Rep. Messer to participate in AEI panel on ESAs, School Choice

Education savings accounts: The new frontier in school choice

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 | 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

AEI, Twelfth Floor
1150 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

School choice has been central to the American education policy debate for a quarter century, but the debate has focused on only school choice. In a potentially profound development, education savings accounts (ESAs) give families almost unfettered control over the public funds allocated for their child’s education, upending assumptions that have framed the school choice debate. Today, many questions and potential challenges accompany new ESA programs, which as of 2015, existed in five states and were introduced in another 16.

AEI and the Foundation for Excellence in Education have commissioned experts to author a series of essays for a first-of-its-kind volume on ESAs. Join us to hear from these authors, in addition to policymakers, practitioners, and advocates for a timely conversation on ESAs and the future of American education reform.

Join the conversation on social media with @AEIeducation and #ESAsatAEI. 

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Agenda

9:15 AM
Registration and breakfast

9:30 AM
Opening remarks:
Nat Malkus, AEI

9:35 AM
Panel I: The logic behind ESAs

Panelists:
Max Eden, Manhattan Institute
Tim Keller, Institute for Justice
Matthew Ladner, Foundation for Excellence in Education
Adam Peshek, Foundation for Excellence in Education

Moderator:
Nat Malkus, AEI

10:35 AM
Break

10:45 AM
Panel II: Creating functioning markets with ESAs

Panelists:
John Bailey, Foundation for Excellence in Education
Kevin P. Chavous, American Federation for Children
Nat Malkus, AEI
Michael Q. McShane, Show-Me Institute

Moderator:
Gerard Robinson, AEI

11:45 AM
Lunch

12:05 PM
Lunch conversation

Panelists:
Betsy DeVos, Windquest Group
Luke Messer, US Congress (R-IN)

Moderator:
Gerard Robinson, AEI

12:50 PM
Break

1:00 PM
Panel III: Parents, practitioners, and politics

Panelists:
Robert C. Enlow, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Allysia Finley, The Wall Street Journal
Scott Hammond, Nevada State Senate
Gerard Robinson, AEI

Moderator:
Adam Peshek, Foundation for Excellence in Education

2:00 PM
Adjournment