenge of educating immigrant students". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  8. ^ "AERA Fellows". www.aera.net.
  9. ^ McSpadden, Kay. "We must attack opportunity gaps at their root causes". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  10. ^ Levesque, Patricia; Welner, Kevin (May 4, 2015). "Is Testing Students the Answer to America's Education Woes?". The New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Hobson, Jeremy (October 13, 2016). "A Closer Look At The Debate Over Charter Schools". www.wbur.org. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  12. ^ "Meet the Colorado education researcher you can actually understand". Chalkbeat. April 24, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  13. ^ "Early Career Award". www.aera.net. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  14. ^ "Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award". www.aera.net. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  15. ^ "2000 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows". National Academy of Education. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  16. ^ "Source Profile for Kevin Welner - Education Writers Association". Education Writers Association. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  17. ^ Welner, Kevin (April 14, 2017). "Tax credits, school choice and 'neovouchers': What you need to know". The Conversation. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  18. ^ Schaeffer, Adam B. (June 19, 2009). "Book Review: NeoVouchers: The Emergence of Tuition Tax Credits for Private Schooling". Journal of School Choice. 3 (2): 200–202. doi:10.1080/15582150902987566. S2CID 154447549.
  19. ^ Anomaly, Jonny (May 17, 2011). "Book Review: Neovouchers: The Emergence of Tuition Tax Credits for Private Schooling" (PDF). Education Review. 14. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  20. ^ "Letter: Detroit students need funding, not charter hype". Detroit News. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  21. ^ "DeVos, charters, & 'school choice' hurt African American children". Washington Examiner. July 12, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  22. ^ Foody, Kathleen (June 28, 2019). "Fatal shooting complicates future of Colorado charter school". AP NEWS. Associated Press. Retrieved August 31, 2019.

External links[edit]

  • "Kevin Welner". National Education Policy Center: Meet the Fellows. Regents of the University of Colorado. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  • "Kevin Welner". School of Education | University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  • "Kevin G. Welner, JD, PhD". University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education. Regents of University of Colorado. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
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