{"podcast":{"title":"The Future of Education","slug":"the-future-of-education-3943663","podcast_index_feed_id":3943663,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/35034.rss","website_url":"https://michaelbhorn.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/35034/67964806249217177198c211d5106191.jpg","author":"Michael B. Horn","episode_count":140,"summary":"Stay up to date on the innovations, changemakers, & trends to transform learning & education worldwide so that all individuals can build their passions, fulfill their potential, and live a life of purpose","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T04:19:48.283625+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-education-3943663"},"episode":{"title":"An Explosion in Educational Choice: Reflecting on a Quarter-Century of Change in Florida","slug":"an-explosion-in-educational-choice-reflecting-on-a-quarter-century-of-change-in-florida","published_at":"2026-05-26T13:56:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-education-3943663/an-explosion-in-educational-choice-reflecting-on-a-quarter-century-of-change-in-florida","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-education-3943663","url":"https://michaelbhorn.substack.com/p/an-explosion-in-educational-choice","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197913203/dcf78c480f9bf34159e8431d0fe47860.mp3","summary":"I hosted a conversation with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Ryan Delk, the founder of the Primer micrschools network, about the evolution of educational choice in Florida and its broader implications for the nation. Our discussion explored the state's journey from the early implementation of school choice policies to the current landscape where over half of Florida's families have the ability to select their children's schools and other educational services. The episode delved into key issues like funding, regulation, accountability, and federalism. Michael Horn Governor, Ryan, welcome to the Future of Education. Thanks for being here. Governor Bush Good to be at a Primer school. Michael Horn Yes, it is indeed. And the history, Governor, of publicly funded widespread universal school choice, educational choice in Florida really gets its start from your time as Governor. You have laws in 1999, 2001, I’d say 2003, with funding following the student to Florida Virtual. You have all these milestones. As you look back now, 2026 at the state of educational choice here, how would you describe where we are in Florida? Where in the movement, if you will, are we right now? Governor Bush We’re not completely there, but we certainly got to scale for sure. When we started, I think we had 80 kids in that, parents went to a private school with public money. And that’s expanded over time. One voucher program, another corporate tax scholar program. Today, over 50% of parents in Florida choose where their kids go to school. It could be we have universal public school choice, we have universal education savings accounts. And so we’re, we’re building what I think is the right way to educate our children by empowering parents. It’s really exciting. Michael Horn And as you noted, we’r…","meta_description":"I hosted a conversation with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Ryan Delk, the founder of the Primer micrschools network, about the evolution of educati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1315,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-future-of-education-3943663/episodes/an-explosion-in-educational-choice-reflecting-on-a-quarter-century-of-change-in-florida/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-education-3943663/an-explosion-in-educational-choice-reflecting-on-a-quarter-century-of-change-in-florida.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}