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Richard Vedder on the Failings of Higher Education
Other than my affection for the Georgia Bulldogs, I’m not a big fan of higher education. Colleges and universities are hotbeds of political correctness, but that’s actually a minor issue…. Read more
The Complete Failure of Bush’s No-Bureaucrat-Left-Behind Education Scheme
The education people at Cato do remarkable work. They put together one of the best charts I’ve ever seen, and they are leading the fight for school choice and against… Read more
What if the NFL Was Run Like the Government School System?
Regular readers know that the two things that get me most excited are the Georgia Bulldogs and the fight against a bloated public sector that is ineffective in the best… Read more
The Diversity Racket in California: Good for Bureaucrats, Bad for Education
Walter Williams has pointed out on many occasions that many government programs and initiatives exist primarily for the benefit of the bureaucracy, and he coined the phrase “poverty pimps” to… Read more
It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…No, It’s Super-Bureaucrat
I’ve had dozens of posts about overpaid bureaucrats. Indeed, I’ve largely stopped blogging about the topic because it is so depressing to constantly be reminded about how a privileged class… Read more
School Choice in Pennsylvania Is a Bigger Threat to the Left than the Loss of Union Power in Wisconsin
Forget the victory over the union bosses in Wisconsin. Yes, that was important, but school choice is an ever bigger threat to the left. Breaking the government education monopoly would… Read more
School Choice Is a Necessary but not Sufficient Condition to Improve Educational Performance by Minority Students
School choice should be the civil rights issue of the 21st century. Rich people already have school choice, both because they have the ability to live in good school districts… Read more
Some Good News on Education
You wouldn’t expect any positive developments from California when it comes to schooling, but this video shows that parents now have the ability, for all intents and purposes, to fire… Read more
No Matter What You Think about Home Schooling, this Video Is Funny
One of the few success stories in American education is the home-schooling movement. About two million kids are being taught by their parents and the evidence is overwhelming that these… Read more
What Happens on School Choice in Colorado May Be More Important than Stopping Obama’s Tax Hikes
I generally focus on fiscal policy and I love low tax rates, so when I say that what happens on school choice in Douglas County, Colorado, may be more important… Read more
