Jason Bedrick Editor & Author

Jason Bedrick is a Research Fellow in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Bedrick is the co-editor and co-author of two books, including Educational Freedom: Remembering Andrew Coulson, Debating His Ideas and Religious Liberty and Education: A Case Study of Yeshivas vs. New York. His writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Fox News, Politico, National Review, National Affairs, the Journal of School Choice, and Education Next among many other publications. Bedrick previously served as a legislator in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and was an Education Policy Research Fellow at the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy in New Hampshire. Bedrick received his master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a fellow at the Taubman Center for State and Local Government. Bedrick resides in Phoenix with his wife and five children. James V. Shuls is the Head of the Education Liberty branch of the Institute for Governance and Civics at Florida State University. A nationally recognized scholar on education policy, his work focuses on school choice, education finance, and the philosophical foundations of education policy. Shuls has published in leading academic journals such as Educational Researcher, Journal of Education Finance, and Social Science Quarterly, and his commentary has appeared in outlets including National Review and Real Clear Education. He is the co-editor, with Neal McCluskey, of Fighting for the Freedom to Learn: Examining the Nation’s Centuries-Old School Choice Movement, a volume exploring the historical and philosophical roots of educational freedom. Prior to his role at Florida State, he served as Department Chair of Educator Preparation and Leadership at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and as Dean of the College of Education at Southeastern University. A former public school teacher, Shuls taught first and fifth grades in southwest Missouri.