Peter W. Cookson, Jr. is currently working for the Voyager Foundation out of Dallas, Texas.
He was the Director of the Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation at Teachers College, Columbia University.  He was also a professor in the College’s department of Leadership and Organization.  He is the author of several books concerning educational policy, the most recent of which are School Choice: The Struggle for the Soul of American Education and Choosing Schools: Vouchers and American Education.  Cookson is currently researching educational policy making at the national level.