Sunday, January 11
Breakfast on your own
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Kickoff
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Concurrent Session 9 Choices
Organizer and Moderator: Madison Marino Doan (The Heritage Foundation)
Participants: Madison Marino Doan (The Heritage Foundation), Jonathan Butcher (The Heritage Foundation), Matthew Ladner (The Heritage Foundation)
§ Critical Conversation: Policy
Chair: James V. Shuls (Florida State University)
Presenters: James V. Shuls (Florida State University) – Fighting for the Freedom to Learn: Examining America’s Centuries-Old School Choice Movement (Part I)
Neal McCluskey (Cato Institute) – Fighting for the Freedom to Learn: Examining America’s Centuries-Old School Choice Movement (Part II)
† Research Panel
Chair: Sherrie Reed (University of California, Davis)
Presenters: Sherrie Reed (University of California, Davis), Heather Rose (University of California, Davis), Wendi McCaskill (University of California, Davis) – Chronic Absenteeism in California’s Charter Schools
Jamison White (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools) – Specialization and Spillover: How Charter School Models Shape District-Wide Outcomes
Shelby Smith (University of Southern California), Adam Kho (University of Kentucky) – The Choice No One Talks About: Charter Authorization Decisions
Natalie Camarena Lopez (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools), Yueting “Cynthia” Xu (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools) – High-Performing Charter Schools for English Language Learners: A National Analysis of Academic Outcomes and Institutional Practices
* Single Papers
Chair: John Thompson (Kennesaw State University)
Presenters: Darren Iselin (Christian Schools Australia), Daniel Pampuch (Christian Schools Australia) – Practices That Enable Student Flourishing in Australian Private Schools in a Disenchanted Age
Dane Roberts (Brigham Young University) – Thick Character Education Without School Choice: Lessons from Taiwan’s Virtue-Based Public Education
John Thompson (Kennesaw State University) – Are Hybrid Schoolers Reluctant to Participate in Private School Choice Programs? Experimental Evidence from a National Sample of Hybrid School Leaders
John M. Kristof (EdChoice), Nathanael Snow (Ball State University) – School Choice and the Development of Civic Virtue: Insight from Adam Smith and Classical Political Economy
* Single Papers
Organizers and Moderators: Sílvia Cópio (Aberta University), Alexandre Magno Fernandes Moreira (European Law Association)
Participants: Erika di Martino (Fondazione Libera Schola), Brian D. Ray (National Home Education Research Institute), Gabriela Costa (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro), Kevin Boden (Home School Legal Defense Association), Josyane Zingg (OIDEL)
§ Critical Conversation: Policy
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM Concurrent Session 10 Choices
Organizer and Moderator: Kristen Forbriger (City Fund)
Participants: Marlon Marshall (City Fund), Will Marshall (Progressive Policy Institute), Rachel Canter (Progressive Policy Institute)
# Critical Conversation: Practitioner
Chair: Sharon Masinelli (Valdosta State University)
Presenters: Sharon Masinelli (Valdosta State University) – Educating Hearts and Minds: A Critical Conversation on SEL and Hybrid Homeschooling
Shericka Smith (Fayette County Public Schools), Ashley Johnson (Memphis Shelby County Schools) – Beyond Academics: Fostering Social-Emotional Learning and Mental Health in International Homeschool Environments
Nilay Rammul (Estonian Business School) – School Choice as a Social Dilemma: Are Parents Defecting or Signaling?
* Single Papers
Organizer and Moderator: Candy Van Buskirk (Career Academy Network of Public Schools)
Participants: Jeremy Lugbill (Career Academy Network of Public Schools), Aimee Evan (WestEd), Jim Thorne (Career Academy Network of Public Schools), Sara Timm (Career Academy Network of Public Schools)
# Critical Conversation: Practitioner