David W. Kirkpatrick 108 Highland Court Douglassville, PA 19518-9240 610-689-0633 Senior

David W. Kirkpatrick 108 Highland Court Douglassville, PA 19518-9240 610-689-0633 Senior Education Fellow, US Freedom Foundation website: schoolreport.com email: [email protected]

VITA 2005 Assessment Administrator, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2004- Founding Board Member, Renaissance Institute for Vital Education Reform (RIVER) 2004- Senior Education Fellow, Buckeye Institute, Columbus, OH 2003- Senior Education Fellow/Writer, SchoolReport, a weekly Internet commentary, US Freedom Foundation 2001-3 Editor-in-chief, insiderUpdate, a weekly Internet service for www.schoolreformers.com 1999-02 Education Writer for online publisher, iUniverse.com 1999-03 Fellow, Public Service Research Foundation, Vienna, VA 1999-01 Senior Fellow for Teacher Choice, Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, Arlington, VA 1999-00 Senior Fellow, Options for Youth, Pasadena, CA 1998-00 Senior Fellow, Allegheny Institute for Public Policy, Pittsburgh 1997-01 Contributing Editor, School Reform News, The Heartland Institute, Chicago & 2003- 1995- Researcher/Writer/Consultant (e.g., Mosaica Education, Inc.; Beacon Education Management) 1995-99 Distinguished Fellow, The Blum Center, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1992-5 Executive Director, The REACH Alliance, a school choice advocacy group 1987-92 Consultant: PA Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS), Executive Director, 1987-1991 Member of the Steering Committee for the PARSS v. Casey funding equity law suit, 1990-92 1988-92 Staff Associate, Research for Better Schools, Philadelphia; member, Pa. Rural Education Council 1989-90 Member, Steering Committee, Pa. Business Roundtable Business/Education Project 1987-89 Executive Producer/Writer/Researcher/Narrator, WLVT-TV, Bethlehem, PA, Once a Way of Life, about The PA Dutch, broadcast on PA's seven public television stations, November 1988- January 1989. 1987 Advisor, Pennsylvania Dutch Folklife Museum, Lenhartsville, PA 1985-86 Communications Director for PA Auditor General; Creator/Editor of monthly newsletter, The Ledger. 1980-85 Executive Director, Director of Policy and Legislation for the Association of Pennsylvania State Colleges & University Faculties (APSCUF), an affiliate of the AFT and the AAUP 1973-80 Consultant: PA Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee; Legislative Analyst/Staff, 1977-80 PA Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU); Teacher center and teacher in-service projects, 1978-79 PA State Board of Education: Writer/Editor of the 1978 Master Plan for Higher Education Researcher/writer for energy crisis for Consumer Advocate to the Public Utility Commission, 1977 PA Senate Education Committee: Legislative Analyst/staff, 1973-77 Conducted study of federal government Title I regulations for the PA Dept. of Education 1972 Executive Producer/Moderator, 28 programs on state government for WPTV, cable TV, Harrisburg,PA 1971-73 Communications Director, PA Governor's Office 1969-71 President, PA State Education Association; President-Elect, 1968-69; Past-President, 1971-73 1968-78 Ex. Producer/Researcher/Writer/Moderator/Narrator, weekly half-hour public issues series, 500+ programs, WLVT-TV, Bethlehem, PA; and, the same during 1965-68 for a 15-program series, History of the Lehigh Valley, for in-school and general broadcast airing. 1965-69 President, Easton Area Education Association 1961-71 History teacher, Easton Area High School (on leave, 1969-71);Social Studies Dept. Chairman, 1965-69 1961-67 Newsman, talk-show host, WEST, Easton, PA 1959-60 News Editor, WHOL, Allentown, PA, 1959-60 1951-59 News Editor/Reporter/DJ/Engineer, WNAW & WMNB, N. Adams, MA; WDEV, Waterbury, VT

OTHER EXPERIENCE: Delegate, White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services, July 1991 Adjunct Faculty, Northampton County Area Community College and Penn State University, Lehigh Valley campus, 1960s; and the Labor Studies Program at Penn State's York, PA campus, 1982, 1984 Founder, PA Rural Coalition, 1980; more than 100 organizations became members, plus individuals.

