Lauren Morando Rhim, PhD

Lauren Morando Rhim, PhD, is a researcher, consultant, and advocate for children. She has spent the last 20 years working to identify strategies to create and sustain high-quality public schools for all students.

Rhim specializes in education reform issues. She focuses on school restructuring and turnaround, charter schools, special education, and state and district support for school improvement.

A major portion of her work has been devoted to studying and providing technical assistance that supports students with disabilities’ access to and success in charter schools.

Rhim co-founded the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) in 2013 and serves as its executive director. Before that, she founded LMR Consulting, which consults on education policy, research, and evaluation. Rhim regularly consults with state departments of education and also works with nonprofits that share her commitment to high-quality public schools.

Rhim earned her doctorate in education policy and leadership from the University of Maryland, College Park. She lives in New Hampshire.