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
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: aschaeffer@cato.org
Articles and Newsletters
"School Choice Snapshot: A 2006 Survey of U.S. Policy and Advocacy Organizations," Mackinac Center Policy Brief, Oct. 2, 2006.
Opinion and Commentary
"School Choice's Ace in the Hole," USA TODAY (MAGAZINE), March 4, 2008
"Round Yon Tax Credit," American Spectator (Online), December 21, 2007
"A Voucher Defeat in Utah," The Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2007
"How Many Objections Can Dance on the Head of a Voucher?," National Review (Online), September 17, 2007
"Go Big," National Review (Online), September 14, 2007
Multimedia
"An End to School Choice in the District?" featuring Adam B. Schaeffer, June 12, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:20]
"A Huckabeean Education Agenda" featuring Adam B. Schaeffer, January 3, 2008 [Flash Audio, 05:30]
"State Constitutions and School Choice" featuring Adam B. Schaeffer, September 26, 2007 [Flash Audio, 05:01]
"Public Opinion and School Choice" featuring Adam B. Schaeffer, September 10, 2007 [Flash Audio, 06:23]
"Education Tax Credits Versus Vouchers" featuring Adam B. Schaeffer, September 5, 2007 [Flash Audio, 04:53]