Neeraja Deshpande
- Senior Contributor
Neeraja Deshpande is a senior contributor at IW Features, and a policy analyst at Independent Women, where she works primarily on issues related to education and gender. Additionally, Neeraja serves as an editor for Independent Women’s op-eds and related publications.
Her work has appeared in outlets including the Washington Post, City Journal, the Hill, Real Clear Education, Fairer Disputations, the Federalist, the Richmond Federal Reserve’s Econ Focus, the Free Press (where she previously worked as a staff researcher), and Pirate Wires, among others. In the past, Neeraja has taught middle school and high school English, math, and financial literacy.
Neeraja is originally from Somerville, Massachusetts and graduated magna cum laude from all-women’s Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts with a B.A. in Russian.
Stories by Neeraja
Commentary
Why Charter Schools Have Succeeded Where Traditional Public Schools Failed
This National Charter Schools Week, we should learn from charter schools and the ways…
Commentary
You Can’t Appreciate Teachers While Systemically Undermining Them
Flowers and thank-you notes can’t pacify a profession that has been weighed down by…
Profile
From Lesbian Mother to ‘Father’ for 30 Years, Here’s Why Jessi Harris Detransitioned
A 70-year-old detransitioner says she lived as a man to survive homophobia and warns…
Profile
Texas Mom Challenges Library’s ‘Trans Kids’ Narrative, And Demands Detransition Stories Be Heard
After her local library refused to remove an ideologically charged children’s book, Brenda Howard…
Profile
This Education Major Discovered Her Textbook Indoctrinates Educators to Support Liberal Politicians and Gender Ideology
A freshman in South Dakota says her program pressures future teachers to adopt partisan…
Profile
Children’s Hospital Colorado Transitioned Her Son. Now, This Mom Is Speaking Out
A Colorado mother trusted the medical “experts” when they prescribed her teenage son estrogen.…
Profile
Why One Superintendent Says Special Education Reform Urgently Needs An Overhaul
A rural Montana superintendent warns that rigid IDEA regulations are straining schools and shortchanging…
Commentary
The Kids Are Not Alright: How Disability Creep Undermines Education
Mild mental health diagnoses now give huge numbers of students extra time and advantages,…
Commentary
Our Broken Education System Has Left College Students Unprepared, Unqualified
Students at some of the top universities in the country are struggling to meet…