Chris Saldaña
@cmsaldana.bsky.social
Assistant professor in ELPA at UW-Madison. UCSD, CSUF, & CU Boulder alum. Interested in K-12 school finance. NEPC Talks Ed podcast host.
A new analysis proposes improvements to funding and regulating education for multilingual learners. @cmsaldana.bsky.social @lucasantibanez.bsky.social bit.ly/4fdpHsA
How Can States Improve Multilingual Learner Education?
A new analysis proposes improvements to funding and regulating education for multilingual learners.
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So grateful for the shoutout, @nepc.bsky.social! It’s a gift to have come up in, and to still belong to, this remarkable community of scholars.
National Education Policy Center@nepc.bsky.social · 2mo agoCongratulations to NEPC Fellow @cmsaldana.bsky.social! bit.ly/4dTMwRe
Congratulations to NEPC Fellow @cmsaldana.bsky.social! bit.ly/4dTMwRe
NEPC Fellow Receives Award to Support Research on Ed Tech
NEPC Fellow Christopher Saldaña has been awarded a NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to help support his work on ways that the capacity of school districts shapes their ability to negotiate relatio...
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If I hear another f--ng interview about how the long run learning loss which started pre-covid (esp in reading) is probably caused by social media and failure to implement Science of Reading, while totally ignoring the post-recession great disinvestment - for which we already have causal evidence...
This month's NEPC Talks Education podcast is here! @cmsaldana.bsky.social speaks with @susanna-loeb.bsky.social about the Stanford SCALE Initiative project bit.ly/49U7azu
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Susanna Loeb About the Stanford SCALE Initiative Project
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña speaks with Susanna Loeb about the the recent release of Getting Down to Facts 3, a Stanford SCALE Initiative project that bring...
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A high school student sued her state for a better education. Hear from Luisa Sanchez, plaintiff in Kentucky Student Voice Team v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, & civic ed expert Michael Rebell in this month's NEPC Talks Education podcast. @cmsaldana.bsky.social @kystuvoiceteam.bsky.social bit.ly/4ctHkV1
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Michael Rebell and Luisa Sanchez About the Systemic Deficiencies in Kentucky’s Education System
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña speaks with Michael Rebell and Luisa Sanchez about the history of school finance adequacy litigation, highlighting how young adv...
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In this month's NEPC Talks Education podcast, @cmsaldana.bsky.social speaks with Ain Grooms, @jaycee43public.bsky.social, and April Peters about building and sustaining equity-centered principal pipelines. bit.ly/4dvI4tr
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Ain Grooms, Joshua Childs, and April Peters About Building and Sustaining Equitable Educational Leadership Systems
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Ain Grooms, Joshua Childs, and April Peters about implementing educational leadership systems that genuinely center e...
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Just released: The Cycle of Disinvestment in Public Schools: How Public-School Criticism Drives Policy and Disinvestment bit.ly/4rhKWO4
The Cycle of Disinvestment in Public Schools: How Public-School Criticism Drives Policy and Disinvestment
Critiques of public education have intensified, and while some reflect real needs for improvement, many are manufactured crises that portray schools as broadly failing. Centered on claims of underachi...
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My new article with Kathryn Wiley is now out in the Journal of Education Finance and Law. "Re-thinking Adequacy: From Educational Minimums to Educational Justice." 🧵
February's NEPC Talks Education podcast is here! @cmsaldana.bsky.social interviews @ericaoturner.bsky.social and @bryanmann.bsky.social about how demographic change is reshaping American schools and how current policy responses can promote equity and integration. bit.ly/3OjNEEO
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Erica Turner and Bryan Mann About Demographic Change, Segregation, and the Future of School Equity
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Erica Turner and Bryan Mann about how demographic change is reshaping American schools and how current policy respons...
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Deadline approaching! Apply for a postdoc role studying the politics of education policy at Stanford GSE: postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Beth Schueler | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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This WVA bill does everything but cap voucher and charter school, which may be contributing to school closures.
Preston Green@drprestongreen.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew bill could save West Virginia rural schools from consolidation share.google/nCWjgWNfrSBt...
This WVA bill does everything but cap voucher and charter school, which may be contributing to school closures.
A variation of an education preserve: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New bill could save West Virginia rural schools from consolidation share.google/nCWjgWNfrSBt...
