Edchoice Chats

In today’s episode of EdChoice Chats, our Director of National Research Mike McShane talks with Andy Smarick, the civil society education and work director at the R Street Institute. The two discuss the most interesting and shocking findings in "No Longer Forgotten: The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America," a book they edited. For more about school choice programs in America, visit www.edchoice.org.

This new poll we did with Nevada Action for School Options reveals what Nevadans think about public education, #schoolchoice programs and more. Learn more about the findings and what they mean locally in this podcast with Nevada Action for School Options President Don Soifer and EdChoice Director of State Research and Special Projects Drew Catt. Get the full report here: https://nevadaaction.org/nvpoll/

Danish Shakeel is a post-doctoral student and school choice researcher at Harvard. He chats with EdChoice Director of Fiscal Policy and Analysis Marty Lueken about what led him to school choice and about the meta-analysis research he's working on.

In this episode of Cool Schools, Director of National Research Mike McShane talks with Lauren Boros, principal of Noble Academy about their founding and growth. Noble Academy is a public charter high school in Chicago that partners with Phillips Exeter Academy to break away from the traditional public school instruction model. To learn more, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of EdChoice Chats, Mike McShane talks about his new report, The Private School Teacher Skills Gap. He reveals how satisfied teachers were with their preparation, how a number of them are learning on the job and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In the first episode of Fireside Chats, EdChoice CEO Robert Enlow takes us back to our roots. He discusses the Friedman legacy and the importance of EdChoice's vision. For more, visit www.edchoice.org.

EdChoice's Drew Catt talks with Garrett Ballengee, Cardinal Institute's executive director, about lack of school choice options in West Virginia. Our new study with the Cardinal Institute shows the state's existing private schools would be open to participating and have thousands of open seats to spare. 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 Director of State Relations Lauren Hodge discuss the latest school choice happenings in the states. They talk about everything from a three-day hearing in West Virginia to making friends with sheep in New Hampshire. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Emily Coady is a doctoral academy fellow and graduate research assistant in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas. She speaks with EdChoice Research Assistant Mike Shaw about how her experience as a fifth grade teacher and regional director for Teach For America Louisiana Delta led her to study education reform. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of EdChoice Chats, our VP of legal affairs and two members of our research team recap their time at the annual International School Choice and Reform Conference. This was the first year the conference was held outside of the United States. Listen to members of our team rehash unique experiences, and the researchers and scholars they met in Lisbon, Portugal.

In our latest publication—The Future of K–12 Funding—education finance experts Dr. Marty Lueken and Dr. James Shuls propose a new, practical way for policymakers to improve how states fund K–12 public education. Not only did they identify the three core values that should drive policymakers’ decisions—equity, efficiency and opportunity—but also they tested their ideas based on three states’ K–12 funding formulas—in Indiana, Mississippi and Texas—for added context. For the full report, visit www.edchoice.org/FutureFunding.

In this podcast, the EdChoice team got together to announce our annual yearbook superlatives, such as Most Inspiring, Biggest Setback and Most Likely to Succeed in 2019. Learn more about school choice programs across America at www.edchoice.org.

In today’s episode of EdChoice Chats, Vice President of Communications Jennifer Wagner chats with Vice President of Legal Affairs Leslie Hiner about recent school choice litigation across the country, including an update on the Montana tax-credit scholarship case. Learn more about school choice programs across America at www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of EdChoice Chats, our state team updates you on the latest happenings at the end of 2018 and looking into the start of 2019. For more information, check out www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of EdChoice Chats, our Director of Fiscal Policy and Analysis Marty Lueken interviews James Shuls, a school choice researcher and EdChoice fellow about what brought him to school choice and his current research. Learn more about the original research EdChoice publishes on our website at https://www.edchoice.org/what-we-do/research/.

In today’s episode of EdChoice Chats, our President and CEO Robert Enlow and our Director of Policy Jason Bedrick discuss one iconic episode of the BBCs Yes, Prime Minister which is about pure school choice policy and government. The same key messages from opponents and proponents of school choice today seem to have been just as prevalent in the ‘80s (though perhaps more eloquently said back then). They hit on all of them in their discussion. Listen up! Learn more about school choice at www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of EdChoice Chats, Florida mother and school choice advocate Olasumbo “Ola” Alayande shares her experience using Florida’s tax-credit scholarship program for five of her seven children. Learn more about school choice options in the states at www.edchoice.org.

In this Monthly Debrief podcast, we take a break from our normal format to hear from our Vice President of Legal Affairs Leslie Hiner about an IRS rule that could have a negative effect on tax-credit scholarship programs across the country. Leslie chats with Senior Director of State Relations Michael Chartier about the rule and what EdChoice is doing about it. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In today’s EdChoice Chat, our CRM and Email Marketing Manager Abby Hayes chats with Jenny Clark about her family’s experience with Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, the nation’s oldest education savings account (ESA) program. She talks about her sons’ specific challenges and how the ESA is helping them thrive. Learn more at www.edchoice.org.

In this Monthly Debrief podcast, EdChoice's Senior Director of State Relations Michael Chartier and Director of Policy Jason Bedrick discuss the latest school choice happenings in the state, especially how November's mid-term elections might affect school choice in the states. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org. You can also get our full review of the state of the states on school choice