Edchoice Chats

In this episode of our Cool Schools series her talk to Kurtis Indorf, President of Great Hearts Online and Great Hearts Microschools in Arizona. He tells us the innovative things he and his team have been doing and how this new option for families has already helped so many kids in his community.

In this episode we hear from Matt Beienburg, director of education policy at the Goldwater Institute, and our own director of state research and special projects, Drew Catt. The two co-authored a report titled, "The ESA Opportunity Map: Charting Empowerment Scholarship Account Eligibility for Students in Failing Arizona Public Schools."

Today we hear from the Director for Arizona Center for Student Opportunities, Matt Ladner, and the successes of school choice in Arizona.

In this episode of the podcast we speak with our very own director of national research, Mike McShane about his recent report where he tries to dispel some misinformation that's out there currently.

In this installment of our Cool Schools series we chat with Don Soifer, President of Nevada for School Options, and his Chief of Staff Ashley Campbell. They speak to us about the innovative schooling option they helped make possible in their state of Nevada.

In this episode, we share key takeaways from our August 2021 wave of polling as reported on our EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker.

We kick off season four of our Cool Schools series with Christian Dallavis, the Assistant Superintendent for the Partnership Schools, that started in New York and has since expanded to Ohio.

In this special episode of the podcast we hear from EdChoice president and CEO, Robert Enlow, and colleague Susan Mitchell about the early days of the school choice movement as EdChoice begins to celebrate our 25th anniversary!

The annual edition of our Schooling in America Survey with Braun Research launched today. Check out the key findings according to the report’s authors on your commute, over lunch or whenever you listen to your podcasts. For more info, visit: edchoice.org/SIAdashboard

In this episode, we share key takeaways from our July 2021 wave of polling as reported on our EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker.

In this episode we speak with Matt Ladner about his recent report, "Micro- Schools versus Waitlists: A Guidebook for the Innovative Arizona Educator." He tells us about the innovative school choice options available in Arizona right now.

In this episode we hear from Dr. Lance Izumi about the book he wrote with co-author and subject of the book, Mia Giordano. The book chronicles Mia's experiences trying to navigate in school with learning disabilities and how she found the best fit for her through educational choice.

Adaobi Anakwe, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Missouri School of Health Professions, discusses her research study into the virtual challenges that African-American families with school-aged children faced during the pandemic lockdown that occurred in 2020.

In this episode, we share our top findings from our second quarterly survey of educators this year. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Our VP of Legal Affairs Leslie Hiner discusses an upcoming Supreme Court case out of Maine. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

In this episode of our Monthly Debrief series, we discuss school choice happenings across America—focusing on the wrap-up of this year's legislative session. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

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

In this episode of our Monthly Debrief series, we discuss school choice happenings across America—including new state programs and expansions of pre-existing programs. Fore more information visit: www.edchoice.org

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

Dr. Rita Koganzon—associate director of the program on constitutionalism and democracy and assistant professor of politics at the University of Virginia—joins us to discuss her recent essay, A Tale of Two Educational Traditions. We discuss the Republican and Liberal traditions, alternatives to state run education and more.