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John Agresto
President, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989-2000, Member Board of Trustees & Past Provost, American University of Iraq, Author, The Supreme Court & Constitutional Democracy


G. Donald Allen
Associate Head & Professor, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, Director, Center for Technology-Mediated Instruction in Mathematics


Hon. Steve Baldwin
Former Chairman, California State Assembly Education Committee, Former California State Assemblyman, Former Executive Director, Council for National Policy


Gary Beckner
Founder & Executive Director, Association of American Educators


Hon. Marian Bergeson
Former California State Secretary of Education, Former President, California School Boards Association, Former California State Senator


Michelle D. Bernard
President and CEO, the Bernard Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy


Ben Boychuk
Former Managing Editor, School Reform News, Heartland Institute


Hon. Christian N. Braunlich
Vice President, Thomas Jefferson Institute, Former Member, Fairfax County (Va.) School Board


Matthew J. Brouillette
President & CEO, Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, Former middle and high school history teacher, Former charter school board member


Morgan Brown
Director for School Improvement, Charter School Partners, Former Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota State Department of Education, U.S. Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education for Innovation and Improvement, 2006-2008


Audrey V. Buffington
Former State Supervisor of Mathematics, Maryland State Department of Education, First Recipient, Mathematics Educator of the Year Award, Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1978


Doug Carnine
Former Director, National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators, Co-Author, Direct Instruction mathematics series, Former Member, Advisory Board, National Institute for Literacy


Michael C. Carnuccio
President, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs


M. Bloucke Carus
Chairman, Carus Corporation, Chairman, Education Committee, Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, Publisher of 14 leading children’s magazines, Past Chairman, International Baccalaureate North America, Developer, Open Court reading program


Walt Chappell
Member, Kansas State Board of Education


John E. Chubb
Distinguished Visiting Fellow & Koret K-12 Education Task Force Member, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Former Chief Academic Officer & Co-Founder, Edison Learning, Co-Author, Politics, Markets, and America’s Schools

 

Paul Clopton
Research Statistician, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, Past Member, California State Mathematics Curriculum Framework and Criteria Committee, Past Commissioner, California State Commission on Teacher Credentialing


John Colyandro
Executive Director, Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute


Kim Crockett
President & General Counsel, Minnesota Free Market Institute


David Davenport
Counselor to the Director & Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, President, Pepperdine University, 1985-2000, Past Distinguished Professor of Law & Public Policy, Pepperdine University


Timothy C. Draper
Founder & Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (venture capital), Former Member, California State Board of Education


Brandon Dutcher
Vice President for Policy, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, Publishing Editor, Choice Remarks


John C. Eastman
Founding Director, Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Donald P. Kennedy Professor and Former Dean, Chapman University School of Law


Michelle Easton
President, Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute
Former Deputy Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Education, Former President and Member Virginia, State Board of Education


Karen R. Effrem, MD
President, Education Liberty Watch


Robert S. Eitel
Member, Talbert and Eitel,PLLC, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 2006-09, Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 2005-06


Siegfried Engelmann
Professor of Special Education, University of Oregon, Recipient, Award of Achievement in Education Research of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, 2002, President Engelmann-Becker Corporation (curriculum development)


Robert C. Enlow
President & CEO, Foundation for Educational Choice


Richard A. Epstein
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University Law School, Peter & Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law Emeritus & Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School


William A. Estrada
Director of Federal Relations, Home School Legal Defense Association


Bill Evers
Research Fellow & Koret K-12 Education Task Force Member, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy, 2007-2009, Commissioner, California State Academic Standards Commission, 1996-98, 2010


William Felkner
Founder & Director of Policy, Ocean State Policy Research Institute


Liv Finne
Director for Education, Washington Policy Center


Will Fitzhugh
Founder & President, The Concord Review


Greg Forster
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Educational Choice


John Fonte
Senior Fellow & Director of the Center for American Common Culture, Hudson Institute


Jamie Gass
Director, Center for School Reform, Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research


Paul J. Gessing
President, Rio Grande Foundation


Ronald J. Gidwitz
Co-Founder & President, GCG Partners, Former CEO, Helene Curtis, Member, Board of Governors & Chairman of Governmental Relations Committee, Boys and Girls Club of America, Former Chairman, City Colleges of Chicago, Former Chairman, Illinois State Board of Education


