Newsmaker panel to address school choice, Thursday, Aug. 23, 10 a.m.

A Newsmaker panel will address school choice Thursday, Aug. 23, at 10 a.m.

Members of the panel are Kevin Welner, Director of the National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado; Gary Miron, Western Michigan University; Alex Medler, vice president, policy and advocacy, for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers; Mary Filardo, executive director, District of Columbia’s 21st Century School Fund; and Adam Schaeffer, policy analyst, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute.

They will address the questions: Charter schools, vouchers, online education, homeschooling, do these school choice options and others work? Are students learning? How do children in these education programs compare to their peers in traditional public schools? Do choice options save money or drain public school dollars? What’s the truth in what political candidates and school leaders claim?

Contact: Jamie Horwitz, [email protected]