Daniel J. Losen is a Senior Education Law and Policy Associate with The Civil Rights Project at UCLA and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. 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. 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. Dr. Losen received his B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University, M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Lesley College, and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.