Community of Practice

At the intersection

School Funding and Integration Community of Practice

Inequitable funding and persistent school segregation are two of the biggest problems facing American education — and they're inextricably linked. Yet for decades, our professional community of advocates, academic researchers, policymakers, and educators has largely treated them as separate challenges.

Alongside the Education Law Center and the National Coalition on School Diversity we created At the Intersection to give leading experts in school segregation and school funding a place to collaborate, share ideas, and build a movement to take on these crucial, intertwined challenges.

Upcoming events

2025 At the Intersection Convening

Washington, DC • February 12-13, 2025

Community of Practice Participants

Organizational affiliations included for identification purposes only

Alejandra Vázquez Baur
The Century Foundation

Ann Owens
University of Southern California

Ary Amerikaner
Brown’s Promise

Bruce Baker
University of Miami

Camille Pendley Hau
Southern Education Foundation

Carlos Mariani Rosa
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

Chavis Jones
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Chinh Le
University of Virginia School of Law

Chloe Sikes
Intercultural Development Research Association

Connie Choi
Public Advocates

Danielle Farrie
Education law Center

Deanna Townsend-Smith
Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity

Derek Black
University of South Carolina School of Law

Elise Boddie
University of Michigan Law School

Elizabeth Horton Sheff
Sheff Movement Coalition

Erica Frankenburg
Penn State University

Ericka Weathers
University of Pennsylvania

GeDá Jones Herbert
Tulane Law School

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley
Virginia Commonwealth University

Gina Chirichigno
National Coalition on School Diversity

Halley Potter
The Century Foundation

Hetal Dhagat
Education Law Center - PA

Horatio Blackman
National Urban League

James (Jay) Carter
The Urban Institute

Jenna Roberson
Poverty and Race Research Action Council

Jesselly De La Cruz
Latino Action Network Foundation

Joanna LeFebvre
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

John Affeldt
Public Advocates

Katherine Dunn
Georgia State University

Kathleen Gebhardt
Children’s Voices

Kelly Medina
Family Resource Center, Roaring Fork Schools (Colorado)

Kris Nordstrom
North Carolina Justice Center

Kristin Bronson
Colorado Lawyers Committee

Kristina Moon
Education Law Center - PA

Leiataua Dr. Jon Peterson
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

Lezlie Braxton Campbell
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts

Margie Wakelin
Education Law Center - PA

Mark Chin
Vanderbilt University

Maura McInerney
Education Law Center - PA

Maya Brodziak
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Michael Gregory
Harvard Law School

Michael Rebell
Teachers College, Columbia University

Michael Tafelski
Southern Poverty Law Center

Milly Arbaje-Thomas
The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity

Morgan Craven
Intercultural Development Research Association

Nicole Gon Ochi
Public Advocates

Oren Sellstrom
Lawyers For Civil Rights - Boston

Philip Tegeler
Poverty & Race Research Action Council

Preston Green
University of Connecticut

Qubilah Huddleston
The Education Trust

Raymond Pierce
Southern Education Foundation

Rebecca Sibilia
EdFund

Robert Kim
Education Law Center

Saba Bireda
Brown’s Promise

Sam Boyd
Southern Poverty Law Center

Sara Plasencia
Learning Policy Institute

Sophia Mayott-Guerrero
ACLU Colorado

Stefan Lallinger
The Next100

Stephen Owens
Brown’s Promise

Victor Jones
NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Wendy Lecker
Education Law Center

Zahava Stadler
New America Foundation