Edchoice Chats

Howard Slugh, founder of the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, joins us to discuss an important case that might come before the U.S. Supreme Court. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Our Director of National Research Mike McShane hops on the podcast to talk about his recently-released book, "Hybrid Homeschooling: A Guide to the Future of Education." For more information, visit www.edchoice.org/hybridhomeschooling.

Ulcca Joshi Hansen, founder of Educating Potential, joins us to discuss the direction of education in a post-pandemic world. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode, we share key takeaways from our February 2021 wave of polling as reported on our EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker. For more from the full report, visit edchoice.morningconsultintelligence.com.

We're joined by Trish Wilger, executive director of Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education, to discuss results from the "Iowa K-12 & School Choice Survey." For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Monthly Debrief series, we discuss school choice happenings across America—from a possible expansions in Arizona to consolidating programs in Florida. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Moshe Krakowski joins us to discuss his recent City Journal essay, "The War Against the Haredim." We cover misconceptions about religious education, claims made by YAFFED and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Max Eden, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, hops on the podcast to talk about the history of the Hope Scholarship, school choice in Florida and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode, we share key takeaways from our January 2021 wave of polling as reported on our EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker. For more from the full report, visit edchoice.morningconsultintelligence.com.

Justice Clint Bolick of the Arizona Supreme Court and Kate Hardiman, Rehnquist Fellow at Cooper & Kirk, join us to discuss their latest book, "Unshackled: Freeing America’s K–12 Education System." For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

As we do every year, the EdChoice team got together to vote on yearbook superlative categories, such as Most Empowering, Biggest Setback and our newest recognition, Most Choice-y State, in 2021. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode, we share key takeaways from our December 2020 wave of polling as reported on our EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker. For more from the full report, visit edchoice.morningconsultintelligence.com.

Our VP of Legal Affairs Leslie Hiner takes a trip down memory lane, highlighting the top moments in school choice litigation last year. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode, Eric Wearne joins us to discuss his recent book, "Defining Hybrid Homeschools in America." For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Danielle Shockey, CEO of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, hops on the podcast to talk about the teacher talent pipeline and challenges we face in light of the pandemic. Shockey formally worked as the deputy superintendent of public instruction for the Indiana Department of Education and as a school principal. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Unlike previous years of our Schooling in America survey project, our researchers released multiple sets of results in a chart-focused format. This report focuses on the second wave of questions we asked about public opinion on K-12 education during the COVID pandemic. Listen to the authors discuss the most interesting findings from the report. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Dan Lips, visiting fellow with the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity,  joins us to talk about his recent paper, “Reducing Inequality in Outside-of-School Learning.” For more information,, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode, we share key takeaways from our November 2020 wave of polling as reported on our EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker. For more from the full report, visit edchoice.morningconsultintelligence.com. For more information about what we do, visit www.edchoice.org.

In his latest report, Paul Peterson breaks down what the evidence says about the effectiveness of school choice. He also outlines a variety of action items policymakers can take to make our education system more equitable. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Monthly Debrief series, we discuss school choice happenings across America—from a recent bill passed in Ohio to what parents are saying about education, as reported in our monthly EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.