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Staff Daniel Losen, J.D., M.Ed.
Email: harvardlosen@gmail.com
Daniel J. Losen (J.D., M.Ed.) is a Senior Education Law and Policy Associate with The Civil Rights Project and Lecturer on Law at HLS. His work at CRP concerns the impact of federal, state and local education law and policy on students of color. His most recent efforts have focused on addressing the school to prison pipeline, and on implementation concerns about the No Child Left Behind Act. Related written work includes: a chapter, Graduation Rate Accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act and the Disparate Impact on Students of Color, for the book, “Dropouts in America: Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis,” a law review article, “Challenging Racial Disparities: The Promise and Pitfalls of the No Child Left Behind Act’s Race-conscious Accountability,” published in Howard Law Journal; and co-authoring numerous reports on the graduation rate crisis, including the national report, “Losing Our Future, How Minority Youth Are Being Left Behind By The Graduation Rate Crisis,” released jointly in 2004 with the Urban Institute and Advocates for Children of New York. Relevant written work includes: the book, “Racial Inequity in Special Education,” co-edited with Gary Orfield and a chapter, “The Role of Law in Policing Abusive Disciplinary Practices: Why School Discipline is a Civil Rights Issue,” co-authored with Christopher Edley, Jr., for the book, “Zero Tolerance: Resisting the Drive For Punishment in Our Schools.” Upon graduating law school, Mr. Losen practiced education law for economically disadvantaged students as a legal services advocate in Massachusetts. Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Losen taught in public schools for 10 years, including work as a school founder of an alternative public school. |
