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Shelby Doyle on Polling Parents, Expanding Options, & Celebrating National School Choice Week

Episode length: 26m

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Last week, over 26,000 schools and groups held National School Choice Week celebrations to encourage parents to explore school choice options – including open enrollment, charter schools, magnet schools, microschools, homeschooling, and private schools – and urge policymakers to expand them. Shelby Doyle, Senior Vice President of Policy and National Partnerships for the National School Choice Awareness Foundation, joins the podcast to discuss School Choice Week, recent parent polling, the different types of school choice, and tools to help parents navigate their options.

https://schoolchoiceawareness.org/national-survey-2026/

https://schoolchoiceweek.com/

https://myschoolchoice.com/

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