Assistant professor in ELPA at UW-Madison. UCSD, CSUF, & CU Boulder alum. Interested in K-12 school finance. NEPC Talks Ed podcast host.https://bsky.app/profile/cmsaldana.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsaldana.bsky.social/post/3mniqfk65cc2kSo 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:ja6hrgrv3hn26j2aeb44sskc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mniqfk65cc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsaldana.bsky.social/post/3mfcmewddk22nMy 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." 🧵20 Feb 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:ja6hrgrv3hn26j2aeb44sskc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcmewddk22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsaldana.bsky.social/post/3mcczzgfnjk26It’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!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:ja6hrgrv3hn26j2aeb44sskc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcczzgfnjk26https://bsky.app/profile/cmsaldana.bsky.social/post/3maonbgvplc2mNew 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. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0013161X25140578623 Dec 2025 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:ja6hrgrv3hn26j2aeb44sskc/app.bsky.feed.post/3maonbgvplc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cmsaldana.bsky.social/post/3ma5gnl3zbk2jHonored 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Dec 2025 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:ja6hrgrv3hn26j2aeb44sskc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma5gnl3zbk2j