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.
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Chris Saldaña
@cmsaldana.bsky.social
· Dec 26
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Accountability or Austerity? Examining the Practice of K–12 Early Fiscal Intervention During Periods of Economic Crisis
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I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
Postdoctoral Talent Initiative – School of Graduate Studies Postdoctoral Fellows
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November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
What little federal money is allocated to proven educational programs is slowly disappearing under the Trump admin.
New: In September, the Trump administration canceled more than $20 million for teacher-training programs at HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions.
Now some college students training for teaching careers may have to take out loans or drop out altogether. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Now some college students training for teaching careers may have to take out loans or drop out altogether. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Ed. Dept. Cuts Grants That Were Helping College Students Become Teachers
Ten universities collectively lost more than $20 million for efforts to diversify the teacher workforce.
www.edweek.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What little federal money is allocated to proven educational programs is slowly disappearing under the Trump admin.
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Nominations for AEFP awards are due on December 5, 2025 by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/awards
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Nominations for AEFP awards are due on December 5, 2025 by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/awards
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This ‘Christian public school’ in Colorado could spur a fight over religion in education
www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
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This ‘Christian public school’ in Colorado could spur a fight over religion in education
Backers of a new Christian public school say if the state doesn’t agree to fund the school, it would amount to religious discrimination.
www.chalkbeat.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This ‘Christian public school’ in Colorado could spur a fight over religion in education
www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
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Co-chairing a search for an early career higher education faculty member. If you or a student of yours is on the market let me know! DMs open, etc
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Co-chairing a search for an early career higher education faculty member. If you or a student of yours is on the market let me know! DMs open, etc
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"Violent arrests, dangerous detentions & prolonged incarceration show that the purposeful criminalizing of immigrants and Black folks is not only harmful to adults but also traumatizes children"
this piece was created to archive the harms so we cannot turn away www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
this piece was created to archive the harms so we cannot turn away www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Violent arrests, dangerous detentions & prolonged incarceration show that the purposeful criminalizing of immigrants and Black folks is not only harmful to adults but also traumatizes children"
this piece was created to archive the harms so we cannot turn away www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
this piece was created to archive the harms so we cannot turn away www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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It was an honor to interview @dlabaree.bsky.social for this month’s @nepc.bsky.social podcast. I’ve learned so much from Professor Labaree’s writing, and it was a real treat to learn from him through our conversation about recent shifts in education policy. If you have a few mins, give it a listen!
NEPC Talks Education: This month's podcast explores the challenges of navigating education's competing goals, with @cmsaldana.bsky.social and @dlabaree.bsky.social bit.ly/3KUg2vs
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Labaree About Navigating Education's Competing Goals
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Labaree about the fundamental tensions shaping American education, and how recent developments in AI and school...
nepc.colorado.edu
October 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It was an honor to interview @dlabaree.bsky.social for this month’s @nepc.bsky.social podcast. I’ve learned so much from Professor Labaree’s writing, and it was a real treat to learn from him through our conversation about recent shifts in education policy. If you have a few mins, give it a listen!
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NEPC Talks Education: This month's podcast explores the challenges of navigating education's competing goals, with @cmsaldana.bsky.social and @dlabaree.bsky.social bit.ly/3KUg2vs
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Labaree About Navigating Education's Competing Goals
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Labaree about the fundamental tensions shaping American education, and how recent developments in AI and school...
nepc.colorado.edu
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NEPC Talks Education: This month's podcast explores the challenges of navigating education's competing goals, with @cmsaldana.bsky.social and @dlabaree.bsky.social bit.ly/3KUg2vs
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Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!
Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf
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September 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
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This work is super important! These great scholars’ suggestions for rural schools would also help protect Indian Education in BIE schools by association, which account for approximately 10% of all Native students & are under attack by a 2025 E.O. intent on introducing vouchers for BIE students.
Forbes picked up our article explaining how designating rural school districts as "education preserves" can protect them from charter and voucher expansion.
www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...
www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...
Do We Need Rural School Preserves?
A new paper argues that rural school districts are facing an existential threat, and proposes a new sort of preserve to safeguard these districts and the students that they serve.
www.forbes.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This work is super important! These great scholars’ suggestions for rural schools would also help protect Indian Education in BIE schools by association, which account for approximately 10% of all Native students & are under attack by a 2025 E.O. intent on introducing vouchers for BIE students.
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🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.
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David Berliner passed away yesterday morning. He was incredibly kind, smart & funny, w/a deep sense of what’s right.
Last month, facing his illness, he told me he really wanted people to read his personal essays abt schls & democracy - a new book that's reviewed here: edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER...
Last month, facing his illness, he told me he really wanted people to read his personal essays abt schls & democracy - a new book that's reviewed here: edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER...
