Edchoice Chats

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.

In this episode of EdChoice Chats, the authors of our latest report, Transporting School Choice Students, discuss inspiration, methodology and findings. For more information or to download the report, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Big Ideas series, Vicki Alger discusses her co-authored book, "Child Safety Accounts: Combating Student Bullying and School Violence by Empowering Parents." She goes in-depth on subjects related to student bullying, teacher bullying, sexual misconduct and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In the second episode of our Mean Tweets series, Jen Wagner and Drew Catt read tweets and offer commentary and insight regarding some of the top issues in education.

Gerard Robinson joins us to discuss the book, Education for Liberation: The Politics of Promise and Reform Inside and Beyond America’s Prisons. Robinson is a co-editor of the book and works as the executive director of the Center for Advancing Opportunity. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

We sit down with EdChoice board member Virginia Walden Ford to discuss her book, "School Choice: A Legacy to Keep." In it, she describes growing up the daughter of the first black assistant superintendent of the Little Rock school district, and how she became a champion for educational choice. To learn more, 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 her recent visit to the U.S. Supreme Court for oral arguments in the Espinoza case. For more information, 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 focus on the State of the Union address, school choice controversy in Tennessee and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Phil Magness, senior research fellow with the American Institute of Economic Research, discusses the history of school choice and critics' claims of segregationist roots. Magness delves into this and more in his co-authored essay, “School Vouchers, Segregation, and Consumer Sovereignty."

Brian Kisida, assistant professor at the University of Missouri, discusses his co-authored report, "When is a School Segregated? Making Sense of Segregation 65 Years After Brown v. Board of Education." For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

There’s no better time to reflect on recent school choice happenings and look forward to a new year than during National School Choice Week. As we do every year, the EdChoice team got together to vote on yearbook superlative categories, such as Most Inspiring, Biggest Setback and our newest recognition, Most Likely to Expand, in 2020. To see how the EdChoice team voted last year, check out Our 2019 EdChoice Yearbook Superlatives.

In his new book, Andrew Campanella outlines seven steps parents can take to find the right learning environment for their children. Campanella is the president of National School Choice Week and a long-time advocate for educational opportunity. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Alexis Price, our marketing coordinator, and our resident state research guru Drew Catt chat about some school choice themes that appear in the super popular TV series Jane the Virgin. For a different podcast experience, check out the video recording of this episode on our website. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In the first episode of our Mean Tweets series, Robert Enlow and Drew Catt read tweets and offer commentary and insight regarding some of the top issues in education. For a different podcast experience, check out the video recording of this episode on our YouTube channel. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Our VP of External Relations Brian McGrath, Director of Fiscal Policy and Analysis Marty Lueken and EdChoice Fellow James Shuls discuss big takeaways from this year's Walton Finance Symposium. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Frank Edelblut, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education, discusses the fruition and future of the Learn Everywhere program.  For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Listen as Donna Berman recounts the journey to find her son, Brandon, the best education to fit his needs. She discusses their experiences with some of Florida's school choice programs and working with legislators as an advocate for the state's ESA program. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

The president of the Thomas Jefferson Institute discusses the state's tax-credit scholarship program and predicts what is on the horizon for school choice in Virginia. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Howard Husock discusses his book, "Who Killed Civil Society: The Rise of Big Government and the Decline of Bourgeois Norms." In it, he talks about the role and importance of formative efforts, as opposed to reformative efforts. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.