Latest Redefinition Podcast Episodes
podcastED: reimaginED executive editor discusses modernizing public education transportation with A for Arizona’s Emily Anne Gullickson
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - October 13, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Matthew Ladner speaks with the president of the Arizona-based education nonprofit about the group’s work to create an innovation fund to seed new options for families that need more choices for getting their children to school. Both Ladner and Gullickson, staunch supporters of e...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill and NLP Logix client delivery manager Jen Bradshaw discuss future of education savings accounts (Part 2)
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - October 06, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEditor’s note: Be sure to listen to the first podcast in this series here. In the second in a two-part series hosted by Kevin Roberts of the digital innovation firm Robots and Pencils, Tuthill and Bradshaw continue discussing a partnership between Step Up For Students and Jacksonville-based arti...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill and NLP Logix client delivery manager Jen Bradshaw discuss future of education savings accounts (Part 1)
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - September 29, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this two-part episode hosted by Kevin Roberts of the digital innovation firm Robots and Pencils, Tuthill and Bradshaw discuss a partnership between Step Up For Students and Jacksonville-based artificial intelligence company NLP Logix, which aims to create a simple and customizable online plat...
podcastED: Formerly homeless family finds a lifeline in education choice scholarships
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - September 22, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Juliette Harrell, an Orlando, Florida, mother of three children, two of whom attend private school thanks to the Family Empowerment Scholarship Economic Options program. Lacking education in financial literacy, Harrell and her husban...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Pennsylvania State Sen. Scott Martin
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - September 15, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to the chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee about education choice in the Keystone State and the outcome of the 2021 legislative session. Despite a divided government, Pennsylvania created new charter school authorizers and increased its Educational...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews New Hampshire State Rep. Glenn Cordelli
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - September 08, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to the vice chair of the Granite State’s House Education Committee about the Education Freedom Account Program, which was approved during the last legislative session. The program allows students in low- and middle-income households to receive education savings acc...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews West Virginia Sen. Patricia Rucker
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - September 01, 2021 14:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to the chair of the state Senate Education Committee about the Mountain State’s recent landmark session for education reform. West Virginia lawmakers expanded open enrollment for district students, created alternative pathways for teacher certification, strengthene...
podcastED: redefinED interview with homeschool mom Melissa Demain
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - August 25, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, redefined senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Palm Coast, Florida, parent Melissa Demain, whose daughter, Abby, receives the Family Empowerment Scholarship for students with Unique Abilities. Demain discusses how her daughter’s medical condition, diagnosed when she was 3, necessi...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews charter school principals denied renewal by local school board
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - August 18, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to Amy Sams, principal of Southshore Academy in Riverview, and Cuwana Lawson, principal of Woodmont Charter School in Temple Terrace, about the Hillsborough County School Board’s rejection of their renewal applications and the board’s subsequent reversal of the dec...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Nevada State Sen. Heidi Gansert
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - August 11, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to the senator from Nevada’s 15th District about the education choice landscape in the Silver State. Efforts to fund an education savings account program in Nevada, which were derailed by a legal challenge after the program was created in 2015, were unsuccessful in...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Kansas state Rep. Kristey Williams on expanding education choice
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - August 04, 2021 14:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to the chair of the Kansas House K-12 Education Budget Committee about the education choice landscape in her state. After attempting to create the Sunflower State’s first education savings account during the last legislative session, Kansas lawmakers settled for an...
podcastED: redefinED interview with district schoolteacher, private school mom Marie Echevarria
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - July 27, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, redefinED senior writer Lisa Buie speaks with the single mother of a 9-year-old and teacher of English language learners at an Orlando district high school. Echevarria, who cares for her parents in her home, earns a salary that, though modest, put her just over the income thresh...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews education choice advocate Denisha Merriweather on importance of choice for Black community
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - July 21, 2021 11:30 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to the director of family engagement for the American Federation for Children about her new project, Black Minds Matter, a resource that connects families with Black-owned schools. Launched earlier this year, the initiative highlights inequities in the education sy...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Oklahoma state Rep. Ryan Martinez on growth of education choice in Sooner State
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - July 14, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to the District 39 representative from Edmond, Oklahoma, about education choice in that state and the recent legislative expansion that will allow thousands of additional families access to an Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship. Martinez’s support of choice is...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Iowa Senator Amy Sinclair on choice expansion in Hawkeye State
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - July 07, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks to the chair of Iowa’s Senate Education Committee about an aggressive push during the 2021 legislative session to expand education choice options for public, private, and homeschool students. The state failed to pass an education savings account due to concerns fro...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Florida state Rep. Randy Fine on education choice expansion in Florida
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - June 30, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks with the chair of the House PreK-12 Appropriations Committee about HB 7045, the landmark education choice bill Fine sponsored this past legislative session. With the bill’s passage, nearly a million students in the Sunshine State are now eligible for some type of e...
