Schedule

September 7, 2022 09:00 - 10:30 AM
The Athletic Club of Columbus
136 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH, 43215

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The Buckeye Institute, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and School Choice Ohio are hosting a continental breakfast and coffee dialogue with national and Ohio education experts as they discuss recent successful efforts around the country to expand parental choice, lessons learned, best practices, and potential next steps for the Buckeye State.

The discussion will feature:

Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute with extensive expertise on Ohio’s budget, education, and education funding. He is the author of a forthcoming report on funding #StudentsFirst and has written extensively and testified on education savings accounts and other education policies while also serving on multiple charter school boards.

Dr. Matthew Ladner, director of the Arizona Center for Student Opportunity at the Arizona Charter Schools Association, and executive editor of the blog ReimaginED. Ladner has written numerous studies on school choice, charter schools, and special education reform. Ladner has testified before Congress, state legislatures, and the United States Commission of Civil Rights. Ladner is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Houston.

Derrell Bradford, president of 50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now. Bradford leads communications and policy, and trains and recruits local leaders across the country to serve as executive directors of state CANs, advocacy fellows, and citizen advocates. He also leads the National Voices fellowship, which focuses on education policy, media, and political collaboration. He is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network (Pahara Fall 2016) and serves on several boards including Success Academy Charter Schools, and was the founding board chair of EdBuild. A native of Baltimore, Bradford attended the St. Paul’s School for Boys and the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a bachelor’s degree in English.

The discussion will be moderated by: 

Chad Aldis, vice president for Ohio policy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Aldis plans and leads Fordham’s Ohio policy, advocacy, and research agenda and represents the Institute in its work with state and local policymakers, the media, other education reform groups, and the public.