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Christian D'Andrea

Christian D'Andrea is an education policy analyst living in Madison, Wisconsin. He has previously worked with the MacIver Institute for Public Policy in Madison and the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has a master's degree in public policy from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College and has worked in K-12 schools and as an educational researcher since 2002.

Articles by Christian D'Andrea

There’s a silver lining in Scott Walker’s proposed $300M cut to the University of Wisconsin

Feb 16, 2015 ·

Walker’s proposal would make every member of the UW system a public authority—a designation that would allow the state’s universities to take bureaucratic control of their own operations. This would effectively wash away the state’s control over major decisions such as tuition rates, hiring and firing practices, employee compensation, purchasing goods and materials, and construction projects.