Kevin G. Welner, JD, Ph.D

Selected Publications
(For complete list of publications, please see the faculty member's curriculum vitae.)

Articles
Welner, K. G. (June 2009). The Neovoucher: A Kissing Cousin in Disguise. School Administrator, 66(6), p. 6.

Welner, K. G. & Molnar, A. (February 20, 2008). The Privatization Infatuation. Education Week, 27(24), pp. 28-29.

Welner, K. G. (2008). The Overselling of Growth Modeling. School Administrator, 65(6), p. 6.

Welner, K. G. (2008). Under the voucher radar. Education Week, 28(2), 27-32.

Burris, C. C., Wiley, E. W., Welner, K. G. & Murphy, J. (March 2008). Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking: Achievement Effects of Embracing a Challenging Curriculum as a Universal Good for All Students. Teachers College Record. 110(3), pp. 571-608.

Chi, W. C., & Welner, K. G. (2008). Charter ranking roulette: An anlaysis of reports that grade states' charter school laws. American Journal of Education, 114(2), 273-298.

Welner, K. G. (2007). Demanding more of presidential candidates. The School Administrator 64(11), 6.

Welner, K. G., & Oakes, J. (2007). Structuring curriculum. In F. Michael Connelly (Ed.), The Sage handbook of curriculum and instruction (pp. 91-112). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Welner, K. G. (2007, January 14). "Awards" may provide think tanks with a reality check. The Denver Post.

Silverstein, J., Yettick, H., Foster, S., Welner, K. G., & Shepard, L. (2007). Dropout policies: Research-based strategies. Boulder, CO: EPIC Policy Center.

Welner, K. G. (2007). Money mutterers. The School Administrator, 64(6), p. 6.

Linn, R. L., & Welner, K. G. (2007). Race-conscious policies for assigning students to schools: Social science research and the Supreme Court cases.Washington, DC: National Academy of Education.

Welner, K. G., & Molnar, A. (2007). Truthiness in education. Education Week, 26(25), 32-44.

Welner, K. G., & Martinez, K. (2007). The use of assessment for curricular differentiation. In K. Borman, S. Cahill, & B. Cotner (Eds.), The Praeger handbook of American high schools, V. 1 (pp. 36-41). New York: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Burris, C. C., Welner, K. G., Wiley, E. W., & Murphy, J. (2007). A world-class curriculum for all. Educational Leadership, 64(7), 53-56.

Welner, K. G., & Burris, C. C. (2006). Alternative approaches to the politics of detracking. Theory Into Practice, 45(1), 90-99. Journal homepage: http://www.erlbaum.com.

Welner, K. G. (2005). Can irrational become unconstitutional? NCLB's 100% presuppositions. Equity & Excellence in Education, 38, 171-179.

Burris, C. C., & Welner, K. G. (2005). Closing the achievement gap by detracking. Phi Delta Kappan, 86(8), 594-598.

Welner, K. G., & Weitzman, D. Q. (2005). The soft bigotry of low expenditures. Equity & Excellence in Education, 38, 242-248.

Bartels, B., & Welner, K. G. (2004). Colorado charter school authorization and funding reform: An analysis of HB 04-1141. Boulder, CO: EPIC Policy Center.

Welner, K. G. (2004). Colorado's voucher law: Examining the claim of fiscal neutrality. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(31).

Ready, D., Lee, V,. & Welner, K. G. (2004). Educational equity and school structure: School size, overcrowding, and schools-within-schools. Teachers College Record, 106(10), 1989-2014.

Welner, K. G. (2004). The overrepresentation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education. Published by the National Center for Culturally Responsive Education Systems.

Welner, K. G., & Kupermintz, H. (2004). Rethinking expert testimony in education rights litigation. Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 26(2), 127-142.

Howe, K. R., & Welner, K. G. (2003). An analysis of Colorado's school voucher proposals. Boulder, CO: EPIC Policy Center.

Welner, K. G. (2003). An examination of Colorado's tuition tax credit proposal. Boulder, CO: EPIC Policy Center.

Welner, K. G. (2003). Education tax credits: No net benefit to Arizona's impoverished students. Tempe, AZ: EPRU Policy Center.

Welner, K. G. (2003). Locking up the marketplace of ideas and locking out school reform: Courts' imprudent treatment of controversial teaching in America's public schools. UCLA Law Review, 50(4), 959-1030.

Welner, K. G. (2002). Ability tracking: What role for the courts? Education Law Reporter, 163(2), 565-571.

Howe, K.R., & Welner, K. G. (2002). School choice and the pressure to perform: Deja vu for children with disabilities? Remedial and Special Education, 23(4), 212-221.

Welner, K. G. (2002). Peer analysis of proposal to expand educational scholarships. Tempe, AZ: EPRU Policy Center.

Welner, K. G., & Escamilla, K. (2002). The unintended consequences of Colorado's anti-bilingual education initiative. Boulder, CO: EPIC Policy Center.

Welner, K. G. (2001). Alexander v. Sandoval: A setback for civil rights. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 9(24).

Losen, D., & Welner, K. G. (2001). Disabling discrimination in our public schools: Comprehensive legal challenges to services for minority children. Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 36(2), 407-460.

Welner, K. G. (2001). Taxing the establishment clause: The revolutionary decision of the Arizona supreme court in Kotterman v. Killian. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 8(36).

Welner, K. G. (2001). Tracking in an era of standards: Low-expectation classes meet high-expectation laws. Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 28(3), 699-738.

Welner, K. G., & Mickelson, R. (2000). School reform, politics, and tracking: Should we pursue virtue? Educational Researcher, 29(4), 22-26.

Welner, K. M., & Welner, K. G. (1999). Contextualizing homeschooling data: A response to Rudner. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 7(13).

Welner, K. M., & Oakes, J. (1996). (Li)Ability grouping: The new susceptibility of school tracking systems to legal changes. Harvard Educational Review, 66(3), 451-470.

Book Chapters
Welner, K. G. & Oakes, J. (2005). Mandates still matter: Examining a key policy tool for promoting successful equity-minded reform. In A. S. Wells & J. Petrovich (Eds.), Bringing equity back: Research for a new era in American educational policy (pp. 77-102). New York: Teachers College Press.

Books
Welner, K. G. (2008). NeoVouchers: The emergence of tuition tax credits for private schooling. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.

Welner, K. G., & Chi, W. C. (Eds.) (2008). Education policy and law: Current issues. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Welner, S. K., & Welner, K. G. (2005). Small doses of arsenic: A Bohemian woman's story of survival. New York: Hamilton Press.

Welner, K. G., & Oakes, J. (2000). Navigating the politics of detracking. Arlington Heights, IL: Skylight Publications.