Ep. 119 - Implementing School Choice

Conservative and libertarian donors have made phenomenal gains in the area of education choice over the past 10 years. The question now becomes: how do we defend those gains? There are some phenomenal groups out there that are focused on implementation, particularly with regard to the three big pillars we've identified: 1) the supply of schools; 2) making sure parents know how to opt in their kids; and 3) defending against the onslaught of legal and public relations attention from people who are not keen on school choice.

At a recent event that DonorsTrust hosted in Dallas, we held a conversation on education choice implementation to highlight what's going on. How are we expanding supply? How do we get parents to understand the process here and what are we going to do to defend against the lawsuits and the negative press when it comes? Our panelists were Nathan Cunneen, the State Director for American Federation for Children, American Federation for Children; Lisa Tarshis, Primer Foundation's executive director; and Tom Fisher, who is EdChoice's executive vice president and director of litigation.