by Dan Mitchell | Mar 8, 2024 | Blogs, Education, States
The 2020s, at least so far, should be known as the school choice decade. Here are some examples of progress, starting in early 2021. West Virginia Arizona Iowa Utah Arkansas Florida Indiana Oklahoma North Carolina But if this map from the Education...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2024 | Blogs, Education
Since there was not a Reagan-type candidate in the race, I did not pay any attention to the presidential primary contests yesterday. Instead, I was focused on state legislative races in Texas. There was a concerted effort to replace 21 Republicans who sided...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2024 | Blogs, Education
In the arena of public policy, who are the worst hypocrites? Politicians who push for higher taxes while using clever tactics to protect their own money? Preening celebrities who lecture us peasants about climate while they use private...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2024 | Blogs, Education
The case for school choice is very straightforward and very persuasive. Better educational outcomes.More educational freedom.Lower costs for taxpayers.Reining in teacher unions.Better government schools. All of these factors help to explain why school choice...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Education, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
As usual (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 potential good news. Here are the three things that plausibly could...
