James Peyser
Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund
Cesar Conde
NBCUniversal News chair
Frederick M Hess
conservative education writer and researcher
Eric A Hanushek
Economist at University of Texas at Dallas
Richard Barth Jr
President and CEO of the KIPP Foundation
Clint Bolick
Arizona Supreme Court Associate Justice. former Director of the Goldwater Institute Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation
Alberto M Carvalho
Superintendent - Los Angeles Unified School District since 2021. resigned in June 2026; former Superintendent, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Hanna Skandera
NM Secretary of Education-designate
Jerome Lyle Rappaport Sr
Cofounder, New Boston Fund; Philanthropist
Charles Koch Foundation
Grantmaking foundation controlled by Koch Industries CEO Charles Koch
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Walton Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart
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Smart Family Foundation
Education
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John M Olin Foundation
conservative foundation
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Kern Family Foundation
Funding From Generac Power Systems
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Family foundation of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
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Child Organizations
Education Next
Harvard Ed Reform Journal
Joint Center for Poverty Research (Defunct)
Collaboration University of Chicago and Northwestern University
Foundation for Excellence in Education
Founded by Jeb Bush
Heartland Institute
Non-profit research and education organization, climate change denial front group
Institute for Justice
Libertarian Law Firm
The Heritage Foundation
Conservative think tank
Hoover Institution
Conservative think tank at Stanford
Miscellaneous Relationships
Taubman Center for State and Local Government
Policy and research center at Harvard's KSG
