The Trump administration’s newly passed federal tax credit scholarship program could dramatically reshape the education landscape, providing families with potentially billions of dollars in funding for private schooling, beginning in 2027. But states must opt into the Trump program, raising a host of policy and political questions.

Join FutureEd for a timely conversation about what the program could mean for students, families, and the future of elementary and secondary education. The discussion will explore what we know about the program and what’s still undecided, how it could work in practice, the political challenges it poses to state leaders, and what we can learn from states’ past experiences with private school choice programs. Moderated by FutureEd Director Thomas Toch, the conversation will feature:

• Rachel Canter, director of education policy at the Progressive Policy Institute
• Jorge Elorza, CEO of Democrats for Education Reform
• Michael J. Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• Jon Valant, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution

With student achievement in decline and debates over who’s responsible intensifying, how should we define and measure school quality? Join FutureEd and the Keystone Policy Center for a conversation among national leaders on the past, present, and future of school measurement.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis joins Margaret Spellings, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center and former U.S. Secretary of Education; Tequilla Brownie, chief executive of TNTP; Frances Messano, chief executive of New Schools Venture Fund; and Chris Walters, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, in a discussion of what measures matter most for school accountability and improvement, moderated by Keystone Education Policy Director Van Schoales.