Updates

In this radio interview with the “Tom Roten Morning Show,” Cardinal’s executive director, Garrett Ballengee, laments another year gone by in which West Virginia’s families will not have any education freedom available to them. Garrett also refutes some of the unions’ ar… Read More

Quoted in this Conservative Review article, Cardinal’s executive director, Garrett Ballengee, makes the case that the teachers’ strike in West Virginia isn’t for the kids as the unions claim, it’s about protecting the unions’ political power: “This is a way to flex poli… Read More

Quoted in this Forbes piece, Cardinal’s executive director, Garrett Ballengee, discusses some of the key differences between 2018’s teachers’ strike and 2019’s strike — mainly that 2019’s is about denying education freedom to West Virginians: “Let’s be… Read More

In this EdChoice podcast discussion with Drew Catt, Cardinal’s executive director, Garrett Ballengee, discusses the lack of education choice options in West Virginia and a survey of the Mountain State’s private school landscape. Read More

Cardinal’s executive director, Garrett Ballengee, makes the case in a Forbes piece — authored by Patrick Gleason —  that West Virginia’s comprehensive education reform push is much needed and would benefit West Virginians. “It would be difficult to overstate the opportu… Read More

In this Charleston Daily Mail story on West Virginia’s stereotypes — and alongside West Virginia luminaries like WVU President, Gordon Gee, and US Senator, Shelly Moore Capito — Cardinal’s communications associate, Amanda Kieffer, busts open the widely-held conception that We… Read More

In this op-ed in the Daily Mail Opinion Page of the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Cardinal’s communications associate, Amanda Kieffer makes the argument the school choice will not only better the state’s education system, but it will also improve the economy. A sample below (full piece can be… Read More