Have you ever wondered: Do some of the narratives continually purported by defenders of the status quo in education actually hold up? Are they fact or just plain fiction? Is the proverbial sky falling in education as opponents would have us believe?
Join us for a virtual presentation and Q&A as EdChoice director Jason Bedrick and policy expert Mike McShane challenge these narratives and share with us their published papers on two specific topics. Bedrick’s Who’s Afraid of School Choice? follows up on some of the dire predictions that school choice opponents have made over the years and sees how little they match reality. McShane’s The Accountability Myth attacks head-on the argument that public schools are accountable while private schools are not. Joseph Lehman, president of the Mackinac Center, will provide opening remarks.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions via a Q&A session following the discussion.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
11:00 a.m. to Noon EST
Online virtual program
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Jason Bedrick is director of policy for EdChoice. In that role, Bedrick works closely with location organizations and state policymakers to develop high-quality educational choice policies that will benefit as many students as possible, including reviewing and providing feedback on legislation, leading policy briefings, providing expert testimony, writing op-eds and conducting original research.
Previously, Bedrick served as policy analyst with the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom. He also served as a legislator in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and was an education policy research fellow at the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy.
Bedrick received his master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a fellow at the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
An engineer by training, Joseph G. Lehman joined the Mackinac Center in 1995 and was named president in 2008. During his tenure Michigan has seen numerous free-market policy advances in education, labor and state fiscal affairs. Frequently published in national and state media, Lehman also has trained more than 600 public policy executives internationally on strategic leadership and communications. He and his wife are founders of Midland County Habitat for Humanity.
Michael McShane has dedicated his career to education. He began his career as a Catholic high school teacher, and now he is a notable researcher in K–12 education policy and the leading researcher in hybrid homeschooling. Dr. McShane currently serves as the director of national research at EdChoice and is a regular contributor to Forbes. He earned his Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Arkansas, an M.Ed. from the University of Notre Dame and a B.A. in English from St. Louis University.
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