Daniel J. Losen, J.D., M.Ed., is the director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies (CCRR) at UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, where his work has focused on racial disproportionality in special education, graduation rates, and school discipline since 1999. On these and related topics he conducts law and policy research, has testified before the U.S. Congress and the United Nations, helps draft model legislation, and provides guidance to policymakers, researchers, educators, and civil rights advocates.