by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
I’ve posted hundreds of charts over the past several years, including on favorite topics such as tax code corruption and counterproductive government spending. But arguably the most powerful and compelling chart I’ve ever shared is on the topic of education. Prepared...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 26, 2013 | Blogs, Education
You would think the bureaucrats who run government schools would want to focus on the basics, such as teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic. After all, no nation spends more per pupil on education than the United States. And based on some Cato Institute research,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 28, 2013 | Blogs, Education, Society
I’m a big fan of school choice. If we bust up the government education monopoly and create a competitive education market, we’ll get a much better education system at much lower cost. This isn’t just idle theorizing. The evidence shows that competition produces better...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 3, 2013 | Blogs, Education
School choice should be a slam-dunk issue. There’s very powerful evidence that we can provide superior education for lower cost if we shift away from monopoly government schools to a system based on parental choice. Yet some leftists oppose this reform, even though...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
I don’t write or speak about education very much, but, when asked, I explain that America has a very costly and inefficient government school monopoly. The strongest piece of evidence is an amazing chart put together by a Cato colleague. It shows that education...
