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Washington
- U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC),
a
leading
voice
on
school
choice
in
the Senate,
will
bring
together
nationally
recognized
school
choice
advocates,
experts,
and
practitioners,
as
well
as
parents
and
students,
for
“Choosing
Excellence:
A
Forum
on
the
Freedom
to
Choose
Academic
Excellence
for
Every
Child.”
The
daylong
forum,
held
this
Monday,
February
9th
in
the
Hart
Senate
Office
Building
on
Capitol
Hill,
will
discuss
the
urgency
of
promoting
academic
excellence
for
every
child,
regardless
of
family
income,
socio-economic
status
or
background.
“Choosing
Excellence”
is
sponsored
in
partnership
with
the
American
Federation
for
Children
and
the
Friedman
Foundation
for
Educational
Choice.
Speakers
and
panelists
include:
- Senate
Committee
on
Health,
Education,
Labor,
&Pensions
Chairman Lamar
Alexander
(TN)
- House
Republican
Conference
Chairwoman Cathy
McMorris
Rodgers
(WA)
- Congressional
School
Choice
Caucus
Chair Luke
Messer
(IN)
- Louisiana
Governor Bobby
Jindal
- Former
U.S.
Secretary
of
Education Rod
Paige
- Capital
Preparatory
Magnet
School
Founder
and
Principal Steve
Perry
- American
Enterprise
Institute
Education
Policy
Studies
Director Frederick
Hess
- Friedman
Foundation
for
Educational
Choice
President
&
CEO Robert
Enlow
- Center
for
Education
Reform
President
and
CEO Kara
Kerwin
- American
Federation
for
Children
Executive
Counsel/former
DC
Councilman Kevin
Chavous
- National
Alliance
for
Public
Charter
Schools
President
and
CEO Nina
Rees
A
more
detailed
agenda,
including
panelists,
is
available
HERE.
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EVENT
LOGISTICS
WHAT:
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott’s
“Choosing
Excellence”
Forum
on
School
Choice
WHEN:
February
9,
2015,
9:45AM-3:15PM
WHERE:
Hart
Senate
Office
Building,
Room
902, Washington,
DC
20510
RSVP:
Those
interested
in
attending
should
email
ChoiceForum@Scott.Senate.gov,
or
call
Senator
Scott’s
office
at
(202)
224-6121.
Media
should
RSVP
to
scott_press@scott.senate.gov,
or
call
(202)
224-2718.
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