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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Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2009
Examining the school districts using student-based "backpack" funding to improve results
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No Choices Left Behind
Competitive Models to Restructure California's Lowest-Performing Schools
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Analysis of California’s Proposition 88
Education Funding, Real Property Parcel Tax, Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute
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Addressing California’s School and University Building Needs
Alternatives to Proposition 1D
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Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten
Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers
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Driving More Money into the Classroom
The Promise of Shared Services
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Rebuilding After Katrina
Policy Strategies for Recovery
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Priority Colorado
Balancing the Budget While Preserving TABOR and Colorado's
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School Violence and No Child Left Behind
Best Practices to Keep Kids Safe
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Special Education Accountability
Structural Reform to Help CA Charter Schools Make the Grade
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Child Advocacy Centers
One Stop on the Road to Performance-based Child Protection
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Citizens’ Budget
How to Balance CA Budget without Tax Increases
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Education Management Organizations
Growing a For-profit Education Industry with Choice, Competition, and Innovation
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Innovative School Facility Partnerships
Downtown, Airport, and Retail Space