Assoc. Professor of Economics and Director of the Economics of Ed. Policy Center at Georgia College
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Ben Scafidi is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Economics of Education Policy Center at Georgia College & State University. He is also the director of the Center for an Educated Georgia. His research has focused on education and urban policy. He is chair of the state of Georgia’s Charter Commission and a member of the state’s Charter Advisory Committee. Previously, Scafidi served as the Education Policy Advisor to Gov. Sonny Perdue, on the staff of both of Gov. Roy Barnes’ Education Reform Study Commissions, and as an expert witness for the state of Georgia in recent school funding litigation.
Scafidi received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Virginia and his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. Ben and Lori Scafidi and their four children reside in Milledgeville, Georgia.
» Scafidi is also a Fellow at the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