Jay P. Greene
21st Century Chair & Head of the Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, Fellow in Education Policy, George W. Bush Institute


Walter Mellor Haney
Professor, Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation Program, Lynch School of Education, Boston College


David R. Henderson
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Former Senior Economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers


Collin Hitt
Senior Director of Government Affairs, Illinois Policy Institute


Hon. Pete Hoekstra
Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives, Former Member, U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce, Former Member, U.S. House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education


Robert Holland
Senior Fellow for Education Policy, Heartland Institute, Policy Analyst, Lexington Institute


Gisele Huff
Member, Advisory Committee, Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University


Lance T. Izumi
Koret Senior Fellow and Senior Director of Education Studies, Pacific Research Institute, Immediate Past President, Board of Governors, California Community Colleges


Franklin Pitcher Johnson, Jr.
Founding Partner, Asset Management Company, (venture capital), Former Member, Board of Trustees, Foothill-De Anza Community College District


Krista Kafer
Fellow, Centennial Institute


Kevin P. Kane
President, Pelican Institute for Public Policy


Hon. Greg Kaza
Member, Michigan State House of Representatives, 1993-98, Executive Director, Arkansas Policy Foundation


C. Ronald Kimberling
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary Education, 1985-88, Former Chancellor, Briarcliffe College, Member, Illinois Task Force on Higher Education and the Economy, 2008


Hon. Keith King
Co-Founder, Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy; James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs Early Colleges, Colorado State Senator, Member, Colorado State Senate Education Committee


E. Floyd Kvamme
Partner Emeritus, Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers (venture capital), Past Executive Vice President, Apple Computer, Past Co-Chairman, President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology


John R. LaPlante
Policy Fellow, Minnesota Free Market Institute


Hon. Yvonne W. Larsen
Past President, California State Board of Education, Past President, San Diego City School Board, Vice Chair, “A Nation at Risk” Commission


Casey Lartigue , Jr.
Director, Overseas Relations, Center for Free Enterprise (South Korea), Former Education Policy Analyst, Cato Institute, Co-editor, Educational Freedom in Urban America: Brown v. Board Education after a half century


Doug Lasken
Retired English Teacher & Debate Coach, Los Angeles Unified School District




Howard H. Leach
Vice President, Leach Capital, Former U.S. Ambassador to France, Former Chairman, Board of Regents, University of California


Briana LeClaire
Education Policy Analyst, Idaho Freedom Foundation


George Leef
Director of Research, John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, Former Vice President, John Locke Foundation, Book Review Editor, The Freeman magazine


George W. Liebmann
Executive Director, Calvert Institute for Policy Research


Dan Lips
Former Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation, Former Research Associate, Cato Institute, Senior Fellow of Education Policy Studies, Maryland Public Policy Institute


Hon. Peggy Littleton
El Paso County Commissioner, Colorado, Former Member, Colorado State Board of Education


Carrie L. Lukas
Executive Director, Independent Women’s Forum, Former Policy Analyst, Cato Institute, Former Senior Domestic Policy Analyst, U.S. House Republican Policy Committee


Paul Lundeen
Member, Colorado State Board of Education


J. Robert McClure
President & CEO, James Madison Institute, Former Member, State of Florida Education Strategies Planning Council Member, Florida Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights


Michael W. McConnell
Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law, Stanford University, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Former Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit


Kelly McCutchen
President and CEO, Georgia Public Policy Foundation


Michael McKeown
Professor of Medical Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Brown University, Co-Founder, Mathematically Correct (math-education advocacy group)


Matt A. Mayer
President, Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions


Edwin Meese III
Former Attorney General of the United States, Former Rector (chairman of governing board), George Mason University, Former Professor of Law, University of San Diego


John D. Merrifield
Professor of Economics, University of Texas, San Antonio, Editor, Journal of School Choice, Director, E.G. West Institute for Effective Schooling


Stan Metzenberg
Professor of Biology, California State University Northridge, Science Consultant, California State Academic Standards Commission, 1998, Former Commissioner, California State Curriculum Commission


R. James Milgram
Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Member, Validation Committee, Common Core Standards, 2009-10, Former Member, NASA Advisory Council


