"My Children Went to Public Schools": Is Warren Telling the Truth?
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren denied sending her children to private schools, despite the fact that she sent her son to an elite private school.When school choice activists...
View ArticleWhy Utopian Promises on Public Schools Are Bad Idea to Abandon School Choice
I recently read Democracy’s Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America by Johann Neem, which in its title delivers the bedrock myth of public schooling: that it is essential to building...
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Why We Shouldn't Fight Over What Children Are Taught in School
In 2005, the Dover Area School District in Dover, Pennsylvania, was experiencing what might be called a civil war. As ABC News reported, “Dover was at war with itself”:Townspeople would attack each...
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How School Choice Actually Supports Tolerance
It was National School Choice Week last week, a week dedicated to highlighting the power of choice in education, including public and private school choice. All week, we at Cato’s Center for...
View ArticleSchool Choice Will Help Us Respond to Coronavirus
I do not have any expertise in COVID-19. From what I can tell, I am reflective of the vast majority of people, and hence we are all facing a time of significant uncertainty.What I do know is that in...
View ArticleThe Coronavirus Proves That School Choice Is a No Brainer
K-12 education is under siege on two fronts: COVID-19 shutting down schools, and the 2020 Democratic hopefuls opposing school choice. And with potential cures being researched, this is an opportune...
View ArticleAre Teachers Unions' Reactions To Coronavirus Accidentally Creating School...
The practice of organizing “pandemic pods,” in which parents team up with other families in their neighborhoods or social circles to hire teachers for their children, is getting more and more popular...
View ArticlePod Schooling: How Public Schools Are Getting In the Way Of Education Under...
You’ve probably heard about “pods” – small, self‐contained groups of kids that parents assemble for COVID‐safe, in‐person education. They have spurred some public schooling groups to speak out,...
View ArticleThese Four States Are Using Coronavirus Aid To Pay Private Schools
When COVID-19 brought the school year to an abrupt halt early this year, few anticipated that the global pandemic would be the impetus for private school choice reforms across the nation.As is the case...
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Do 'School Choice' Policies Segregate Students by Social Class?
Some commentators believe the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the need for parents to have more “school choice,” while others say the pandemic shows the urgency of new schooling models developed under...
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