Edchoice Chats

In this Monthly Debrief podcast, EdChoice’s President and CEO Robert Enlow chats with Michael Schuttloffel, executive director of the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). They discuss the state of private schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Jay Greene, professor and chair of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, discusses the book he co-edited, "Failure Up Close: What Happens, Why It Happens, and What We Can Learn from It." He breaks down what "failure" means and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Learn more about what you will find in the "Private School COVID-19 Response Survey," prepared for EdChoice by Hanover Research. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org

Patrick Wolf, professor and 21st Century chair in School Choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, joins us to discuss a book he edited. Wolf describes "School Choice: Separating Fact from Fiction" as an opportunity to delve into key elements of school choice that are not related test scores. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

We discuss the goals of our new EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker, along with some of the data you'll find⁠—including COVID-19 teacher survey results. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Cool Schools series, we chat with Christy Wilson, dean of academics at Alliance Christian Academy in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Learn more about our recent brief, "Comparing Ed Reforms." We partnered with Hanover Research to assess the experimental research on nine K-12 education reforms. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Ian Lindquist joins us to discuss his essay,  "Classical Schools in Modern America, published in the fall 2019 edition of National Affairs. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Big Ideas series, we sit down with Kerry McDonald to discuss her book, "Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside of the Conventional Classroom." For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

The EdChoice team shares their favorite education-themed movies—from "Dead Poets Society" to "School of Rock." For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of the Big Ideas series, we chat with Lindsey Burke of the Center for Education Policy about the book, "The Not-So-Great-Society." The book, co-edited by Burke, contains 23 chapters on various aspects of education policy from preschool through college over the last 60 years. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Drew Catt, director of state research at EdChoice, and  Yitz Frank, chairman of the board of School Choice Ohio, discuss the results from the "Ohio K–12 & School Choice Survey." For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of Cool Schools, Mike McShane chats with Belinda Henson, head of school at Legacy Classical Christian Academy in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to being a classical academy, the school also follows a university model. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this Monthly Debrief podcast, EdChoice’s President and CEO Robert Enlow and Director of State Relations Lauren Hodge chat with Emily Sass, policy director at the Center for Innovation and Education, about the latest school choice happenings in Texas. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Two authors of our annual report, "The 123s of School Choice," discuss what you'll find in this year's edition. Visit www.edchoice.org/order123s to get your free, print copy.

In this episode, Mike McShane chats with Tim Matlick—executive director of Jefferson Academy and the Summit Academy Home School program in Broomfield, Colorado. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute joins EdChoice President and CEO Robert Enlow to discuss their involvement in the school choice movement over the past 20 years. They examine past messaging, re-framing the way we talk about school choice and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

To kick off Season 3 of our Cool Schools series, Mike McShane chats with Chris Harper, head of school of Grace Prep. This school, located in Arlington, Texas, follows a hybrid homeschooling model. To learn more, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this Monthly Debrief podcast, EdChoice’s President and CEO Robert Enlow, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick and Director of State Relations Lauren Hodge discuss the latest school choice happenings in the states. They discuss school choice firsts in South Carolina and legislation passed in Utah. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Neal McCluskey, director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute, sits down with us to discuss his essay, “Toward Conceptual and Concrete Understanding of the Impossibility of Religiously Neutral Public Schooling." The piece was published in the Journal of School Choice in 2018. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.