EdChoice
| Founder(s) | Milton and Rose D. Friedman |
|---|---|
| Established | 1996 |
| Mission | Advancing Milton and Rose D. Friedman’s vision of school choice for all children. |
| Chairman | Patrick Byrne |
| President & CEO | Robert Enlow |
| Budget | Revenue: $5,235,726 Expenses: $4,888,817 (FYE December 2012) |
| Formerly called | Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice |
| Address |
One American Square, Suite 2420 Indianapolis, IN 46282 |
| Website | www |
One American Square, Suite 2420
EdChoice, formerly the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, is an American education reform organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was founded in 1996 by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman and his wife, economist Rose Director Friedman. The organization's mission is to advance “school choice for all children” nationwide.
Called “the nation's leading advocate of vouchers” by the Wall Street Journal, the organization's 13-member board is chaired by Patrick M. Byrne, chairman and CEO of . EdChoice, according to its website, works with “nonprofits, schools, community organizations, businesses, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens to provide general education, outreach, and advocacy on school choice.”
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice was founded in March 1996 in Indianapolis, Indiana. It originally was known as the Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation. A prominent Indiana politician and friend of the Friedmans, Gordon St. Angelo, served as the Friedman Foundation’s first president, a position he held till 2009, when he was succeeded by Robert Enlow. Other founding directors of the Friedman Foundation include J. Patrick Rooney and Mitch Daniels.
On May 10, 2016, the Friedman Foundation announced it would change its name later in the year to reflect the Friedmans' desire to separate their personal legacy from the intellectual legacy of educational choice. They specifically directed the Foundation’s board of directors to stop using the Friedman name at some point after their deaths.
On July 29, 2016, the Friedman Foundation announced that the organization's new name would be EdChoice and that it would focus its mission on three areas: educating and informing the public about the benefits of school choice; training and equipping policymakers and stakeholders with the skills they need to support school choice; and advancing high-quality school choice programs in states across the nation.
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