Edchoice Chats

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

In this episode of EdChoice Chats, our Director of State Research and Special Projects Drew Catt talks with Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning Grant Clayton at the University of Colorado about his journey from K–12 teacher to administrator to professor and researcher and his mission to “blow up” the way teachers-in-training think about schooling and the classroom. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

As the largest-ever survey of participants in a private school choice program, this new report represents some of the strongest evidence to date of the views and educational priorities of parents exercising private school choice. Listen to the authors, Jason Bedrick and Dr. Lindsey Burke, talk about what inspired this study of Florida tax-credit scholarship parents and what they found. To download the full report, visit www.edchoice.org/FLParentSurvey.

In this Monthly Debrief podcast, EdChoice’s Director of State Relations Lauren Hodge and Director of Policy Jason Bedrick discuss the latest school choice happenings in the states in September and look forward to what’s still to come as we close out the month. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org

In today’s episode of EdChoice Chats, Mike McShane talks with the founder of Build UP, a new school launching in 2019 in Ensley, Alabama. In the podcast, Mark Martin shares his ambitious vision to help his students solve some of their core poverty-related problems. To learn more, visit www.edchoice.org.

In today’s episode of EdChoice Chats, two hardcore Harry Potter fans—our President and CEO Robert Enlow and our CRM and Email Marketing Manager Abby Hayes—get creative discussing the educational themes in one of the most beloved book and movie series of all time. Check it out! Learn more about school choice at www.edchoice.org.

What does it mean to hold schools accountable? How do we measure school performance? Why do we care? We convened focus groups of K-12 stakeholders to wrestle with these tough questions and help us better understand the current accountability landscape—where we’ve been as well as where we’re headed. We’ve compiled what those focus group participants told us into this report, which the authors discuss in this podcast. Download the full report at www.edchoice.org/AccountabilityEcosystem

You may have heard that private schools don’t serve students with special needs. But in today’s podcast, Director of National Research Mike McShane talks with Lannie Davis-Frecker, president and CEO of the Julie Billiart Schools, about how the schools serve students with a variety of special needs, how they fund the schools and how they measure progress. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

To download the full report, visit www.edchoice.org/VoucherFiscalEffects. In our new study, EdChoice’s Director of Fiscal Policy and Analysis Marty Lueken examined the fiscal impact of voucher programs in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia—from their inception through FY 2015—to determine whether they generated costs or savings for state and local taxpayers. So do school vouchers cost us more money, or do they actually save money while educating the same number of kids. Find out by listening to this podcast with the researcher himself.

In this episode of EdChoice Chats, we bring you a breakdown of school choice-related themes in the popular NBC television show Parenthood. This is the second in our School Choice in Pop Culture series. To listen to more, view our uploads or subscribe to our pop culture playlist to always get notifications of new episodes. To learn more about our research and our work, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this Monthly Debrief podcast, EdChoice’s Director of State Relations Lauren Hodge, Director of Policy Jason Bedrick and Senior Director of State Relations Michael Chartier discuss the latest school choice happenings in the states in August and look forward to what’s still to come as we close out September 2018. Learn more on our website at www.edchoice.org.