John Schilling on How School Choice Could Help Fix America’s Ailing Education System

Jan Jekielek

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Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”

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February 3, 2020Updated: February 5, 2020

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Can giving children more options for K-12 schooling help rectify America’s ailing education system?

Does school choice help or hurt kids from poor or disadvantaged backgrounds?

And, what kinds of funding and schooling opportunities are currently available to families who want to try something different?

This is American Thought Leaders ??, and I’m Jan Jekielek.

In this episode, we sit down with school choice advocate John Schilling, President of the American Federation for Children. He previously worked for the Arizona Department of Education and was Chief of Staff for the Education Leaders Council in Washington, D.C. He also worked on education for the Arnold Schwarzenegger gubernatorial campaign.

American Thought Leaders is an Epoch Times show available on Facebook and YouTube.