by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2022 | Blogs, Education, States
I’ve been pontificating in favor of school choice from the early days of this column, in part because I believe in the benefits of competition and in part because there’s such overwhelming evidence that government...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 2, 2022 | Blogs, Education
Politicians are generally despicable people, but the worst of the worst almost certainly would include the ones who oppose school choice in order to curry favor with teacher unions. Like Joe Biden, for instance. But if you...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
As a general rule, some of the worst people are attracted to the world of politics. As such, we should never be surprised when politicians push bad policy. But there are bad ideas…and there are really bad ideas. At the risk of understatement, Biden’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 25, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
Whether I’m debating the quality of government schools or the funding of government schools, I routinely share this chart from the late Andrew Coulson. There are two obvious takeaways from this data. Taxpayers have been shelling out...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 2, 2022 | Blogs, Education
I wrote earlier this week about school choice in Arizona, but this is such great news that it merits more attention. Indeed, I made it my “underreported story” in this week’s edition of the Square Circle. What excites me is that school choice will lead to better...
