NEPC Review: Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation (New America, September 2025). [Reprint].
Abstract
Christopher Cleveland and Joshua Almes review the New America report, Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation, reprinted here with the kind permission of the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), University of Colorado Boulder (http://nepc.colorado.edu). This review was made possible in part by funding from Great Lakes Center for Educational Research and Practice.
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Christopher Cleveland, Brown University
Dr. Christopher Cleveland is an Assistant Professor of Education and Education Policy at Brown University, holding a joint appointment in the Education Department and Annenberg Institute. His research and teaching focus on quantitative policy analysis in school finance, gifted and special education, and human capital. Christopher Cleveland has a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Program Evaluation from Harvard University; an Ed.M. in Education Policy and Management from Harvard Graduate School of Education; an A.M. in Education from Harvard University; and an A.B. in Sociology with a Secondary in Mind, Brain, & Behavior from Harvard College.
Joshua Almes, Brown University
Josh Almes is a postdoctoral research associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. Almes studies spatial inequities caused and reinforced by education policies. Almes’ work applies critical geography frameworks to education systems, such as how the drawing of school district boundary lines create disparate financial realities for districts and communities.
References
Report reviewed] Stadler, Z. & Abbott, J. (2025, September). Redrawing the lines: How purposeful school system redistricting can increase funding fairness and decrease segregation. New America. https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/reports/ redrawing-the-lines-school-system-redistricting-increase-funding-fairness-decrease-segregation/
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