Kevin G. Welner Explained

Kevin G. Welner
Birth Date:26 December 1963
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Discipline:Education policy analysis
Doctoral Advisor:Jeannie Oakes

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

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. 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.

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)

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:

Views and research

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

Vouchers and School Choice

In 2005, Welner conducted research on school vouchers as a resident of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center.[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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sparks. Sarah D.. Think Tank Critics Launch Policy Center . 18 May 2018. Education Week. 29 September 2010. en.
  2. Web site: WorldCat Profile for Welner, Kevin Grant 1963-. WorldCat. 17 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Google Scholar Citations for Kevin Welner. scholar.google.com.
  4. Web site: Kevin Welner's Curriculum Vitae at CU Boulder. School of Education. 17 May 2018. en. 4 September 2013.
  5. Web site: 2000 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows - National Academy of Education. National Academy of Education. 24 May 2018.
  6. Web site: Kevin Welner. 2013-09-04. School of Education. en. 2019-08-31.
  7. News: How three schools creatively face the challenge of educating immigrant students . Strauss . Valerie. May 5, 2017. . August 30, 2019.
  8. Web site: AERA Fellows. www.aera.net.
  9. News: McSpadden. Kay. We must attack opportunity gaps at their root causes. 24 May 2018. Charlotte Observer. en.
  10. News: Levesque. Patricia. Welner. Kevin. Is Testing Students the Answer to America's Education Woes?. 17 May 2018. The New York Times. 4 May 2015. en.
  11. News: Hobson. Jeremy. A Closer Look At The Debate Over Charter Schools. 18 May 2018. www.wbur.org. 13 October 2016. en.
  12. Web site: Meet the Colorado education researcher you can actually understand. 2017-04-24. Chalkbeat. 2019-08-31.
  13. Web site: Early Career Award. www.aera.net. 2019-08-31.
  14. Web site: Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award. www.aera.net. 2019-08-31.
  15. Web site: 2000 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows. National Academy of Education. en-US. 2019-08-31.
  16. Web site: Source Profile for Kevin Welner - Education Writers Association. Education Writers Association. en. October 3, 2020.
  17. News: Welner. Kevin. Tax credits, school choice and 'neovouchers': What you need to know. April 14, 2017 . 24 May 2018. The Conversation. See this article's "disclosure statement". en.
  18. Schaeffer. Adam B.. Book Review: NeoVouchers: The Emergence of Tuition Tax Credits for Private Schooling. Journal of School Choice. 19 June 2009. 3. 2. 200–202. 10.1080/15582150902987566. 154447549.
  19. Anomaly. Jonny. Book Review: Neovouchers: The Emergence of Tuition Tax Credits for Private Schooling.. Education Review. 17 May 2011. 14. 22 May 2018.
  20. News: Letter: Detroit students need funding, not charter hype. Detroit News. en. 2019-08-31.
  21. News: DeVos, charters, & 'school choice' hurt African American children. 2019-07-12. Washington Examiner. en. 2019-08-31.
  22. Web site: Fatal shooting complicates future of Colorado charter school. Foody. Kathleen. 2019-06-28. AP NEWS. Associated Press. 2019-08-31.

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