☀️EP. 16 · Empowering TX Parents: Colleen Dippel & Kelby Woodard | Edreform in 10

Billion Dollar Breakthrough

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Jul 18, 2025

Cross-post from Dash Media

Another not-to-be-missed episode of Edreform in 10! Dig deeper into Texas's new billion-dollar ESA program with some of my favorite education leaders: Oakmont Education VP Cris Gulacy-Worrel hosts Colleen Dippel of Families Empowered and Cristo Rey Academy’s Kelby Woodard to talk about the TX law’s implications, what the news means for parent empowerment in Texas education, and more. -

Jeanne Allen

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At a live podcast taping from the CER headquarters in Washington DC, Cris Gulacy-Worrel of Oakmont Education sits down with Colleen Dippel, Co-Founder and CEO of Families Empowered, and Kelby Woodard, President and CEO of the Cristo Rey Network, to discuss Texas's new billion-dollar ESA program. The conversation highlights how this new bill democratizes education for low-income families, and their individual plans for growth and expansion within Texas. This episode celebrates the news as a win for giving parents more exceptional education options, while also acknowledging the challenge of meeting the exciting—yet overwhelming—demand.

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Jeanne Allen

Relentless advocate for education excellence for students, autonomy for educators, freedom for parents and a welcome mat for entrepreneurs who want to do support, improve and solve education's most pernicious challenges!