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
What’s Behind The Legislative Push to Ban Transgender Athletes
Last year, Idaho became the first state to ban transgender student athletes from…
What’s Next for Title IX?
The Biden administration has issued new guidance on handling campus sexual harassment complaints amid its…
With an Influx of Covid Relief Funds, States Spend on Schools
This piece and interactive maps were published in The 74. Asked recently by the U.S.
The Hidden Provision Driving Tax Breaks for Private School Tuition
When Betsy DeVos’s term as education secretary ended in January,…
Covid Relief Playbook: Smart Strategies for Investing Federal Funding
Disrupted for more than a year by the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. public education…
How the Biden Administration Should Recast Title IX Regulations
The U.S. Department of Education held public hearings June 7 to 11 to seek input…
Designing Summer Programs That Students Want to Attend
As school districts and states scramble to use federal Covid relief aid to help students…
In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias
As schools grapple with longstanding racial inequities brought into sharp focus by recent cases of…
Education in the 2021 State of the State Addresses
When governors delivered their State of the State addresses this winter — often via…
Tough Test: The Nation’s Troubled Early Learning Assessment Landscape
At a time when the nation is investing significantly more resources into early learning,…
A Debate on School Reopening Plays Out on Twitter
The 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
As political leaders debate the merits of reopening schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic, state education…
The Discarded International Students Rule and Trump’s Agenda
An earlier version of this commentary piece appeared in The Hill. Forget for a moment…
The Supreme Court Supports Aid to Religious Schools
The Supreme Court has handed down a ruling that would effectively allow more public dollars…
Fighting Coronavirus with National Service
This piece appeared as a commentary in The Hill. This May, more than…
A New, Higher Bar for Title IX Complaints
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has released new federal regulations for Title IX,…
From Teacher Pay to Free College, What Governors Want
Governors’ annual State of the State addresses are windows into what’s likely to be at…
Where Biden and Sanders Stand On Education
While leading Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have…
A Better Way to Handle Student Loan Debt
This commentary was initially published in The Hill. When it comes to relieving student…