Lauren Morando Rhim

Lauren Morando Rhim is Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for Learner Equity (CLE). She provides CLE strategic vision and oversees research, advocacy, coalition development, and field-based capacity-building projects. Lauren’s recent work includes examining the challenges of developing equitable special education funding formulas and developing a strategic city-based framework for effectively and efficiently educating students with disabilities. Lauren comes to this work out of a passion for and commitment to social justice and an optimist’s belief that we can make public schools work for ALL learners. Before founding CLE, Rhim worked as a researcher, consultant, and advocate, striving to identify strategies to create and sustain high-quality public schools for all students.