by Dan Mitchell | Feb 9, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
In the three previous columns in this series (here, here, and here), we’ve reviewed all sorts of evidence showing that dumping more tax dollars into government schools is not a recipe for better educational outcomes. Instead, our taxes mostly go to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 31, 2025 | Blogs, Education
Florida ranks #2 in the nation according to Freedom in the 50 States and ranks #3 in the nation according to Economic Freedom of North America. Those are impressive scores, but Florida does even better when looking specifically at...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2025 | Blogs, Education, Europe
As usual (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, etc), let’s start the year by listing three things I’m hoping for and three things I worry may happen. Let’s start with the good things that hopefully will happen this year....
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2024 | Blogs, Education, Taxation, Uncategorized
One of my traditions is that I highlight the most important ballot initiatives every year (see 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, etc). Unlike contests between flawed and deceptive politicians, these initiatives often provide clear-cut...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2024 | Blogs, Education
My favorite education chart was created by the late Andrew Coulson and it shows that massive increases in K-12 education spending have not produced higher test scores. And research has confirmed that...