EDUCATION: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; William Robertson Coe Fellow, 1965 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; M.A. in History, Graduate Scholar & Teaching Assistant, 1959-61 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (formerly N. Adams State College), N. Adams, MA, B.S. in Ed., 1959; Senior Class President & Valedictorian; First recipient, Alumnus of the Year Award, 1971 Massachusetts Radio School, Boston, MA U.S. Military Academy (West Point) Prep School, Stewart AFB, NY U.S. Air Force; including training at its Radio Operators School, Scott AFB, IL

WRITING: 2000 Universal Tuition Tax Credits, a monograph for the Allegheny Institute, Pittsburgh 2000 Charter Schools: An Irresistible Force?, a monograph for the Allegheny Institute, Pittsburgh 2000 "Teacher Unions and Educational Reform," 25p, Government Union Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 2000 "Choice, Charters and Privatization," Ch. 4, in Simnon Haki, Daniel J. Ryan and Judith C. Stull, Eds., Restructuring Education, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000 1998 On commission, an unpublished book-length study of the Cleveland Scholarship Program 1998 School District Based Vouchers, 27p monograph, Pittsburgh, PA: Allegheny Institute 1997 School Choice: The Idea That Will Not Die; Mesa, AZ: Blue Bird Publishing 1997 School Choice, 30p monograph, Indianapolis, IN: the Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation 1997 Alternative Teacher Organizations, 36p monograph, Los Angeles, CA: The Reason Foundation 1990 Choice in Schooling, Loyola University of Chicago Press. Feb. 1991 Conservative Book Club 1996-98 Regular education newsletter for the Kentucky League for Educational Alternatives 1995-99 Regular education newsletter for The Blum Center, Marquette University, national distribution 1992-5 Columnist on state government, The Express-Times, Easton, PA 1994 "The Educational Choice Movement in Pennsylvania," Ch. 11; and "Magnet Schools/Charter Schools," Ch. 13, in Educational Innovation, Charles E. Greenawalt II, Ed., The Commonwealth Foundation, Harrisburg, PA and the University Press of America, Lanham, MD 1993 "Teacher Unions and Collective Bargaining in Retrospect," 28p, Government Union Review, Fall 1993 1992-3 Four education Issue Briefs - "Certification," "Charter Schools," "Deregulation," and Distance Learning," for the Commonwealth Foundation, Harrisburg, PA; plus, 1998, "A Class-ic Mistake," on class size. 1987-92 Creator/Editor, Pennsylvania Rural & Small School News, for PARSS 1985-6 Creator/Editor, The Ledger, Monthly Newsletter for Pa. Auditor General's Office 1985-6 Creator/Editor, Pennsylvania Rural Forum, Pa. Rural coalition newsletter 1983-4 Creator/Editor, Penn Forum, newsletter, and Ex. Editor of regular APSCUF newsletter 1982 Feature Writer, Harrisburger Magazine 1981 Public Relations Chairman, "Vote Yes for Water" Coalition, which won voter approval of a $300 million state water bond referendum 1981-94 Pennsylvania Magazine, founding limited partner 1977-79 Pennsylvania Illustrated magazine, Contributing Writer

BOARD SERVICE: 1999-02 National Board of Trustees Citizens for Educational Freedom, and 1995-97 1997-8 Founding National Chairman, Parents in Control, a grass roots school choice group 1991-5 REACH Alliance; and, 1994-5, REACH Foundation, Harrisburg, PA 1990-2 Pa. Dept. of Education, Rural Schools Liaison Council 1989-90 Rural Museums & Schools Initiative, & Pa. Alliance for Rural Schools & Museums 1990-2 Pa. Rural Arts Alliance 1988-90 Central Pa. Writers Organization 1987-93 Pa. Rural Education Council 1983-87 Pa Public Utility Commission Consumer Advisory Council; Chairman, 1985-87 1981-83 Pa Community Development Society 1980-87 Pa. Rural Coalition (Founder) 1971-81 Alumni Association, N. Adams State College (MA), now Mass. College of Liberal Arts 1971-73 Pa School Employees Retirement System 1969-71 National Council of State Education Associations 1968-73 Pa State Education Association 1964-73 & 1989-91 Member, PSEA House of Delegates 1965-73 & 1990, 1991, member, NEA Representative Assembly 1967-68 Easton, PA, Community Theatre Co. (Co-founder) 1965-71 Easton Area Education Association

MEMBERSHIPS: Life member of the National Education Association (NEA), NEA-Retired, Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), PSEA-Retired, and PA Association of School Retirees (PASR) Teachers for Better Education, 2001- Teachers for Choice, 2001- Parents in Control (P-I-C), Founding National Chairman (1997-8) Association of American Educators, 1996- Association of Educators in Private Practice (AEPP), 1991-2000 American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 1987- (National Retired Teachers Assn. Division)

LISTINGS: 2001 Edition, Who's Who in the World 2003, 2002, 2001, and The Millenium Edition, 2000, of Who's Who in America The latest in a series of recognitions, beginning with Who's Who Among College Students, 1959 - - - - -