by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Education
Let’s start today’s column with this reminder from John Stossel that federal involvement in education has produced bad outcomes and that the Department of Education should be abolished. The good news is that President Trump does not like that bureaucracy. He’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 18, 2025 | Blogs, Education, States
More than four years ago, I wrote about some very dubious leftist research that got lots of press attention. It was, in my not-so-humble-opinion, a clear case of media bias and journalistic malpractice. Let’s look at another example today....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2025 | Blogs, Education
As explained in this video from 15 years ago, the case for school choice is based on the fact that government monopolies don’t do a good job. There are several reasons for the inadequate performance of government schools, most notably the way that they...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2025 | Blogs, Education
Earlier this year, I lauded Florida for earning the top score in the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Index of State Education Freedom. As you might expect, competition in education means better educational outcomes, so the system...
by Dan Mitchell | May 27, 2025 | Blogs, Education
Yesterday’s column celebrated the amazing expansion of school choice, a trend that seems unstoppable. One reason for my optimism is that government schools have been given buckets of money, but there’s never any improvement. All the cash winds up leading to more...