Charles Miller
Former Chairman, Education Policy Center of Texas, Former Chairman, Board of Regents, University of Texas System, Chairman, U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education (Spellings Commission)


Marcia Neal
Vice-Chair, Colorado State Board of Education


Hon. Janet Nicholas
Former Member, California State Board of Education


Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform, Member, Board of Directors, ParentalRights.org, Former Economist & Chief Speechwriter, U.S. Chamber of Commerce


Daniel Oliver
Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission


Gen Olson
President, Pro Tem, Minnesota State Senate, Chair, Minnesota State Senate Education Committee


Chris Patterson
Former Director of Research, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Member, Policy Advisory Board, Texas Institute for Education Reform


John W. Payne
Education Policy Researcher, Show-Me Institute


Hon. Betty Peters
Member, Alabama State Board of Education


Sally C. Pipes
President & CEO Pacific Research Institute


Daniel P. Racheter
President, Iowa Association of Scholars, President, Public Interest Institute, Co-Editor, Federalist Government in Principle and Practice


Howard Rich
Chairman, Americans for Limited Government


Roberta R. Schaefer
President & CEO, Worcester (Mass.) Regional Research Bureau, Former Vice Chair & Member, Massachusetts State Board of Education


Hon. Bob Schaffer
Chairman, Colorado State Board of Education, Former Vice-Chairman, Colorado State Senate Education Committee, Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1997-2003


Wilfried Schmid
Dwight Parker Robinson Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University, Member, National Mathematics Advisory Panel, U.S. Department o Education, 2006-08, Member, Steering Committee, NAEP Mathematics Assessment, 2000-01


Pete Sepp
Executive Vice President, National Taxpayers Union


Gilbert T. Sewall
Director, American Textbook Council
Former history instructor, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., Former Education Editor, Newsweek magazine


Hon. John Shadegg
Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-2010


Hon. Florence Shapiro
Chair, State Senate Education Committee, State of Texas, Member, Southern Regional Education Board, Commissioner, Education Commission of the States


Jane S. Shaw
President, John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy


John Silber
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Texas, 1967-70, President, Boston University, 1971-96, Chairman, Massachusetts State Board of Education, 1996-99


Eunie Smith
(widow of Congressman Albert Lee Smith, Jr.), President, Eagle Forum of Alabama


Lisa Snell

Director of Education & Child Welfare, Reason Foundation


Don Soifer
Executive Vice President, Lexington Institute, Member, Public Charter School Board, District of Columbia


Joel Spring
Professor, Department of Elementary & Early Childhood Education, Queens College & Graduate Center, City University of New York


Shelby Steele
Robert J. & Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Author, The Content of Our Character


James Stergios
Executive Director, Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research


Terry L. Stoops
Director of Education Studies, John Locke Foundation


Sandra Stotsky
21st Century Chair in Teacher Quality, Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, Senior Associate Commissioner of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1999-2003, Member, Validation Committee, Common Core Standards, 2009-10


Christopher B. Summers
President, Maryland Public Policy Institute


Robert W. Sweet, Jr.
Former Acting Director & Deputy Director, National Institute for Education, Former Reagan White House Policy Staffer, Former Senior Staffer, U.S. House Committee on Education & the Workforce


Kent D. Talbert
Partner, Talbert & Eitel, PLLC, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 2006-09, Former Education Policy Counsel, U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce


Peter Thiel
President Clarium Capital (hedge fund), Managing Partner, The Founders Fund (venture capital), Founder, Former CEO & Former Chairman, PayPal


Abigail Thernstrom
Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Member, Massachusetts State Board of Education, 1995-2006, Vice Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights


Stephen Thernstrom
Winthrop Research Professor of History, Harvard University, Co-Author (with Abigail Thernstrom), No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning.


