Kerry McDonald
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Kerry McDonald

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Kerry McDonald works to spotlight and support education entrepreneurs who are building innovative K-12 learning models and expanding education options for families. She is the host of the twice-weekly LiberatED podcast and the author of several books including, Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Chicago Review Press, 2019) and Joyful Learning: How To Find Freedom, Happiness, and Success Beyond Conventional Schooling (PublicAffairs, 2025). Kerry is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and the Velinda Jonson Family Education Fellow at State Policy Network. In addition to her regular columns at Forbes and The 74, Kerry's articles have appeared at The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, NPR, Newsweek, Real Clear Politics, Reason Magazine, Washington Examiner, City Journal, Entrepreneur, Education Next, and the Journal of School Choice, among others. She has a B.A. in economics from Bowdoin College and a Master’s degree in education policy from Harvard University. Kerry lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband and four children.
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