by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2026 | Blogs, Education, Welfare and Entitlements
I don’t often claim to be ahead of the curve, but I’m going to pat myself on the back in today’s column about Swedish economic policy. More than 16 years ago, I started writing about Sweden’s shift from statism to markets. More than 14 years ago,...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 30, 2026 | Blogs, Education, States
Three years ago, I wrote a column that began with the simple observation that, “School choice is a great idea because it will lead to dramatic improvements in education.” I then explained, however, that school choice would be a good deal for...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2026 | Blogs, Education
One of the most heartening developments this decade (other the the Milei revolution in Argentina) has been the spread of school choice. In just the past few years, I’ve written about choice spreading to (or getting expanded in) West Virginia, Arizona,...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2025 | Blogs, Education, States
Back in January, I shared a “Feel-Good” map from the American Legislative Exchange Council showing how school choice was spreading around the country. Today, let’s review another feel-good map, in this case from EdChoice’s newest...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2025 | Blogs, Education, Government Spending
The United States has a big problem. In recent years, I’ve looked at how two cities (Los Angeles and Chicago) dramatically boosted spending on government schools, yet in both cases educational outcomes declined. I also wrote about similar evidence, on a...
