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Adam B. Schaeffer
Policy Analyst, Center for Educational Freedom
Adam B. Schaeffer is a policy analyst with Cato's Center for Educational Freedom.
Schaeffer is a former NRI Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and adjunct scholar at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He has commented on a range of political issues in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, and RealClearPolitics.
Schaeffer received his Ph.D. in American politics, with a focus in political behavior, media effects, and coalitional politics, from the University of Virginia and his MA in Social Science from the University of Chicago. His dissertation assessed the potential for different combinations of private school choice policies and messages to expand and mobilize elite and mass support. Schaeffer has an extensive background in online survey development, messaging experiments, and the strategic analysis of message, policy, and audience interactions.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
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E-Mail: aschaeffer@cato.org
Cato Studies
"They Spend WHAT? The Real Cost of Public Schools," Policy Analysis no. 662, March 10, 2010.
"The Poverty of Preschool Promises: Saving Children and Money with the Early Education Tax Credit," Policy Analysis no. 641, August 3, 2009.
"The Public Education Tax Credit," Policy Analysis no. 605, December 5, 2007.
Articles and Newsletters
"Has Public Spending on Public Schools Risen Too High?," CQ Researcher, April 29, 2011.
"School Choice Snapshot: A 2006 Survey of U.S. Policy and Advocacy Organizations," Mackinac Center Policy Brief, Oct. 2, 2006.
Opinion and Commentary
"More Benefits from Credits than Vouchers," Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2, 2011
"Don't Hold Pennsylvania Education Reform Hostage to School Vouchers," Allentown Morning Call, May 22, 2011
"A Strategic Defeat for Educational Freedom," Huffington Post, May 4, 2011
"Taxpayer Rights Matter in School Choice Debate," Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 17, 2011
"Education Cost Top Problem for Local Gov't," Investor's Business Daily, February 2, 2011
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Sports Authority," February 1, 2012
"The School Buildings Are Crumbling!!!!!!!!," January 26, 2012
"The Political Dynamics of Vouchers and Credits," December 16, 2011
"PA Senate Should Unwrap the EITC Bill," December 16, 2011
"Everything You Need to Know About Public School Spending in Less Than 2½ Minutes," October 25, 2011
Events
"Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids," May 25, 2011 [Book Forum]
"Fiscal Undertow: How Public Schools Are Drowning State and Local Budgets, and What to Do about It," January 11, 2011 [Policy Forum]
"Profiting from Ivory Towers?," November 30, 2010 [Policy Forum]
"National Education Standards: Hopeful Change or Hollow Promise?," June 2, 2010 [Policy Forum]
Multimedia
Adam B. Schaeffer discusses sex-ed programs in NY schools on KOGO's Mornings w/ Chip Franklin (October 25, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 06:38]
Adam B. Schaeffer discusses sex-ed programs in NY schools on WOID's South Florida's First News (October 25, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 05:49]
Adam B. Schaeffer discusses anti-truancy initiatives in public schools on WAJR's Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval (August 25, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 05:49]
Adam B. Schaeffer discusses anti-truancy school programs on WRNO's Morning Rush with Denny Schaffer (August 25, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 05:22]
Adam Schaeffer on Head Start's failure on KPCC's Air Talk (July 12, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 29:39]
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