| Closing the opportunity gap: What America must do to give every child an even chance PL Carter, KG Welner Oxford University Press, USA, 2013 | 1119 | 2013 |
| Closing the achievement gap by detracking CC Burris, KG Welner Phi Delta Kappan 86 (8), 594-598, 2005 | 478 | 2005 |
| Accountability, rigor, and detracking: Achievement effects of embracing a challenging curriculum as a universal good for all students CC Burris, EDWK Welner, J Murphy Teachers College Record 110 (3), 571-607, 2008 | 277 | 2008 |
| Legal rights, local wrongs: When community control collides with educational equity KG Welner SUNY Press, 2001 | 274 | 2001 |
| Race-conscious policies for assigning students to schools: Social science research and the Supreme Court cases RL Linn, KG Welner | 268 | 2007 |
| Educational equity and school structure: School size, overcrowding, and schools-within-schools DD Ready, VE Lee, KG Welner Teachers College Record 106 (10), 1989-2014, 2004 | 258 | 2004 |
| Achievement gaps arise from opportunity gaps KG Welner, PL Carter Closing the opportunity gap: What America must do to give every child an …, 2013 | 250 | 2013 |
| Disabling discrimination in our public schools: Comprehensive legal challenges to inappropriate and inadequate special education services for minority children DJ Losen, KG Welner Harv. CR-CLL Rev. 36, 407, 2001 | 210 | 2001 |
| Norms and politics of equity-minded change: Researching the “zone of mediation” J Oakes, K Welner, S Yonezawa, RL Allen International handbook of educational change: Part one, 952-975, 1998 | 209 | 1998 |
| (Li) Ability grouping: The new susceptibility of school tracking systems to legal challenges K Welner, J Oakes Harvard educational review 66 (3), 451-471, 1996 | 192 | 1996 |
| The dirty dozen: How charter schools influence student enrollment KG Welner | 137 | 2013 |
| Contextualizing homeschooling data: A response to Rudner KG Welner, KM Welner | 115 | 1999 |
| Online K-12 Schooling in the US: Uncertain Private Ventures in Need of Public Regulation. GV Glass, KG Welner National Education Policy Center, 2011 | 104 | 2011 |
| School choice and the pressure to perform: Déjà vu for children with disabilities? KR Howe, KG Welner Remedial and Special Education 23 (4), 212-221, 2002 | 103 | 2002 |
| Alternative approaches to the politics of detracking K Welner, CC Burris Theory into Practice 45 (1), 90-99, 2006 | 95 | 2006 |
| NeoVouchers: The emergence of tuition tax credits for private schooling KG Welner Rowman & Littlefield, 2008 | 91 | 2008 |
| School finance and courts: Does reform matter, and how can we tell? B Baker, K Welner Teachers College Record 113 (11), 2374-2414, 2011 | 82 | 2011 |
| K–12 race-conscious student assignment policies: Law, social science, and diversity KG Welner Review of Educational Research 76 (3), 349-382, 2006 | 79 | 2006 |
| Social movement organizing and equity-focused educational change: Shifting the zone of mediation M Renee, K Welner, J Oakes Second international handbook of educational change, 153-168, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
| Education and the law S Biegel (No Title), 2012 | 63 | 2012 |