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Federalist Radio Hour

Why School Choice Matters

Federalist Radio Hour

Radio America

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Paul Diperna, the vice president of research and innovation for EdChoice, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to break down the school choice fight and explain how shifting educational opportunities will affect the next generation of students. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're going to be. We're back with another edition of The Federalist Radio Hour. I'm Emily Daczynski

0:22.0

Culture Editor here at the Federalist as always you can email the show at

0:25.1

Radio at the Federalist.com follow us on X at fDR LST. Make sure to subscribe wherever

0:30.4

you download your podcasts and of course to the premium version of our website as well.

0:35.0

We are joined today by Paul DiPerna he is the vice president of research and innovation at ed choice you can learn

0:41.7

more about ed choice at ed Choice. Choice.

0:44.2

Org.

0:45.2

Paul welcome to the show.

0:47.2

Emily, it's great to be here with you.

0:48.6

Thanks so much.

0:49.6

Yeah, maybe a good spot to start is just if you could tell us a little bit about the work that you guys are up to over at Ed Choice.

0:57.0

Sure, so just a little for those listening who may not be familiar with our organization.

1:03.2

We launched in 1996, so we've been around for about 30 years.

1:08.2

Originally, we were the Melon and Rose-Dee Freeman Foundation, so we were founded by Melon. the Mountain Friedman Foundation.

1:13.0

So we were founded by Milton Friedman,

1:15.9

whom many people know was an economic

1:19.4

and Nobel Laureate and his wife, Rose Director Friedman, and we're based in Indianapolis but the scope of our

1:26.1

work is national or a nonpartisan nonprofit organization and our mission is to advance freedom, opportunities,

1:35.1

and choice for all in K-12 education

1:38.6

as pathways to successful lives in a stronger society.

1:41.7

And so our focus is around K-12 education choice issues.

1:46.2

We inform an educating policy makers, parent groups, education leaders, more and more

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