Reverend Dr. Cassandra Gould

Public Theologian; Political Director, Faith in Action National Network

The Reverend Dr. Cassandra Gould is a national political strategist, public theologian, and leading voice at the intersection of faith, politics, and social transformation. She currently serves as the Political Director for the Faith in Action National Network, where she develops movement strategy, advances faith-rooted policy agendas, and builds national campaigns to confront systemic injustice and rising authoritarianism. Dr. Gould is a veteran movement organizer and former Executive Director of Missouri Faith Voices, and is a founding member of Faith for Just Lending. Her work appears in the documentary Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook and on an episode of Chavis Chronicles and she contributed a chapter to Preaching as Resistance (Chalice Press, 2018). She is a graduate of Eden Theological Seminary and United Theological Seminary

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Publications

The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (Eighth 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.
What Would Bayard Rustin Do? by Eric Chenoweth
Eric Chenoweth is director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe and principal author of Democracy Web, an online comparative study guide for teachers, students and civic activists. He worked with Bayard Rustin in various capacities in the late 1970s and 1980s.
The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (Seventh 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.

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The Albert Shanker Institute, endowed by the American Federation of Teachers and named in honor of its late president, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to three themes - excellence in public education, unions as advocates for quality, and freedom of association in the public life of democracies. With an independent Board of Directors (composed of educators, business representatives, labor leaders, academics, and public policy analysts), its mission is to generate ideas, foster candid exchanges, and promote constructive policy proposals related to these issues.

This blog offers informal commentary on the research, news, and controversies related to the work of the Institute.

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Reverend Dr. Cassandra Gould