The Disagreement: Are ESAs the Answer for Students, Parents, & K-12 Ed?
We will do a live recording of The Disagreement podcast about whether Education Savings Accounts can help students, parents and K-12 schools. I will bring together an expert who thinks highly of ESAs (for parent empowerment, improved learning/outcomes for students, the expansion of alternative schooling) with an expert that is skeptical of how ESAs will be used, whether they will exacerbate inequalities and/or have a detrimental impact on public schools. I will host a healthy, productive disagreement that explores these nuances and helps the audience understand ESAs in a unique light.
Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Catherine Cushenberry
The Disagreement
Shaka Mitchell
American Federation for Children
Jaime Puente
Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities)