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(2026) . NEPC Review: Redrawing the lines: How purposeful school system redistricting can increase funding fairness and decrease segregation. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date] from [https://nepc.colorado.edu/](https://nepc.colorado.edu/)[ ](https://nepc.colorado.edu/)[review/redistricting](review/redistricting)  \nFunding: This review was made possible in part by funding from the Great Lakes Center for Educational Research and Practice.  \nGREAT LAKES CENTER  \nFor Education Research & Practice  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International License.  \nThis publication is provided free of cost to NEPC’s readers, who may make non-commercial use of it as long as NEPC and its author(s) are credited as the source. For inquiries about commercial use, please [contact NEPC at](contact NEPC at nepc@colorado.edu)[ nepc@colorado.edu](contact NEPC at nepc@colorado.edu).  \nThe National Education Policy Center (NEPC), a university research center housed at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education, sponsors research, produces policy briefs, and publishes expert third-party reviews of think tank reports. NEPC publications are written in accessible language and are intended for a broad audience that includes academic experts, policymakers, the media, and the general public. Our mission is to provide high-quality information in support of democratic deliberation about education policy. We are guided by the belief that the democratic governance of public education is strengthened when policies are based on sound evidence and support a multiracial society that is inclusive, kind, and just. Visit us at: [http://nepc.colorado.edu](http://nepc.colorado.edu)  \nNEPC Review: Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation (New America,  \nSeptember 2025)  \nReviewed by:  \nChristopher Cleveland and Joshua Almes  \nBrown University  \nJanuary 2026  \nSummary  \nA New America report argues that states should improve educational equity by redrawing school district boundaries to reduce within-state fiscal and demographic disparities. The report details three redistricting methods: (1) a “blank-slate” approach that creates new districts from Census tracts,(2) a county-aligned approach that uses county boundaries as district boundaries, and (3) targeted mergers of existing districts. It models each of these approaches and compares them to current district maps. Overall, the report finds that across districts, all three hypothetical models increase the equality of access to local property tax revenue, and all three improve racial and economic integration. Blank-slate redistricting leads to the most significant improvements. Although this review identifies some methodological weaknesses, the report still offers policymakers a framework for a preliminary discussion of how district boundaries shape inequities and, therefore, how redistricting may be a meaningful policy tool for alleviating them. More research and analysis, notably (a) including additional factors that complicate redistricting and (b) comparing redistricting with other approaches to reducing inequities, would strengthen the conversation this report initiates.  \nNEPC Review: Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System R","cbCaivcR7ztkuxpZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivcR7ztkuxpZ","pdf",1583782,13,"English","# Summary\n# I. Introduction\n# II. 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