EdChoice Chats

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.

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 201...

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.