The International School Choice and Reform Conference (ISCRC) is an academic conference that gathers scholars who study various forms of school choice, systemic reform, and educational innovation. This includes scholarship on how school choice is enacted, the mechanisms that structure school choice programs, and both the individual and systemic outcomes of school choice and reform. To the greatest extent possible, ISCRC includes multiple perspectives. Some of the research is more supportive of various forms of school choice while other research has a more critical stance. Still others favor one form of choice while opposing other forms of choice. Conference participants are connected by the goal of using quality research to shed light on how school choice and reform policies actually work. 

The Conference emphasizes: 

• Both critical and supportive analyses of all forms of school choice. The Conference actively seeks all sides of the school choice and reform debate. 

• Emphasis on high quality, data-backed research into the subject or informed policy debate. The Program Committee subjects all proposals to critical peer review. 
• Concentration on what we can learn from international experiences and comparisons. 
• An opportunity to attend a small, intimate Conference where meaningful networking can take place in an atmosphere which is both academically rigorous and professionally friendly. Typically, Conference attendance is limited to 150 scholars/practitioners. 

 Initially founded by the leaders of the Journal of School Choice and Reform, the ISCRC has grown into an important forum for the examination of forms of education, including alternatives and reforms to traditional public schools. Its primary goal is to act as a means whereby scholars and practitioners can come together in small groups to identify unanswered issues related to school choice and reform and to identify areas of possible collaboration. 

From January 6-9, 2022 we will host the conference in person in Dublin, Ireland.  The 2022 ISCRC will be the tenth annual conference! 

ISCRC offers a unique opportunity for school choice scholars to gather in small groups (the Conference aims at an enrollment of 150 people and includes in its registration fee multiple meal and reception opportunities for participants to meet one another). All presentation sessions are designed with abundant time for discussion and debate. We call your attention to an innovative category, Critical Conversations and Networking, which has received great acclaim. 

Please notice that the deadline for the submission of papers or symposia is Monday, August 2, 2021.  

BEN SCAFIDI, for the ISCRC Planning Committee:
MARK BERENDS, University of Notre Dame
NINA BUCHANAN, University of Hawai’i
MARISA CANNATA, Vanderbilt University
ANGELA DILLS, Western Carolina University
ANNA EGALITE, North Carolina State University
REBECCA FELDHERR, Skidmore College
ROBERT FOX, University of Hawai’i
KERI HUNTER, EdChoice
TRIIN LAURI, Tallinn University School of Governance
ROBERT MARANTO, University of Arkansas
RODRIGO MELO, Universidad Católica Portuguesa
GARY MIRON, Western Michigan University
AARON SAIGER, Fordham University School of Law
BENJAMIN SCAFIDI, Kennesaw State University
CHRIS STEWART, Brightbeam
DEANI VAN PELT, Edvance Christian Schools Association
PATRICK WOLF, University of Arkansas