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With the Senate passage of SB 57, the special needs voucher,  children with disabilities are one step closer to receiving the type of educational options they vitally need.  The measure now goes to the Ohio House for hearings and a vote.  Buckeye Institute Education Policy Analyst Beth Lear discusses the initiative with David Hansen on Buckeye Voices.

The Bill of Rights was adopted on December 15, 1791.  In honor of Bill of Rights Day, David Hansen discusses the document with Victoria Hughes, president of the Bill of Rights Institute.

Robert C. Enlow, executive director of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation, believes the school choice movement is making progress across the country despite a minor setback in Utah this Tuesday.  He explains why on Buckeye Voices.

Dr. David Forte, Senior Editor of the Heritage Guide to the Constitution and recognized authority on Constitutional law, discusses the Founders’ original Constitutional intent with David Hansen.

Tax Foundation Senior Tax Counsel and Director of State Fiscal Projects Chris Atkins discusses how the school spending lobby has sought tax increases through litigation in Ohio and elsewhere.

American Enterprise Institute Scholar Dr. Rick Hess advocates that entrepreneurship and market-driven reforms will fix failing public schools on Buckeye Voices.

Governor Ted Strickland used his line item veto on an important school choice option for special needs children.  The measure’s sponsor, State Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls),  discusses the importance of the program and his commitment to  its future passage with Buckeye Institute President David Hansen.

Buckeye Institute President David Hansen discusses the shortcomings of a proposed constitutional amendment forwarded by Ohio’s education bureaucracy on WOSU’s Open Line with Fred Andrle.

Buckeye Institute President David Hansen and Thomas P. Fordham Foundation Vice President Terry Ryan discuss charter schools in Ohio (Part 1).

Buckeye Institute President David Hansen and Thomas P. Fordham Foundation Vice President Terry Ryan discuss charter schools in Ohio (Part 2).