EDUCATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP Why is There So Little? Frederick M. Hess 6:00 p.m. -- Cocktail Hour with Cash Bar 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. -- Dinner & Program Tuesday, September 18, 2007 DoubleTree Park Place Hotel 1500 Park Place Boulevard, St. Louis Park Directions

Please join us for an American Experiment Dinner Forum at which Rick Hess will talk about how school choice advocates have "long operated in the hope that it would spur districts to dramatically improve."  Or failing that, they've assumed choice would "summon forth a wealth of impressive new providers."   Yet despite a "variety of promising sparks," he contends, "neither expectation has been met."  Why?   

According to Dr. Hess, debate over choice has failed to recognize that "consumer freedom is only half the market equation."  Or more to the point, "demand unanswered by a supply-side response will not deliver hoped-for school improvements." 

In light, he will argue for a "supply-side strategy," one in which "entrepreneurial problem-solvers" are better positioned to take good ideas to scale.  Most practically, he'll talk about the importance of "tackling barriers to entry, providing venture capital, cultivating human capital, and developing essential management metrics." 

A former social studies teacher, Frederick Hess is director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.  His most recent books include Educational Entrepreneurship and Tough Love for Schools.

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