It's that time of year again! Mark your calendars for YP's Summer Social at The Golf Club at Newcastle. Join the Young Professionals on Wednesday, August 13th from 6pm-8pm for food, drinks, and networking. We'll be joined by Washington Policy Center's Director for Education Vicki Murray to hear insights on education policy! All are welcome for this fun, Summer event. Join us!
Guests are encouraged -- Register below!
WHEN: Wednesday, August 13th
TIME: 6pm-8pm
LOCATION: The Golf Club at Newcastle | The Muirfield Room
ADDRESS: 15500 Six Penny Ln, Newcastle, WA 98059
*Tickets include food and drinks
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Meet our speaker:
Vicki Murray (Alger) is the Director of the Center for Education and the Paul W. Locke Research Fellow for Education at Washington Policy Center. Her research focuses on education reforms that promote a competitive education marketplace and increase parents’ control over their children’s education.
Vicki is the author of Failure: The Federal ‘Misedukation’ of America’s Children, an in-depth history of the U.S. Department of Education and federal education policy. She is a co-author of eight additional books, as well as nearly 80 policy studies. Vicki has advised the U.S. Department of Education, policymakers in 45 states, and provided expert testimony before state legislative education committees. Her research has also been used in educational choice program litigation, including the successful defense of country’s first tax-credit scholarship program in the U.S. Supreme Court. Vicki’s research and commentary on education policy have been widely published and cited in leading public policy outlets such as Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy and Governance, Stanford University’s Hoover Digest, Education Week, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as national news media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, Investor’s Business Daily, the Los Angeles Times, and US News & World Report. She has also appeared on the Fox News Channel, Global News, local ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS affiliates, in addition to news radio programs across the country. Prior to her career in education policy, Vicki taught college-level courses in American politics, English composition and rhetoric, and early British literature.
She received her Ph.D. in political philosophy from the University of Dallas, where she was an Earhart Foundation Fellow. Vicki lives in Seattle and hails from Scottsdale, Arizona. She is dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for all families, regardless of their income or address. These include public district and charter school choices, as well as private, home, virtual, and parent-tailored options made possible through education savings accounts.