NEPC Review: The Enrollment Decline Windfall (EdChoice, February 2025)
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David E. DeMatthews's and Jinseok Shin's review of the EdChoice report, The Enrollment Decline Windfall, reprinted here with the kind permission of the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), University of Colorado Boulder (http://nepc.colorado.edu). The review was made possible in part by funding from Great Lakes Center for Educational Research and Practice.
Author Biographies
David E. DeMatthews, University of Texas at Austin
David E. DeMatthews is the W.K. Kellogg Endowed Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Special Education. His research focuses on how educational leaders create and sustain inclusive, high-quality schools as well as how education policies influence and shape the leadership opportunities and challenges. Prior to arriving at UT-Austin, DeMatthews was an assistant professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. He began his career in education working as a teacher, campus leader, and district administrator in Baltimore City Public Schools and the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Jinseok Shin, University of Texas at Austin
Jinseok Shin is a Research Fellow in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to arriving at UT-Austin, Jinseok was a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Washington at Seattle. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Sogang University in South Korea and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2018. His areas of specialization include Labor Economics and Applied Microeconomics, focusing on the Economics of Education.
References
[Report reviewed] Scafidi, B. (2025, February). The enrollment decline windfall: Enrollment declines leave more resources for students remaining in public schools. EdChoice. https://www.edchoice.org/research/the-enrollment-decline-windfall/
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