Education Freedom and School Choice

Betsy DeVos is the former Secretary of Education and the author of the book Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child. I hope to learn from Betsy about why school choice will improve educational outcomes. I also want to hear about how COVID changed the relationship between parents and schools, and whether some students might benefit from vocational training instead of a college track curriculum.

Darren Schwartz is the What Happens Next movie critic. We are going to discuss three films. The first is the documentary Waiting for Superman which is about the success of charter schools. We will then review two classic films on teenage angst: the ridiculous and stupid comedy classic Superbad and the romantic comedy Easy A.

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