Schedule

October 17, 2023 09:00 - 10:00 AM
Athletic Club of Columbus—Second Floor
136 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH, 43215

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Ohio has long been a pioneer in school choice for students and families. The Buckeye State is home to one of the nation’s first private-school scholarship programs, focused on Cleveland, and we were also an early adopter of public charter schools, which today serve roughly 120,000 students. Just this year, lawmakers took historic steps forward by creating a universal private-school scholarship and increasing charter funding to more closely match local districts.

What’s next for the Buckeye State on education choice? How can state policymakers continue to empower parents and expand options for more children who need and seek them, while also promoting academic excellence and strong civic values in all schools? Is there a way forward in resolving the ongoing and sometimes acrimonious debates about choice?

The Buckeye Institute, School Choice Ohio, and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute are pleased to jointly announce an in-person event featuring Ashley Berner of Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Berner is the author of Pluralism and American Public Education: No One Way to School. She draws on international research to illustrate “educational pluralism,” a structure for public education in which governments empower choice by design—and academic accountability by design.

You are most cordially invited to join us on Tuesday, October 17 in Columbus to learn more about this important concept used by most of the world’s democracies, and how it might prove to be the way forward for Ohio.

The event will feature a presentation by Dr. Berner, followed by a conversation with Fordham’s President Emeritus and nationally-renowned education thought leader, Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Audience engagement will be encouraged as the event explores where Ohio is on the path to educational pluralism and—perhaps more importantly—where it should be.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Moderator:
Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus
Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Ashley Berner
Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

October 17, 2023
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. 
Athletic Club of Columbus—Second Floor
136 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215