by Dan Mitchell | Jul 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Education, Government Spending
For those who care about empirical data, the evidence is overwhelming that you do not get better educational outcomes by dumping more taxpayer dollars into government schools. All of which is captured in this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2023 | Blogs, Education
In Part I of this series, I made the simple point that school choice should be a civil rights issue. This is because government schools do a scandalously bad job of educating children from poor communities and choice...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2023 | Blogs, Education
In 2009, I groused that modern Democrats were repeating George Wallace’s awful policy of blocking educational opportunities for minority children. Based on this video, the folks at Unleash Prosperity Now are even more upset. That’s a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2023 | Blogs, Education
For 2023, we have the IMF and CNN in a contest for the year’s most economically illiterate tweet and we have a strange entry for the year’s most half-right tweet. Today, let’s enjoy what will probably be the year’s most heartwarming...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
School choice is a great idea because it will lead to dramatic improvements in education. But there is also a secondary benefit. Because of inherent waste and inefficiency, government schools are more costly. So adoption of school choice...
