Edchoice Chats

Kate Baker, director of the Children's Scholarship Fund of New Hampshire, discusses the state's tax-credit scholarship program. Learn about the program's legislative journey, and how it's different from other tax-credit scholarships across the nation. To learn more, visit www.edchoice.org.

The seventh annual edition of our Schooling in America Survey with Braun Research launched today. Get caught up on the key findings according to the report’s authors—Paul DiPerna, Drew Catt and Mike Shaw—on your commute, over lunch or whenever you listen to your podcasts. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Kathaleena Monds, founding director at the Center for Educational Opportunity at Albany State University, discusses school choice, historically black colleges, education reform research and more in this episode of EdChoice Chats.  For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Choice in the States series, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick talks with Marc LeBlond and Andy LeFevre. They discuss the tax-credit scholarship programs and next steps for school choice in Pennsylvania. LeBlond is the senior policy analyst at the Commonwealth Foundation, and LeFevre is the former executive director of the REACH Alliance and REACH Foundation. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In today’s episode of EdChoice Chats, our Vice President of Legal Affairs Leslie Hiner discusses recent school choice litigation across the country, including the amicus brief she recently filed with the United States Supreme Court. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Chris Stewart—some may know him as Citizen Stewart—discusses what education reformers can learn from the Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald schools initiative. Stewart is the CEO of Education Post and founder of Citizen Ed, a weekly education reader that focuses on publishing stories about public schooling from people of color. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode, we talk with the co-author of "Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students." He discusses student disability policies, pressures on institutions to 'look as though they have no problems,' and more in light of recent school shootings. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Robert Enlow, who has been with EdChoice since it's initial founding as the Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice in 1996, talks with our Director of Policy Jason Bedrick. They discuss some of the early school choice legislation in Indiana and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this Monthly Debrief podcast, EdChoice's Senior Director of State Relations Michael Chartier, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick and VP of Communications Jennifer Wagner discuss the latest school choice happenings in the states. They focus on public school choice and public-school district open enrollment policies. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Robert Pondiscio, vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, unpacks ideas in his newest book, How The Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice. His book focuses on Success Academy, the largest charter school network in New York City. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

The president and executive director of the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program (GOAL) discusses the state's tax-credit scholarship program. Georgia has two private school choice programs: the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship and the Georgia Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit. GOAL, one of the state's largest scholarship organizations, participates in the tax-credit scholarship program.

In this episode of our Choice in the States series, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick talks with Chad Aldis, vice president for Ohio policy and advocacy at The Fordham Institute. They discuss the growth of Ohio's 15-year-old school choice program, the Autism Scholarship Program, and the journeys of the state's four other programs. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode, we chat with Nate Barrett, senior director of research and evaluation at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. He discusses centralized enrollment systems, parental accountability and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Choice in the States series, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick talks with Brandon Dutcher, senior vice president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. They discuss the beginnings of the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities, and how the state's tax-credit scholarship program has nearly doubled the number of participating students in the past year. To learn more, visit www.edchoice.org.

Kevin Currie-Knight, teaching associate professor at East Carolina University, discusses topics in his new book, "Education in the Marketplace." He unpacks school choice in relation to market libertarianism, the segregation debate and more.

In this episode of our Choice in the States series, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick chats with Grant Callen of Empower Mississippi. They discuss expanding the state's programs beyond special needs, the future of school choice and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

John Merrifield, professor of economics at the University of Texas San Antonio and an EdChoice fellow, discusses 20 years of researching school choice and reform. He unpacks topics in his book, "The School Choice Wars" (2001), and previews his new book, "School System Reform: Why and How Is a Price-less Tale," coming out this fall. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode, Thrival Academy Executive Director India Hui discusses taking students to Thailand, engaging in mindfulness training, visiting an elephant sanctuary, and more. Thrival Academy is a one-year, study-abroad high school for 11th grade students. The school is considered a an innovation network institution part of Indianapolis Public Schools. For more in this series, visit edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Choice in the States series, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick chats with Jonathan Butcher from The Heritage Foundation. They discuss the history of Arizona's tax-credit and ESA programs, how ESAs work in the state, and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Legislative sessions are winding down, so what is our state team doing now? In this Monthly Debrief podcast, EdChoice's Senior Director of State Relations Michael Chartier, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick and Director of State Relations Lauren Hodge discuss everything from program expansions in Ohio to winning bets. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.