Jeremy Thompson
Executive Director, Alaska Policy Forum


Lil Tuttle
Education Director, Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute, Former Vice President and Member, Virginia State Board of Education


Richard Vedder
Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Ohio University, Commissioner, U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education (Spellings Commission)


Herbert J. Walberg
Distinguished Visiting Fellow & Koret K-12 Education Task Force Member, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, University Scholar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Former Member, National Board for Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education


Hon. Pete Wilson
Former Governor, State of California


Jim Windham
Chairman, Texas Institute for Education Reform


Ze’ev Wurman
Senior Policy Adviser, U.S. Department of Education, 2007-2009, Commissioner, California State Academic Commission, 2010, Past Member, California State Mathematics Curriculum Framework and Criteria Committee


Hon. Kimberly Yee
Member, Arizona State House Representatives, VIce Chairman, Arizona House Education Committee


Carolee Adams
President
Eagle Forum of New Jersey


Lindsay Adams
College Student


Carl Anderson
Technology Integration Specialist, Adjunct Instructor
and Teacher
East Metro Integration District 6067, Hamline University
and Minnesota Connections Academy


Linda Anderson
Parent and Grandparent
Advocate for Education and Youth


William L. Anderson
Associate Professor of Economics
Frostburg State University
Adjunct Scholar, Mackinac Center for Public Policy


Jimmie R. Applegate
Professor Emeritus and Dean
School of Professional Studies
Central Washington University


Sabine Applegate
Retired, Family and Consumer Studies Teacher
Ellensburg High School


Mark Asire
Administrator
San Francisco Christian School


Frank Baker
Consultant
Media Literacy Clearinghouse Inc


Ann Marie Banfield
Education Liason
Cornerstone Action


Betsy Barber Bancroft
Author, Free Lance Editor
Pellican Publishing Company


Paul Bartomioli
Boy Scout Leader
Parent of 6 Children


David Beito
Professor
Department of History
University of Alabama


Rae Belisle
Former Member, California State Board of Education

Pamela Benigno
Director, Education Policy Center
Independence Institute


Neal Bishop
Father of three
Concerned Citizen


Brian Boltz
Owner
PFRMS


Edd Borngesser
Retired Sales Manager
NFPA


Mr. John Boullion


Lawrence Braden
Retired Advanced Placement Teacher
St. Paul’s School


Caleb Brandon


Sally Brooker
Teacher
Orono School System


Kasey Brzycki
Teacher
Co-editor Missouri Education Watchdog


Steve Buckstein
Founder
Cascade Policy Institute


Henry Buding
Student


Michael Buhler
President
Old Dominion Box Company, Inc.




Mr. Douglas Byrne

Mrs. Dorothy Byrne


Karlene Carper
RN, DON, Concerned Parent


Linda Carroll
Co-Founder
Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy
Colorado Springs Charter Academy
Educational Consultant
President of Eternal Investments, LLC


Paul Cassady
Engineering Technician
NICET


Albert Cheng
Graduate Student, Education Policy
Biola University


Mrs. Suzanne Chiodo
Student-at-Law
University of Western Ontario


Linda Chipparoni
Private Citizen


James Christiansen
Mortgage Baker
Security Home Mortgage


James Cooke
School Committee Member
Tantasqua


David Cox
Teacher and Former Utah State Legislator


Laina Curtiss
Former Teacher


Bob Dean
Math Department Chair
State Board of Education Math Advisory Panel
OSPI Standards Revision Team
Where’s the Math Executive Committee
Evergreen High School


Deborach DeBacker
Ninth District Republican Committee
Former State Committeewoman
Michigan Republican Paty


Beth Decker
Teacher/Parent and Curriculum Author
Get Real! Learning


Hon. and Mrs. Paul Deis, Esq III
Former ITT Instructor
Life Member Vietnam Veterans of America


