Sarah Lenhoff

Oct 16, 2023 | nepc.colorado.edu | Christopher Saldana |Sarah Lenhoff |Katherine Michelmore

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Sarah Lenhoff, Jeremy Singer, and Katherine Michelmore about the intersection of education policy and social policy.

Mar 30, 2023 | theregreview.org | Samuel Speroni |Sarah Lenhoff

School transportation resources must increase to achieve mobility justice. The landscape of public schools in the United States has changed dramatically over the past half-century, especially with the advent of school choice. But state policies around student transportation to school largely have not. In all 50 states, school attendance is compulsory. Furthermore, education has long been viewed as a key pathway to social and economic mobility.

Mar 29, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Erica Edwards |Sarah Lenhoff

Attendance Policy as a Site of Black SufferingThe district’s transactional approach constituted a psychic and, in some instances, material assault on Black parents. In their regular interactions, school-based staff showed little empathy about challenges in Black families’ lives. One mother, for example, shared thatThough this experience may present as a minor annoyance, the broader anti-Black context exacerbates her frustration in ways that create suffering.