podcastED: Matt Ladner interviews Great Hearts Online executive director Kurtis Indorf
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - June 23, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, redefinED’s executive editor speaks to a leader in the charter school organization about the exploding demand for its classical liberal arts education. Currently serving more than 20,000… The post podcastED: Matt Ladner interviews Great Hearts Online executive director Kurtis I...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Indiana State Rep. Bob Behning on education choice expansion
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - June 16, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks with the chairman of Indiana’s House Education Committee. Behning carried a choice bill this legislative session that was folded into the state’s budget, creating a… The post podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Indiana State Rep. Bob Behning on educa...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Kentucky Rep. Chad McCoy on expanding choice in the Bluegrass State
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - June 09, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks with the majority whip of the Kentucky House of Representatives who carried a landmark education choice bill, HB 563, to passage this legislative session and… The post podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Kentucky Rep. Chad McCoy on expanding choice i...
podcastED: redefinED interview with military spouse, scholarship mom Jessica Bianchi
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - June 02, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, redefinED senior writer Lisa Buie speaks with Jessica Bianchi, whose husband, Juan Santana, is a chief petty officer in the Navy and stationed in Jacksonville. Their son,… The post podcastED: redefinED interview with military spouse, scholarship mom Jessica Bianchi appeared fir...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews state Sen. Manny Diaz Jr. on the future of education choice in Florida
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - May 19, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill talks with the long-time education choice supporter from Hialeah who carried the Senate companion to HB 7045 during the 2021 legislative session, signed into law by… The post podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews state Sen. Manny Diaz Jr. on the future of ed...
podcastED: redefinED interview with scholarship mom La Toya Bell
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - May 05, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, redefinED senior writer Lisa Buie speaks with La Toya Bell, an independent living specialist for the Children’s Home Society of Florida and mom to Camrin, who attends… The post podcastED: redefinED interview with scholarship mom La Toya Bell appeared first on redefinED.
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews education choice advocate Rabbi Moshe Matz
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - April 27, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEditor’s note: To read a recent news story featuring Rabbi Matz, click here. On this episode, Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill talks with the executive director of Agudath… The post podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews education choice advocate Rabbi Moshe Matz appeared ...
podcastED: redefinED interview with Catholic school mom Jennifer Strickland
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - April 07, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, redefinED senior writer Buie speaks with Jennifer Strickland, mother to 14-year-old Jack, a freshman at Catholic High School in Pensacola, Florida. Strickland, a former retail manager and… The post podcastED: redefinED interview with Catholic school mom Jennifer Strickland appe...
PodcastED: Fernando Zulueta, founder of Academica, America’s biggest charter school service provider
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - March 31, 2021 17:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe charter school that spurred creation of Academica did not hit the ground running. No, jokes Academica’s founder and president, Fernando Zulueta, in a new redefinED podcast, “We hit the… The post PodcastED: Fernando Zulueta, founder of Academica, America’s biggest charter school service prov...
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews entrepreneur Joe Connor
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - March 17, 2021 10:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill speaks with the co-owner of SchoolHouse, an organization serving several hundred students in eight states by creating flexible learning communities known as micro-pods for four to… The post podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews entrepreneur Joe Connor appear...
podcastED: redefinED interview with ‘multiple choice’ mom Stephanie Conner
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - March 10, 2021 15:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, redefinED senior writer Lisa Buie speaks with Stephanie Conner, a mother of four from the tiny town of LaBelle, Florida. The former teacher and her husband, Joel,… The post podcastED: redefinED interview with ‘multiple choice’ mom Stephanie Conner appeared first on redefinED.
podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Florida Catholic Conference’s Michael Barrett
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - March 03, 2021 11:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, Tuthill speaks with the Conference’s associate for education about the history of Catholic education and the tension between Catholic schools maintaining an open, welcoming environment for all… The post podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews Florida Catholic Conferen...
podcastED: Matt Ladner interviews Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Chad Aldis
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - February 18, 2021 17:00 - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this podcast video, redefinED’s executive editor speaks with longtime education choice advocate Chad Aldis, vice president for Ohio policy and advocacy at Fordham, wo previously served as executive director… The post podcastED: Matt Ladner interviews Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Chad Aldis ...
podcastED: Matt Ladner interviews Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick
Podcast Archives - reimaginED - January 28, 2021 11:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode, redefinED’s executive editor speaks with longtime education choice advocate Bolick, who is co-founder of the Institute for Justice. Now serving as an associate justice on the Arizona… The post podcastED: Matt Ladner interviews Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick appeared...