Chase Koch: 70% to 80% of families now favor transforming American education
Chase Koch · How We Grew Koch Industries to $150 Billion Without Going Public: Charles & Chase Koch · May 12, 2026 · at 1:10:33
Chase Koch references public opinion research regarding parent openness to alternative K-12 education models following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“After after COVID three or four years later, you look at that same data and it's 70 to 80% families are open to a completely, you know, to transform the education system because everyone now understands that it's just broken.”
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