EduFreedom: Education Policy with Educational Freedom Institute

Ryan Petty , founder of Walk Up Foundation , joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about Behavioral Threat Assessment and current events around the country relative to school safety and school choice.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Andrew Pollack has dedicated his life to school safety as the father of one of the victims of the Parkland, Florida school shooting in 2018. He joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about what he's learned since that tragedy. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Dr. Ben Scafidi , Director of Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University; Friedman Fellow at EdChoice; Advisory Board member at EFI joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss Arizona's Proposition 208 and similar K-12 education funding measures. We also discuss teacher certification and mentoring programs. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Ed...

Dr. Eric Wearne , Visiting Associate Professor in Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss his new book, Defining Hybrid Homeschools in America .  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Christos Makridis , Digital Fellow at MIT, joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss new research that indicates that school lockdowns are highly correlated to union influence and power rather than health concerns.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Congressman Dan Bishop (R-NC) joins Corey DeAngelis to talk about a bill he introduced in the US House of Representatives that would expand Opportunity Grants for children who lack options for in-person instruction.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms. *Please pardon the weather-related techni...

Principal Tom Smith and Cliff Maloney of Young Americans for Liberty join Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss why America's children need school choice.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Dr. Bryan Caplan , Professor of Economics at George Mason University; and New York Times bestselling author, joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss the opportunities that the pandemic presents for families looking for solutions to the education slowdown. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platf...

Dr. Ben Scafidi , Director of Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University; Friedman Fellow at EdChoice; Advisory Board member at EFI joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss K-12 finance. We spend time dispelling the myth that public education is "underfunded." Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and o...

In this special edition of EFI: in conversation, Dr. Rand Paul , US Senator from Kentucky, joins Corey DeAngelis to discuss new legislation he recently introduced that would allow parents to access federal education funds for their children. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

In this episode of EFI: in conversation, Dr. Terry Stoops , VP of Research and Director of Education Studies at John Locke Foundation and Advisory Board member at EFI joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss how the North Carolina Association of Educators is fighting against a school choice scholarship program that primarily benefits low income children, and other issues around the sta...

In this special edition of EFI: in conversation, Dr. Walter Williams , Professor of Economics at George Mason University, author of scores of articles in scholarly journals, popular publications, and guest on many TV and radio over the course of decades, joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to bust several myths about school choice, and talk about Thomas Sowell's new book Charter Schools &amp...

Jason Bedrick , Director of Policy at EdChoice joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss the Espinoza decision from the Supreme Court, ESA hearings in Arizona, and Thomas Sowell's new book Charter Schools & Their Enemies . Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Kevin Nicholson & Chris Lawrence join Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss how school choice narrows gaps for kids, parental involvement, accountability, and more.  Kevin Nicholson is President, Founder of No Better Friend Corp, 2018 Candidate for US Senate in Wisconsin, and a US Marine Corps Veteran. Chris Lawrence is a parent of 3 school choice kids, conservative activist, and...

Jim Blew , Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss the "ins and outs" of Education Freedom Scholarships.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

David Hardy , founder of Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School and Building Excellent Schools PA joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss what it really takes to build an excellent school. He talks about his background in education and how he came to found one of the top schools in the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on...

Robert Pondiscio ,  celebrated author and former teacher joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss his book, How the Other Half Learns . We ask for his take on how different groups of students are doing outside of a brick-and-mortar school environment during lockdown.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook...

Jeff Kwitowski , Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Policy Communications @ K12, Inc. joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss how virtual schools, and the students that attend them, have handled the pandemic. They also discuss families' attitudes toward virtual schools in the wake of COVID-19 as well as the dynamics of public policy relative to virtual schools. Find EFI online a...

Neal McCluskey , Director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss how private schools are faring amid the pandemic. We also discuss a little history behind district schools, as well as some past and current battles around curriculum in district schools.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and...

Nina Rees , President and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss what's going on in America with charter schools today.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Rebecca Friedrichs was lead plaintiff in a 2016 US Supreme Court case against the California Teachers Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association (the country's largest teacher union). She is also the founder of For Kids and Country . Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen discuss the court case, what led to it, and what's going on today in government schools. Find EFI online at E...

Patrick J. Wolf, PhD , Professor and 21st Century Chair in School Choice at University of Arkansas; author of dozens of studies and other publications on school choice, joins Corey A. DeAngelis, PhD and Matthew Nielsen to discuss Harvard's ongoing campaign against homeschooling--just when everyone is forced to educate their children at home.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute...

Chris Stewart , former elected school board member, CEO of Brightbeam Network , and renowned school choice advocate joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about some of the tactics and fallacies employed by defenders of the status quo in American K-12 education. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social...

Jay P. Greene, PhD joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about how the global public health crisis is affecting the education reform movement. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

In this episode, Manhattan Institute Sr. Fellow Max Eden joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about how some school discipline policies seem to contribute to problems rather than solve them. We discuss Max's book, Why Meadow Died , which serves as a tragic case study for how changes in policies can result in disaster. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org , @EF_Institute on twitter, and...