Lauren Schneider

Lauren Schneider is a Fellow at the Albert Shanker Institute in Washington, D.C. She is completing a master’s program in Educational Transformation at Georgetown University.

Before moving to D.C. to pursue her master’s, Lauren was an elementary school teacher for seven years. She has worked in a diverse group of schools, including charter, public, and international (private). In her previous teaching jobs, Lauren led initiatives including a co-teaching model for Emerging Bilingual Learners, and she started a schoolwide wellness program for faculty and staff. She has a B.A in sociology with a minor in education from Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO).

Selected Publications

Baker, Bruce D., Di Carlo, Matthew, Schneider, Lauren, and Weber, Mark. 2020. State School Finance Profiles 2016-17. Washington, D.C.: Albert Shanker Institute.
Schneider. Lauren, and Radhakrishnan, Megha. 2016. Translanguaging: Harnessing the Power of Multiple Languages in the Classroom. The International Educator.
Schneider. Lauren. 2017. Wellness Matters at AISC. The International Educator.

Authored Blog Posts

Title	Authored on
How Non-Zero Tolerance Policies Better Support Our Students: Part II	May 10, 2021
Evidence In Education: Is Supply Meeting Teachers' Demand	Mar 16, 2021
Re-Imagining School Discipline: A Plea To Education Leaders	Jan 28, 2021
Co-Teaching For Emerging Bilingual Learners: Theory And Practice	Sep 30, 2020

Authored Publications

Title	Authored on
The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (third edition)	Jan 21, 2021

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Publications

The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (Sixth Edition)
A national evaluation of the K-12 school finance systems of all 50 states and D.C., published by researchers from the Albert Shanker Institute, University of Miami, and Rutgers Graduate School of Education.
Reading Reform Across America: A Survey of State Legislation
This report authored by Susan B. Neuman (New York University), Esther Quintero (Albert Shanker Institute), and Kayla Reist (University of Virginia), examines reading-related state legislation enacted between 2019 and 2022.
The Source Code: Revenue Composition and the Adequacy, Equity, and Stability of K-12 School Spending
A national analysis of the relationship between K-12 revenue composition—that is, the percentage of funding that comes from state versus local sources—and the adequacy, equity, and stability of school spending.

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