Education
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High-Stakes Gamble: Is College Still Worth It?
The market needs skills, but universities are teaching ideology. Tuition keeps rising, but the pay differential doesn’t. What gives?
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Do Government Schools Discriminate Against Religious Families?
Compulsory attendance forces American families to engage with a system they find objectionable, and fund it whether they use it or not.
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Texas Joins the School Choice Revolution
Texas has responded to families who want more say over how students are educated. Impacting 100,000 students, it’s the largest single-day victory in US school choice history.
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Texas Poised to Pass Universal School Choice
The school choice bill in the Texas House has as many cosponsors as it needs votes. The holdout Senate opponents mostly send their kids to private school.
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Trump’s School Choice Executive Order is a Good Start
Congress should further expand education freedom, but states continue to lead the way in the parent revolution.
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Does Educational Philanthropy Harm Liberal Society? It’s Complicated
Private funding of education can be a powerful force for change, but philanthropists’ motives — and their methods — do matter.
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Why College Tuition Prices Are Suddenly in Decline
Fewer students want to go to college at the current price. The price tag — as well as politicization and paternalism — are on the decline.
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The Pork Barrel Politics of the Department of Education
The department is designed to provide material and political benefits to the teachers’ unions, not to improve student outcomes.
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Yes, You Can Parent Too Gently
To thrive in a complicated world, kids should be nurtured with both validation and structure.
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Learning Loss and Lost Funds: How $190 Billion in COVID-19 Relief Spending Failed America’s Students
Even with unprecedented cash injections, federal control failed to help poor kids learn.
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High-Stakes Gamble: Is College Still Worth It?
The market needs skills, but universities are teaching ideology. Tuition keeps rising, but the pay differential doesn’t. What gives?
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•
Do Government Schools Discriminate Against Religious Families?
Compulsory attendance forces American families to engage with a system they find objectionable, and fund it whether they use it or not.
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•
Texas Joins the School Choice Revolution
Texas has responded to families who want more say over how students are educated. Impacting 100,000 students, it’s the largest single-day victory in US school choice history.
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•
Texas Poised to Pass Universal School Choice
The school choice bill in the Texas House has as many cosponsors as it needs votes. The holdout Senate opponents mostly send their kids to private school.
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•
Trump’s School Choice Executive Order is a Good Start
Congress should further expand education freedom, but states continue to lead the way in the parent revolution.
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•
Does Educational Philanthropy Harm Liberal Society? It’s Complicated
Private funding of education can be a powerful force for change, but philanthropists’ motives — and their methods — do matter.
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•
Why College Tuition Prices Are Suddenly in Decline
Fewer students want to go to college at the current price. The price tag — as well as politicization and paternalism — are on the decline.
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•
The Pork Barrel Politics of the Department of Education
The department is designed to provide material and political benefits to the teachers’ unions, not to improve student outcomes.
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•
Yes, You Can Parent Too Gently
To thrive in a complicated world, kids should be nurtured with both validation and structure.
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•
Learning Loss and Lost Funds: How $190 Billion in COVID-19 Relief Spending Failed America’s Students
Even with unprecedented cash injections, federal control failed to help poor kids learn.