Review of Public Education for Our Nation’s Democracy: Commentaries on Schooling in America, by David C. Berliner
| Education Review
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September 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
David Berliner passed away yesterday morning. He was incredibly kind, smart & funny, w/a deep sense of what’s right.
Last month, facing his illness, he told me he really wanted people to read his personal essays abt schls & democracy - a new book that's reviewed here: edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER...
Last month, facing his illness, he told me he really wanted people to read his personal essays abt schls & democracy - a new book that's reviewed here: edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER...
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This article, which will be published in Idaho Law Review, explains how states can save endangered rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters
School vouchers and charter schools are primed to grow at a time when public school systems are experiencing a precipitous decline in enrollment. Unfortunately,
papers.ssrn.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This article, which will be published in Idaho Law Review, explains how states can save endangered rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
School choice poses a unique threat to rural schools and districts. In this article (led by Dr. Preston Green and in collaboration with Drs. Bruce Baker and Julie Mead), we offer a potential solution. (Forthcoming in the Idaho law review). @drprestongreen.bsky.social @schoolfinance101.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
School choice poses a unique threat to rural schools and districts. In this article (led by Dr. Preston Green and in collaboration with Drs. Bruce Baker and Julie Mead), we offer a potential solution. (Forthcoming in the Idaho law review). @drprestongreen.bsky.social @schoolfinance101.bsky.social
It’s always an honor to learn from Kevin Welner and Robert Kim. In this month’s NEPC Talks Education podcast, Kevin and Robert discuss a (rapidly) changing federal K-12 education policy landscape.
If you have a few minutes, give it a listen! @nepc.bsky.social @edlawcenter.bsky.social
If you have a few minutes, give it a listen! @nepc.bsky.social @edlawcenter.bsky.social
This month's NEPC Talks Education podcast is out! Kevin Welner and Robert Kim discuss the recent dramatic shifts in K-12 federal education policy with @cmsaldana.bsky.social.
@edlawcenter.bsky.social bit.ly/469Iba6
@edlawcenter.bsky.social bit.ly/469Iba6
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Kevin Welner and Robert Kim About Recent Changes to K-12 Federal Education Policy
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Kevin Welner and Robert Kim about the dramatic shifts in K-12 federal education policy.
nepc.colorado.edu
September 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It’s always an honor to learn from Kevin Welner and Robert Kim. In this month’s NEPC Talks Education podcast, Kevin and Robert discuss a (rapidly) changing federal K-12 education policy landscape.
If you have a few minutes, give it a listen! @nepc.bsky.social @edlawcenter.bsky.social
If you have a few minutes, give it a listen! @nepc.bsky.social @edlawcenter.bsky.social
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New publication:
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New publication:
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Apropos nothing, check out how much debt service and pension contributions have increased as a share of expenditures for NYC schools since 2008.
September 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Apropos nothing, check out how much debt service and pension contributions have increased as a share of expenditures for NYC schools since 2008.
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Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY!
Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!
Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf
Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!
Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf
July 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY!
Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!
Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf
Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!
Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf
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In the past 3 weeks, how many hours did state and district leaders spend frantically re-arranging budgets, contracts, and staffing plans to address the budget uncertainty? Did that improve student outcomes?
What a ridiculous waste of scarce resources.
What a ridiculous waste of scarce resources.
“Celebrate today, but keep organizing and keep advocating and using your voice so we can make sure that our students get the services that they need,” said Montserrat Garibay www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Trump Abruptly Unfreezes All of the Education Funds He Had Withheld
More than $5 billion in previously-frozen federal funds will start flowing next week.
www.edweek.org
July 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
In the past 3 weeks, how many hours did state and district leaders spend frantically re-arranging budgets, contracts, and staffing plans to address the budget uncertainty? Did that improve student outcomes?
What a ridiculous waste of scarce resources.
What a ridiculous waste of scarce resources.
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This thoughtful review by @shannapeeples.bsky.social provides a vital reminder of the hope we must recapture -- hope we felt while learning about these wonderful Schools of Opportunity.
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social
@michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social
@michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social
In their new volume the editors "offer “existence proofs” (p. 193) that schools can successfully pursue equity despite formidable obstacles." Read Dr. @shannapeeples.bsky.social's review here: buff.ly/WMnLQLw @nepc.bsky.social @tcpress.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This thoughtful review by @shannapeeples.bsky.social provides a vital reminder of the hope we must recapture -- hope we felt while learning about these wonderful Schools of Opportunity.
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social
@michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social
@michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social
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Legal experts weigh in on the implications of the 2025 Supreme Court term for K-12 education www.brookings.edu/articles/leg...
Legal experts weigh in on the implications of the 2025 Supreme Court term for K-12 education | Brookings
Brookings scholars focusing on education policy explore the legal implications of the Supreme Court's 2025 term.
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July 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Legal experts weigh in on the implications of the 2025 Supreme Court term for K-12 education www.brookings.edu/articles/leg...