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Bryan Cleveland
Bryan Cleveland is an Attorney with EdChoice Legal Advocates.
Before joining EdChoice, he was the General Counsel for the Oklahoma State Department of Education, where he helped a newly elected state superintendent advance school choice and parental rights in Oklahoma. Prior to that role, he was the Deputy Solicitor General for the State of Oklahoma, where he handled the State’s most pressing cases in federal and state district courts and on appeal. He also previously served as a law clerk for Judge Steve Grasz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, served as a law clerk for Judge Henry Morgan in the Eastern District of Virginia, and worked as an associate at a top law firm in Washington, D.C.
He received a bachelor’s degree from Biola University and a law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. Before law school, he advised a member of Congress on legislation and communications.
Favorite Quote
Favorite Teacher/Class
Mrs. Kennedy, fifth grade and sixth grade
High School Mascot
Mustangs
Favorite Pastime
Reading books or listening to audio books; attending concerts or plays
Inspiration for joining the school choice movement
I attended private schools for most of my education because my parents were able to afford them, and I saw the benefits I obtained that were not available to friends and neighbors in the public school system. We were not particularly wealthy, nor were my schools particularly prestigious, and yet the schools gave me a better education than was available in the public schools. It struck me as an unjust system that a good education is available largely based on wealth, and I wanted to support a solution that would improve the educational quality available to all families. The school choice movement advances that interest for me.