In addition to shredding civil liberties, launching a utopian global war for democracy, and going on a spending spree that would make LBJ blush, the so-called “conservative” Bush administration dramatically increased federal control over education via the “No Child Left Behind” act. During my time in Congress I heard nothing but complaints about this law […]
Thomas DiLorenzo writes: In one of my earlier books I cited former New York City Mayor Ed Koch explaining why the city’s “infrastructure” (sewer and water lines, bridges and roads, etc.) always seemed to be long overdue for maintenance and rebuilding: “It’s hard to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new sewer line,” said the […]
From Reason: Police Response to School Water Balloon Fight: Violence and Arrests Count the overwrought responses to this incident. Enloe High School in Raleigh, N.C., called police out due to what appears to be a water balloon fight (overwrought response number one). Police arrested seven of the students (overwrought response number two) and threw a […]
From Neal McCluskey at Cato: Two years ago Fordham Institute President Chester Finn called people like me, who saw the move toward national curriculum standards as a huge lurch toward federal control, “paranoid.” Well it looks like he might be catching a little of the paranoia, too. Or, at least, while still calling Common Core adoption “voluntary,” he recognizes that […]
From Cato and Neal McCluskey: Pennsylvania State Senate Education Committee Public Hearing on the Common Core State Standards Chairman Folmer, Minority Chairman Dinniman, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. My name is Neal McCluskey and I am the associate director of the Center for Educational Freedom at […]
By Neal McCluskey This article appeared in Detroit News on May 20, 2013. Parents in Michigan, like those across the country, want their children to have the tools they need to excel in school and beyond. The Common Core national curriculum standards were sold as the way to give students those tools. But with the […]
We hear a lot about school choice. And while that would probably improve the U.S. education system, what we really need is choice in education. When most people think about education, they think of traditional schools. But Professor Stephen Davies says we are seeing a revolution in the delivery of education, both in the United […]
Transcript: Shortly after taking office, President Barack Obama’s secretary of education, Arne Duncan, acknowledged that America’s public school system is broken. “It’s obvious the system’s broken,” he said. “Let’s admit it’s broken, let’s admit it’s dysfunctional, and let’s do something dramatically different, and let’s do it now. Let’s fix the thing.” Why are America’s public schools […]
How to Homeschool Your Child When Both Parents Work | Tom Woods. A group called Parents for Liberty is starting a network to connect families or full-time working parents and homeschoolers, Ron Paul is launching his Education Manifesto and Tom Woods will be creating a K-12 homeschool curriculum. Many good things are on the horizon in […]
