Inez Feltscher Stepman

Inez Feltscher Stepman is a senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum in Washington,D.C. She has worked in education policy for seven years, and prior to joining IWF was the director ofEducation and Workforce Development at the American Legislative Exchange Council. Ms. Stepman’s research focuses on educational freedom, school choice, and the cultural impact of empowering parents with control over their children’s educations. She is the author of numerous policy papers, including the annually compiled Report Card on American Education, which ranks the states across six aspects of education policy. Her thoughts on education policy have been published in numerous outlets, such as the Washington Examiner, Orange County Register, The Hill and others, and she frequently testifies as an expert in state legislatures across the country. She also is a senior contributor to The Federalist, for which she writes on subjects ranging from feminism to fashion, and the Thursday editor of BRIGHT, a women’s daily newsletter. Ms. Stepman received her B.A. in philosophy from the University of California, San Diego and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.