{{Short description|American school choice advocate}} {{Infobox person |image=File:Corey_A._DeAngelis_(52278252807).jpg |caption=DeAngelis in 2022 |birth_name=Corey A. DeAngelis |education=University of Texas at San Antonio<br>University of Arkansas, Fayetteville }} '''Corey A. DeAngelis''' is an American advocate for school choice. In 2024, he released a book on school choice titled ''The Parent Revolution.''
== Education == DeAngelis received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Texas at San Antonio.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-29 |title=Economics alumnus named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 for 2021 |url=https://www.utsa.edu/today/2021/01/story/alum-deangelis-named-forbes-30-under-30.html |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.utsa.edu |language=en}}</ref> He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in education policy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ORCID |url=https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-9489 |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=orcid.org}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-09-14 |title=Corey A. DeAngelis, Cato Institute |url=https://www.cato.org/people/corey-deangelis |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=Cato Institute |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == DeAngelis was an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adjunct Scholars: Corey A. DeAngelis |url=https://www.cato.org/people/corey-deangelis |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Cato Institute}}</ref> He worked for the American Federation for Children, a conservative education nonprofit group founded by Betsy DeVos, from 2021 to 2024.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Riedel |first=Samantha |date=2024-10-10 |title=Corey DeAngelis Has Finally Admitted to His Gay Porn Past |url=https://www.them.us/story/corey-deangelis-admits-gay-porn-past |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Them |language=en-US}}</ref>
He joined the board of directors of the Liberty Justice Center in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corey DeAngelis joins Liberty Justice Center board of directors |url=https://libertyjusticecenter.org/pressrelease/corey-deangelis-joins-board/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Liberty Justice Center |language=en-US}}</ref> He has appeared on Fox News multiple times to as a commentator on education policy.<ref name=":0" />
DeAngelis has described school choice as "a winner for Trump".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-01 |title=In praise of Corey DeAngelis, a champion for school choice |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2024/10/01/in-praise-of-corey-deangelis-a-champion-for-school-choice/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DeAngelis |first=Corey |date=2024-07-12 |title=Nationwide school choice: a winner for Trump — and America's kids |url=https://nypost.com/2024/07/12/opinion/nationwide-school-choice-a-winner-for-trump-and-americas-kids/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> He contributed to the Project 2025 document, in the section discussing education and the dissolution of the U.S. Department of Education.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiggins |first=Christopher |date=2024-09-25 |title=Alleged gay film actor Corey DeAngelis is in Project 2025 |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/corey-deangelis-project-2025 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=The Advocate |language=en}}</ref>
In 2024, he released the book ''The Parent Revolution''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finne |first=Liv |title="The Parent Revolution" by Dr. Corey DeAngelis is an education reform thriller |url=https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/the-parent-revolution-by-dr-corey-deangelis-is-an-education-reform-thriller |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.washingtonpolicy.org |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == While in college, DeAngelis appeared in gay pornographic films.<ref name=":1" /> In 2024, reflecting on the experience, he said he was "lured" into participating with "promises he would be performing in fitness videos." He quit when he was asked to touch other performers.<ref name=":1" /> Robby Soave, reporting for ''Reason'' magazine, wrote that the reporting and subsequent events around the discovery of the adult film activity were acts of "classic cancel culture" and that "Conservatives who were happy to work with DeAngelis before but are participating in his cancellation now should reconsider. There is no tension between DeAngelis's decision, a decade ago...and his current work calling for more freedom in education."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soave |first=Robby |date=2024-10-01 |title=The firing of school choice advocate Corey DeAngelis is classic cancel culture |url=https://reason.com/2024/10/01/corey-deangelis-school-choice-gay-cancel-culture/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Reason.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Awards and recognition == * Buckley Award – 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-07 |title=Introducing Corey DeAngelis, 2020 Buckley Award Winner |url=https://americasfuture.org/introducing-corey-deangelis-2020-buckley-award-winner/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=America's Future |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 2021 – Education<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corey DeAngelis |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/corey-deangelis/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbes 30 Under 30 2021: Education |url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2021/education/?profile=corey-deangelis |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Forbes}}</ref> * Oklahoma Council of Public Affair’s 2022 Citizenship Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corey DeAngelis to receive OCPA’s Citizenship Award |url=https://ocpathink.org/post/press-release/corey-deangelis-to-receive-ocpas-citizen-of-the-year-award |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs |language=en}}</ref>
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