Jude Schwalbach
Senior Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation
Jude Schwalbach is a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation.
Schwalbach previously worked at Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy, where his research focused on expanding educational opportunities for K-12 students and reducing the federal footprint in education. Before joining Heritage, Schwalbach taught high school in Phoenix, Arizona.
Schwalbach’s writings have appeared in The Hill, National Review, RealClear Education, Orange County Register, Washington Times, and redefinED.
Schwalbach holds a B.A. in philosophy from Thomas Aquinas College and an M.A. in political philosophy from Hillsdale College.
He is based in Washington, D.C.
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Funding Education Opportunity: School choice laws advance in five more states
Plus: Lawsuits in multiple states, Republican primary elections likely impact on school choice in Texas, and more.
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Funding Education Opportunity: Examining important trends in education spending, outcomes and staffing
Plus: Education legislation news in New Hampshire, Alabama, and Missouri, and more.
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Many of Virginia’s public schools charge significant tuition to transfer students
Research finds 55 Virginia public school divisions charge non-resident tuition rates to transfer students.
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Wisconsin’s K-12 open enrollment program is working for rural school districts
More than 73,000 of Wisconsin's public school students used open enrollment last year and 31% of transfer students transferred to rural school districts.
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A bipartisan reform to increase school choice, improve public schools
Open enrollment allows students and parents to find the best public schools for their educational and social needs.
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Progressives should support public school open enrollment to help schools and students
Allowing kids to transfer to the public schools of their choice is a win-win policy for California’s students, public school advocates, and school districts.
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Funding Education Opportunity: The best open enrollment proposals of 2024 and the new K-12 School Choice Calculator
Plus: Florida may expand eligibility for private school choice programs, school choice legislative updates from several states, and more.
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Florida’s open-enrollment program is a popular and overlooked school choice success
Nearly 1-in-10 of the state’s public school students rely on open enrollment to attend schools that are the right fit.
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Funding Education Opportunity: Preparing for the 2024 legislative sessions, news from Tennessee, Wyoming, and Missouri, and more
Plus: Oklahoma's private school tax credit in high demand, Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects lawsuit claiming state's voucher program was unconstitutional, and more.
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K-12 open enrollment would be a win-win for Virginia’s students and schools
Open enrollment gives families more choices and improves public education.
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Education savings accounts and open enrollment would help Tennessee’s students and schools
School choice policies make schools more responsive to students’ needs.
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Ranking the K-12 open enrollment laws passed in 2023
With 85 percent of K-12 students still attending public schools, open enrollment policies are critical to school choice.
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Funding Education Opportunity: Homeschooling numbers still exceed pre-pandemic figures, Texas and Florida’s special legislative sessions on education, and more
Plus: Arkansas' annual report on Education Freedom Accounts, Kentucky constitutional amendment to legalize school choice policies, and more.
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California’s public school advocates should embrace open enrollment
Lawmakers and public school advocates should expand and streamline open enrollment policies so all of California’s students can access public schools with available seats.
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Funding Education Opportunity: Examining every state’s open enrollment laws, Texas’ special legislative session on education, and more
Plus: Arizona policymakers spar over scholarship program, lawsuit over Wisconsin voucher program, and more.
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Examining every state’s open enrollment policies
Six states, including Arizona and Florida, have implemented four out of five best practices for public school open enrollment, but 34 states have implemented one or none.
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Texas needs public school open enrollment
A robust open enrollment law would give students access to available seats in all public schools and ban public schools from charging transfer tuition.
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Parents can be satisfied with public schools and also want more educational choices
If more states expanded their education marketplaces, more families could afford to prioritize factors besides location.
