by Dan Mitchell | Jan 29, 2022 | Blogs, Education
If Winston Churchill was commenting on America’s government schools instead of the Royal Air Force, he would have said, “never have so many paid so much to achieve so little.” Which is one of the messages in this new video from Reason. I won’t keep...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 25, 2022 | Blogs, Education
When contemplating the issue of school choice, it’s most important to focus on how we can improve educational outcomes, particularly for children from low-income communities. But, as a fiscal economist, I can’t help thinking about how school choice is...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2021 | Blogs, Education
I wrote two days ago about how the Supreme Court will be ruling in the next few months on a very important school-choice case, involving whether state and local governments should be allowed to discriminate against religious schools. As part of that column, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2021 | Blogs, Education
I don’t like Joe Biden being a lackey of the teacher unions, and I think the entire Department of Education should be eliminated. That being said, intervention from Washington is the not the main cause of America’s education problems. The real...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2021 | Blogs, Education
The most powerful argument for school choice is that children from poor families will be more likely to get a high-quality education. After all, these are the kids most likely to be trapped in failing government schools. But there are lots of secondary...
