Patrick Byrne, Overstock's chief operating officer, is chairman of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, a free market lobby group set up by the late Nobel economist Milton Friedman that champions vouchers for education, a cause also supported by Alec.
The National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), the Coordination for the Improvement of Educational Personnel (CAPES), the Foundation for Research Support of the Federal District (FAPDF), the Foundation for Educational, Research and Technology of Mato Grosso do Sul (FUNDECT), and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT) are acknowledged for financial support.
Enlow is President and CEO of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the legacy foundation of Nobel laureate and school choice founder Milton Friedman and his wife, Rose.
I googled the funders and discovered that the lead funder is the Rose Mary and Jack Anderson Foundation, a very conservative foundation that is a major contributor to the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, which advocates for vouchers.
Free-market economists Milton and Rose Friedman launched the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice back in 1996, they planned for the day when their name would come down off the marquee.
He once stated that his role in eliminating U.S. conscription was his proudest accomplishment, and his support for school choice led him to found the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.
School Choice Advocate, Foundation for Educational Choice, February 2010.
Robert Enlow, president of the Foundation for Educational Choice, doesn't see the Coverdell break going away.
Fourteen states since then have introduced or expanded private school vouchers, according to the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.
