The Long Fight for Educational Freedom with Neal McCluskey and James Shuls
Learn more about the book here: www.cato.org/books/fighting-freedom-learn Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls, fellow at the Show-Me Institute and head of...
From Milton Friedman to Modern School Choice with Robert Enlow
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Robert C. Enlow, president and CEO of EdChoice, about the expansion of school choice and the...
What the Media Gets Wrong About School Choice with Matthew Ladner
Susan Pendergrass talks with Matthew Ladner, senior advisor for education policy implementation at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy,...
The One Big Education Opportunity with Shaka Mitchell
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Shaka Mitchell, senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, about how a new federal scholarship...
What Missouri Can Learn from Arizona’s Education System with Sean McCarthy
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Sean McCarthy, Director of Fiscal Policy for the Arizona House of Representatives, about the state’s innovative...
HB 1044 and Expanding Charter Schools in Missouri
Senate Bill (SB) 727, passed into law last year, allows any state-approved sponsor to authorize a charter school in Boone...
It’s Time to End Free Transit in Kansas City
We all know that you get what you pay for. When you pay nothing for something, you usually get something...
The ESA Experience with Jenny Clark
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jenny Clark, Founder & CEO of Love Your School, about the experience of navigating Arizona’s Education...
A Milestone Reached
Nearly thirty years ago in Milwaukee, WI, a private school choice program was launched that gave vouchers to around 10,000...
Add Alabama to the List
Add Alabama to the growing list of states that let parents take their state education dollars to the school of...
This Is a Compromise?
A year ago, the Arkansas Legislature passed, and the governor signed, the Arkansas LEARNS Act. This comprehensive act addressed a...
School Choice is Good – Part 2
For the past several years, the Missouri Secretary of State has partnered with the Hunt Institute to host the Missouri...
And Then There Were Ten
Prior to two years ago, no state offered its families the benefit of choosing their children’s school—either public or private—using...
Sharing Classes for the Kids
Open enrollment—a policy that allows students to transfer to any school of their choice in the state—has been gaining momentum...
Add the Buckeyes and the Hoosiers to the List
Don’t think for a moment that Midwesterners don’t need or want to choose their children’s school. As I’ve previously discussed...
Missouri’s Refusal to Lead
Missouri’s Medicaid program is out of control, and state lawmakers don’t seem to care. Enrollment in the state’s program keeps...
Missouri Becomes an Education Island
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Missourian. How would your family feel if your entire neighborhood had 5G...
Turning the School Choice Knob Up to 11 with Matthew Ladner
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Matthew Ladner about the success of charter schools in Arizona, the growth of the open enrollment...
It’s Time to Get Out of the Comfort Zone
Recently, the Stanford Education Opportunity Project released a new analysis of education data. The analysis measured the academic growth of...
Public Schools Without Boundaries With Jude Schwalbach
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach about his new report PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: A 50 STATE RANKING OF K-12...
