If you could change one thing to move the ball on parental school choice, what would it be? As we’ve done the past couple of years, we posed that question to a range of folks in the school choice universe. Over the next two weeks, we’ll publish their responses.
Our contributors reflect the incredible diversity of voices supporting choice – voices many of us find compelling and complementary. They are Republican and Democrat; conservative and liberal; black, white and Hispanic. Folks from think tanks and advocacy groups and academia kindly took time to weigh in. So did a community organizer and a school board member. So did a mom.
Here’s the line-up:
Friday: Dec. 19: Ben DeGrow, education policy analyst with the Colorado-based Independence Institute.
Monday, Dec. 22: Peter Hanley, executive director of the American Center for School Choice.
Tuesday, Dec. 23: Sharhonda Bossier, vice president, advocacy and engagement, at Education Cities.
Wednesday, Dec. 24: Rev. Timothy Scully, founder of the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame.
Friday, Dec. 26: Two posts: The first by Charles Glenn, noted education researcher at Boston University; the second by Jason Crye, executive director of Hispanics for School Choice.
Monday, Dec. 29: Wevlyn Graves, a Florida parent of a tax credit scholarship student.
Tuesday, Dec. 30: Nicole Stelle Garnett, professor at Notre Dame Law School and co-author of the 2014 book, “Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America.”
Wednesday, Dec. 31: Gary Beckner, founder and executive director of the Association of American Educators.
Friday, Jan. 2: Jeff Bergosh, a member of the Escambia County (Fla.) School Board.
Quick holiday note: A skeleton crew will man redefinED for the next two weeks, so the blog won’t be as active as usual. But we’re confident the wish list posts will give you something substantial to chew on between time with friends and family.
We’re grateful to all of you who follow our humble little blog.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
