May 2020

Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss what’s going on in America with charter schools today.  Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org, @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Rebecca Friedrichs was lead plaintiff in a 2016 US Supreme Court case against the California Teachers Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association (the country’s largest teacher union). She is also the founder of For Kids and Country. Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen discuss the court case, what led to it, and what’s going

Patrick J. Wolf, PhD, Professor and 21st Century Chair in School Choice at University of Arkansas; author of dozens of studies and other publications on school choice, joins Corey A. DeAngelis, PhD and Matthew Nielsen to discuss Harvard’s ongoing campaign against homeschooling–just when everyone is forced to educate their children at home.  Find EFI online

Chris Stewart, former elected school board member, CEO of Brightbeam Network, and renowned school choice advocate joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about some of the tactics and fallacies employed by defenders of the status quo in American K-12 education. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org, @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on

Jay P. Greene, PhD joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about how the global public health crisis is affecting the education reform movement. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org, @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

In this episode, Manhattan Institute Sr. Fellow Max Eden joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about how some school discipline policies seem to contribute to problems rather than solve them. We discuss Max’s book, Why Meadow Died, which serves as a tragic case study for how changes in policies can result in disaster.

Kelly Smith, CEO and Founder of Prenda Microschools joins Corey DeAngelis  and Matthew Nielsen to talk about how his organization is changing the face of education.