Lisa Snell was 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.
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A 2018 Evaluation of LAUSD’s Fiscal Outlook: Revisiting the Findings of the 2015 Independent Financial Review Panel
Los Angeles Unified School District is unique in California and the nation because the size of its projected budget deficits and overall debt dwarfs most other urban school districts.
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School Choice, Funding Portability, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Education Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2015
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Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
State Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2015
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Federal School Finance Reform
Moving Toward Title I Funding Following the Child
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Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
State Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2014
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Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2013
Examining the results in districts using portable student funding
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Weighted Student Funding for California
Three Reasons Governor Brownâ??s School Funding Plan is Better than the Status Quo and Three Big Ideas to Make the Plan Even Better
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Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education
Education chapter of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013
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Developments in State Government Privatization
Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines privatization trends at the state level
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A Handbook for Student-Based Budgeting, Principal Autonomy and School Choice
Making school funding more equitable and transparent
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Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
State Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
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School Choice, Charter Schools, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Education Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
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Taking Steps Towards Better Child Welfare Programs In Nebraska
The focus should be on the kids and outcomes, not reorganizing state agencies
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School Choice, Charter Schools, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Education Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
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Reforming California
How to fix California's budget and schools
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Fix the Schools
Close failing schools, open charter schools and replicate great schools
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Ten Ideas to Fix Cleveland’s Schools
Turn failing schools into charters, empower parents and principals
Policy Brief 86