
Philanthropy Roundtable 2025 Annual Meeting
Steven will join a panel discussion, “Charter Schools in the Crosshairs: Strenthening Choice in a Critical Sector” at the 2025 Philanthropy Roundtable Annual Meeting in Phoenix.
How can philanthropy steer the charter school sector back to its North Star: great instruction, liberal arts excellence, and high expectations?

Great Hearts National Symposium for Classical Education
Steven will participate in a panel discussion titled “Preaching Beyond the Choir: How should we make the case for classical education to the uninitiated?”
A liberal arts education—and, especially, a classical education—is today often perceived as fusty and irrelevant, the province of white elites. In truth, it’s the education that enables students of every background to thrive. How de we rebrand it for our times?

National Charter School Conference 2025
In the first half of the decade, many urban charter schools turned away from their North Star of academic attainment. Student outcomes plummeted. Can we find our way back and make good on our promise to America’s most marginalized children?

School Choice Tradeoffs and Evidence-Based Policy Making
Steven will deliver the keynote address at a research conference on school choice at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Webinar: Steven F. Wilson’s The Lost Decade
Join Pioneer Institute for an exclusive webinar celebrating its newest publication, The Lost Decade: Returning to the Fight for Better Schools in America.

Bringing High Expectations Back to Education
AEI’s Robert Pondiscio hosts a panel to discuss bringing high expectations back to education. Panelists included Teach like a Champion author Doug Lemov and Seton Education Partners’ Stephanie Saroki de García.