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Lisa Snell
Lisa Snell
Director of Education
Director of Education
Reason Foundation
lisa.snell@reason.org
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Lisa Snell is the director of education and child welfare at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Snell has frequently testified before the California State Legislature and numerous other state legislatures and government agencies. She has authored policy studies on school finance and weighted student funding, universal preschool, school violence, charter schools, and child advocacy centers.
Snell is a frequent contributor to Reason magazine, School Reform News and Privatization Watch. Her writing has also appeared in Education Week, Edutopia, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications.
Ms. Snell is also an advisory board member to the National Quality Improvement Center for the Children’s Bureau; is on the charter school accreditation team for the American Academy for Liberal Education; and serves as a board member for the California Virtual Academy.
Before joining Reason Foundation, Snell taught public speaking and argumentation courses at California State University, Fullerton. She earned a Master of Arts in communication from California State University, Fullerton.
StudiesBlog PostsOp-Eds
- Fix the Schools
Close failing schools, open charter schools and replicate great schools
Policy Brief 87
Lisa Snell
March 15, 2010 - Ten Ideas to Fix Cleveland's Schools
Turn failing schools into charters, empower parents and principals
Policy Brief 86
Lisa Snell
March 15, 2010 - Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2009
Examining the school districts using student-based "backpack" funding to improve results
Lisa Snell
April 30, 2009 - No Choices Left Behind
Competitive Models to Restructure California's Lowest-Performing Schools
Lisa Snell
December 12, 2006 - Analysis of California's Proposition 88
Education Funding, Real Property Parcel Tax, Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute
Lisa Snell
October 18, 2006 - Addressing California's School and University Building Needs
Alternatives to Proposition 1D
Lisa Snell
September 1, 2006 - Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten
Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers
Darcy Olsen and Lisa Snell
May 1, 2006 - The Case Against Universal Preschool in California
Lisa Snell
February 22, 2006 - Driving More Money into the Classroom
The Promise of Shared Services
William D. Eggers, Lisa Snell, Robert Wavra and Adrian Moore
October 1, 2005 - Rebuilding After Katrina
Policy Strategies for Recovery
Adrian Moore, Lisa Snell and Geoffrey Segal
October 1, 2005 - California's K-12 Education Primer
Lisa Snell
May 1, 2005 - Priority Colorado
Balancing the Budget While Preserving TABOR and Colorado's
Geoffrey Segal, George Passantino, Adam Summers, Lisa Snell and Tarren R. Bragdon
February 1, 2005 - School Violence and No Child Left Behind
Best Practices to Keep Kids Safe
Lisa Snell
January 1, 2005 - Special Education Accountability
Structural Reform to Help CA Charter Schools Make the Grade
Lisa Snell
July 1, 2004 - Child Advocacy Centers
One Stop on the Road to Performance-based Child Protection
Lisa Snell
June 1, 2003 - Citizens' Budget
How to Balance CA Budget without Tax Increases
Carl DeMaio, Adrian Moore, Adam Summers, Geoffrey Segal, Lisa Snell, Vincent Badolato and George Passantino
April 1, 2003 - Education Management Organizations
Growing a For-profit Education Industry with Choice, Competition, and Innovation
Guilbert C. Hentschke, Scot Oschman and Lisa Snell
May 1, 2002 - School Vouchers As A Legal Sanction
Lisa Snell
December 1, 2001 - Revenue and Results
How Student Achievement Gains Can Save the Private Education Industry
Lisa Snell
October 1, 2001 - Workplace Charter Schools
Florida Blazes the Trail
Lisa Snell
May 1, 2001 - Response to Bush Education Plan: School Vouchers are Needed to Enforce Bush's Accountability Program
E-Brief 110
Lisa Snell
January 1, 2001 - Innovative School Facility Partnerships
Downtown, Airport, and Retail Space
Matthew D. Taylor and Lisa Snell
December 1, 2000 - Private Options to Help Students Read
Lisa Snell
December 1, 2000 - Child-Welfare Reform and the Role of Privatization
Lisa Snell
October 1, 2000 - Remedial Education Reform
Private Alternatives to Traditional Title I
Lisa Snell
March 1, 2000 - Getting Greens in the Black
Golf course Privatization Trends and Practices
Lisa Snell
August 1, 1999 - Strategies to Keep Schools Safe
Policy Study 234
Alexander Volokh and Lisa Snell
January 1, 1998 - School Violence Prevention
Strategies to Keep Schools Safe
Alexander Volokh and Lisa Snell
October 1, 1997
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