Ben DeGrow
Senior Education Policy Analyst
Independence Institute


Marya DeGrow
Research Associate, Education Policy Center
Independence Institute


Anthony DiCarlo
High School Math Teacher
Carolina High School, Greenville, SC


John Downing
Clinical Professor
Vanderbilt School of Medicine


Larry Dozier
Retired Teacher


Edie Eastman
Reading Teacher
Waubesa Intermediate School, McFarland, WI


John Eidsmoe
Professor


Sandy Elliot
School Director
WSSDA


Suz Elman
U.S. Citizen


Paul Feifert
Engineer


Prudence Fields
Activist-Public Policy
Eagle Forum


Joyce Fiess
Former Teacher
BI/NK Independent Homeschool Families


Kenneth Fleischer
Freelance Writer


Beatrice Fowler
Retired School Board Member
Brevard Co. School Board


Larry Floyd
Adjunct Instructor
Seminole State College


Emilie Fogle
Homeschool Parent


Danna Foreman
Home Education
Wood Island Academy


Arthur Freeman
Parent, Grandparent


Stella Gamma
Nurse and Parent


Carlo Gammaitoni
Doctor and Parent


Barry Garelick
Future Teacher
U.S. Coalition for World Class Math


Donna Garner
Retired Classroom Teacher and Activist


Anne E. Levin Garrison
Public School Advocate, Writer


Robert P. George
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence
Director of the James Madison Program in American
Ideals and Institutions
Princeton University
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
former member US Commission on Civil Rights
former member of the President’s Council on Bioethics


Elizabeth Gibbons
Mother of 5


Craig Gorsuch
U.S. Citizen


Lynn Habluetzel
Board Member
Restore Oklahoma Public Education (ROPE)


Mrs. Marcy Hagge


Eric Harris
Former Substitute Teacher
Libertarian


Maureen Harris
Teaching Assistant
University of Connecticut


Joe Haugestuen
Lutheran Pastor, Retired
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America


Gerald Heiderscheit
Career Education and Training Officer
Lt. Col, USAF (Ret.)

Geoffrey Henebrey
Professor
South Dakota State University


James Hicks
Retired Educator and Administrator
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
Forsyth Technical Community College, NC


Douglas Holtz-Eakin
President American Action Forum
Former Director, Congressional Budget Office
Former Director of Domestic
and Economic Policy, McCain-Palin 2008


Arthur Hotchkiss
Technical Instructor
Udelhoven Oilfield Services


Annie Hsiao
Director of Education Policy
American Action Forum


Marian Hudock
Mother who has homeschooled 4 different children,
none of whom did well with the same program


Aubrie Huggard
Mother of 4 Children
Alpine, Utah School District


Kendall Hunt
Former University Administrator
Jacksonville University


Michael Jacques
Med Tech


John Jacob
President
Modern Image Systems, Inc.


Kelly Janssen
Homeschool Teacher


S. Matthew Jone
Civil Engineer
ASCE


David Jones
Board Member
Education Liberty Watch


Tom Kerr
U.S. Navy
Retired/Former Teacher
Promotional Advertising


Shirley Koehn
Retired Teacher


Martin Kozloff
Watson Distinguished Professor
School of Education
University of North Carolina at Wilmington


Julie Koontz
Former Elementary Teacher
Columbia Public Schools, Columbia Missouri


Christine Laffler
Former Teacher
Lutheran Schools of America



















Nicholas Laviola
Public University Staff
UC Santa Barbara


Tim Lebsack
Texan


Albert Lee


Jack Leishear
Private Citizen


Gretchen Logue
Editor
Missouri Education Watchdog


Richard Lorenc
Cofounder
Social Movement Sciences LLC


Victoria Manduca
Sales Director
Union County Tea Party


Conard Mangrum
Director
Lau Financial Services


Marian Matthews
Former teacher and mother of 2 college graduates
CWA


Ria Mattingly
Student
Sandhills Community College



Mrs. Ruth Maxfield
Private Citizen


Ryan McCarl
Writer and History Teacher
Wide Awake Minds


Barbara McCarthy
Concerned Parent


John McClaughry
President, Ethan Allen Institute (retired)
Former Senior Policy Advisor in the
White House Office of Policy Development
Former Vice Chair, Vermont Senate Education Committee


Amy McClean
Teacher
McClean Academy


Jerry McConnell


Baker Mitchell
Trustee
The Roger Bacon Academy


Barbara Moore
Civics/History Teacher
Northside Methodist Academy

Russ Moore
Founder and CEO
Seamless Education Associates, Inc


Richard Morgan
Col USAF, retired
Adjunct Lecturer
Western Ct State University


Jake Mousel
Substitute Teacher
Lincoln Public Schools


Susie Mullins
Homemaker


William Mumma
CEO
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, USA


New Hampshire Cornerstone Action


Kathy Nichols
Private Citizen


Oak Norton
Parent Advocate
Utah’s Republic


Arlen Nydam
Self-Employed


Thomas Oliver
Student
Samford University


Hope Page
Winery Owner
Page Wine Cellars


Andrew Palmer
Teacher
Conservative Teachers of America


Gary Palmer
President
Alabama Policy Institute


F. Wayne Pate
Former Visiting Executive
UAB


Liz Pate
Bible Teacher
First Baptist Church


Brenda Patten
Former Teacher Aid

Jeanne Patterson
Self-Employed
Risk Management Consultant


Barbara Patton
Former Middle School Teacher


Brenda Petrick
Mother

Dave Pusey
Education Reform Advocate
Georgia


Stephen Ralston
Private Citizen
Former Trustee, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology


Judy Ramirez
Former Teachers
Words Ahead


Anne Rankin
Mother and Concerned Citizen


Marilyn Reed
Education Consultant
Commonwealth Education Organization


Hannah Reeves
Former Teacher, Tutor
Libertarian


Valerie Reh
Teacher and Parent


Fran Rice
Language Disability Advocate


John Roberts
Technical Instructor


Julius Robbins
Retired


Kori Robbins
Mother


Jeff Rogero
Industrial/Mechanical Engineer
ATFS


Laurie Rogers
Children’s Advocate and Education Author
Author of Betrayed: How the Education Establishment has Betrayed America and What You Can Do About It and “Betrayed” blog on Education


Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D.
Editor
Proceedings of the Friesian School


Sandra Ruggles
Eagle Forum


Ayn Marie Samuelson
Author, Exposing the Public Education System
Homeschool Parent
Political Activist


David W. Saxe
Professor
Penn State University


Mrs. Mary Emily Scallon
US Citizen


Michael Schuerger, Sr.
Small Business Owner, Scout Leader
Boy Scouts of America


Kathryn Schultz
Substitute Teacher and Music Director
Mother of 4


Jill Schwarz
Teacher


Stephen Shmanske
Professor Emeritus
California State University, East Bay


John Shuey
Former Teacher
Claymont, DE Public Schools


David Silbernagel
Retired Supervisor
Teamster Member


Dana Slabaugh
Teacher
USU


Andrew Smith
Teacher
New Palestine High School


Gordon Smith
Engineer
Libertarian


Jacquetta Smith
School Nurse
Texas School Nurse Organization


Buffy Snell
Mother, Family of 7


Elsie Sommerfeld
Former School Board Member


Paul Stackpole, Sr.
Former Educator


Marilyn Steffen
Parent
Separation of School and State


J.E. Stone
President, Education Consumers Foundation


Kathy Strand
Parent


Barbara Susco
Former Teacher
Florida Eagle Forum


Dora Taylor
Educator
Parents Across America


Ms. Susan Taylor
Retired


Paula Thomason
Former Homeschooling, Mother of Six, Realtor
Prudential Fox & Roach


C. Bradley Thompson
Department of Political Science
Clemson University


Scott Thomson
Professor of Medicine
University of California


Jerry Treadway
Professor Emeritus, College of Education
San Diego State University
Commissioner, California State Academic Standards
Commission, 1996-98
Former Chair, California State Curriculum Commission


Mrs. Laura Troidle
NYCHOLD


Larry Trone
Founder
Think Algebra


Greg Twietmeyer
Assistant Professor
Marshall University


David Upham
Father of Five
Assistant Professor of Politics
University of Dallas


Liliana Vaananen
Education Consultant
Private Consulting


John Vernick
Engineer Retired
BSEE/MSAS, Montana State University
The Boeing Company


Bethany Ward
Public School Teacher
Maine Education


Brandon Ward
Teacher
Middle School, Maine


Charles Weber
Private Citizen


Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Molly Wehrenberg
Private Citizens


Stephanie Wentzlaff
Former Teacher
Lutheran Schools of America


Jenni White
President
Restore Oklahoma Public Education (ROPE)


David Whitmer
Technology Director
Calvary Schools of Holland


Michael Wilder
Manager
Delphi


J.R. Wilson
Former Elementary Teacher, Curriculum Consultant
Staff Development Coordinator, and Principal


Kay Wilson
Mother, Grandmother
Mother of School Board Member
Alpine School District
Conservative


Jennifer Zapata
Parent





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