Brooke LePage is FutureEd's policy analyst and a part-time Master of Public Policy (MPP) student at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. She graduated magna cum laude with honors in Public Policy & Law from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Concentrating in education policy, Brooke interned at the U.S. Department of Education and the Massachusetts' Council of Human Service Providers. She wrote her senior thesis on the implementation of Title IX.
Work by Brooke LePage

Education in the 2021 State of the State Addresses
Phyllis W. Jordan Brooke LePage Mar 10, 2021When governors delivered their State of the State addresses this winter — often via…

Tough Test: The Nation’s Troubled Early Learning Assessment Landscape
Lynn Olson Brooke LePage Mar 01, 2021At a time when the nation is investing significantly more resources into early learning,…

In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias
Brooke LePage Feb 05, 2021As schools grapple with longstanding racial inequities brought into sharp focus by recent cases of…

What’s Next for Title IX?
Brooke LePage Feb 04, 2021Former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos touted the Trump administration’s controversial Title IX…

A Debate on School Reopening Plays Out on Twitter
Brooke LePage Aug 05, 2020The reopening of schools and the wearing of masks have dominated the national coronavirus debate…

Roadmaps to Reopening: States’ Guidance to Schools on Masks and More
Brooke LePage Jul 24, 2020As political leaders debate the merits of reopening schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic, state education…

The Discarded International Students Rule and Trump’s Agenda
Phyllis W. Jordan Brooke LePage Jul 15, 2020An earlier version of this commentary piece appeared in The Hill. Forget for a moment…

The Supreme Court Supports Aid to Religious Schools
Brooke LePage Jun 30, 2020The Supreme Court has handed down a ruling that would effectively allow more public dollars…

Fighting Coronavirus with National Service
Brooke LePage Phyllis W. Jordan Jun 02, 2020This piece appeared as a commentary in The Hill. This May, more than…

A New, Higher Bar for Title IX Complaints
Brooke LePage May 08, 2020U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has released new federal regulations for Title IX,…

From Teacher Pay to Free College, What Governors Want
Phyllis W. Jordan Brooke LePage Mar 17, 2020Governors’ annual State of the State addresses are windows into what’s likely to be at…

Where Biden and Sanders Stand On Education
Brooke LePage Mar 12, 2020While leading Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have…

A Better Way to Handle Student Loan Debt
Phyllis W. Jordan Brooke LePage Dec 04, 2019This commentary was initially published in The Hill. When it comes to relieving student…