New article with @schoolfinance101.bsky.social rethinking cause and consequence in U.S. school funding inequality, highlighting how an emphasis on consequences has sidelined deeper, historical causes, and why QuantCrit offers a path forward. Please read/share! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rethinking cause & consequence in U.S. school funding inequality: a future role for quant crit perspectives
The goal of this review is to synthesize recent, methodologically and conceptually diverse bodies of literature addressing the cause and consequence o…
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This study started with a convo over coffee w/ Huriya Jabbar in 2017! We wrote two unsuccessful grant proposals, finally got internal funding, and then struggled through 4 journals to get the null findings published. Persistence and great colleagues for the win! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Paradox of School Choice? Experimental Evidence on Choice Architecture, Anxiety, and Satisfaction - Sarah Winchell Lenhoff, Huriya Jabbar, Fatima Varner, Gloria Stout, Kathleen Holloway, 2026
School choice policy is often touted as offering more choices to families whose school options are limited by traditional zoning. However, too many options or t...
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It’s always an honor to engage with the scholars whose work informs and inspires your own. In this months NEPC Talks Ed podcast, I spoke with Drs. Roseann Liu and David Backer about their interdisciplinary approaches to critical school finance research. If you have a few minutes, give it a listen!!
National Education Policy Center@nepc.bsky.social · 7mo agoIn this month's NEPC Talks Education podcast: An interview with Roseann Liu and David Backer about their unique approaches to K-12 school finance research @schooldaves.bsky.social @cmsaldana.bsky.social bit.ly/49kRTbp
On January 8, NEPC published my essay Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle over Educational Goals as its blog post of the day. nepc.colorado.edu/blog/public-...
David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing: Public Goods, Private Goods — The American Struggle over Educational Goals
This post is a paper I published in 1997 in American Journal of Educational Research. Here’s a link to a PDF of the original. It became the framing chapter in my 1997 book, How to Succeed In School Wi...
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To ring in the new year, I'm excited to announce the launch of the Politics of Education Lab (PEdL) at the Stanford GSE. The goal is to advance understanding of the political dimensions of education policymaking to help policymakers and practitioners strengthen school systems. pedl.stanford.edu
The Politics of Education Lab
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We @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social are hiring a director for our Policy-Aligned Research Agenda Buildling Lab (PARABL), to help education system leaders build research roadmaps to effect change in a particular area. More info here: wheelockpolicycenter.org/wp-content/u...
New article out in Educational Administration Quarterly! I examine why LAUSD's school board struggled to remove school police after George Floyd's murder, even while acknowledging racial harm. I introduce "abolitionist infrastructure" as a path forward. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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In SEGREGATION AND SCHOOL FUNDING, @mattdicarlo.bsky.social and @schoolfinance101.bsky.social reveal the cycle that keeps resource-starved schools at a perpetual disadvantage and show how to break it. Find out more in our Spring 2026 catalog: https://bit.ly/4obkP9M
I got the chance to weigh in: www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...
A religious charter school fight is brewing in Tennessee and could challenge Supreme Court precedent
Last month, the Tennessee Attorney General issued a legal opinion that the state’s ban on religious charter schools was “likely” unconstitutional. Days later, the Knox County school board was sued ove...
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Applications are invited for a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at our Centre in Paris, starting on 1 Sept 2026. The post is in connection with the research programme on economic & environmental history. Application deadline 19 Feb 2026. Click below for further particulars & how to apply.
THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS IN PARIS
Fellowships
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AEFP is expanding our conference subsidies program to offer financial assistance to a broader membership base so that more researchers, policymakers & practitioners have the opportunity to connect at the conference. The deadline to apply is January 5, 2026 aefpweb.org/conferen...
Honored to have Dr. Givens on NEPC Talks Ed. His new book, American Grammar: Race, Education, and the Building of a Nation, boldly recenters Indigenous and Black Americans in the origin story of American K-12 schooling.
National Education Policy Center@nepc.bsky.social · 8mo agoNew NEPC Talks Education podcast: Jarvis Givens highlights the experiences of Black and Native Americans in the origin story of American education @cmsaldana.bsky.social bit.ly/4afqzft
Utah Repeals Ban on Collective Bargaining for Teachers and Other Workers: Gov. Spencer Cox approved the repeal of a policy experts called one of the country's most restrictive labor laws.
Utah Repeals Ban on Collective Bargaining for Teachers and Other Workers
Gov. Spencer Cox approved the repeal of a policy experts called one of the country's most restrictive labor laws.
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