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Educational Freedom Isn’t a Threat to Democracy
Horace Mann – often called the father of traditional American public schooling – just celebrated his 222nd birthday. While Mann has been gone from this Earth for quite a long time, his thoughts on the...
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No, One Limited Study Does Not Prove School Vouchers Don’t Work
CHECKED: Robert C. Pianta and Arya Ansari, “Does Attendance in Private Schools Predict Student Outcomes at Age 15? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study,” Educational Researcher, Online First. Checked by...
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Do Voucher Regulations Reduce Anticipated Voucher Program Participation and...
What happened in Louisiana? The first experimental evaluations in the world to find negative effects of a private school choice program on student achievement were of the Louisiana Scholarship...
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Article On School Choice Ignores Key Evidence
Yong Zhao, “Side Effects in Education: Winners and Losers in School Voucher Programs.” Phi Delta Kappan, 100(5), pp. 63-66. Checked by Patrick J. Wolf University of Kansas Professor Yong Zhao has...
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Private School Choice Helps Students Avoid Prison and Unplanned Pregnancies
Schools are expected to help shape the character skills needed to live a good life and contribute to society. In theory, programs that help families send their children to a private school could...
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Some Regulations Deter Private Schools from Participating in Voucher Programs
Regulations of school voucher programs can be well-intended. Policymakers may hope to prevent “bad” schools from operating or may limit schools’ ability to be selective in their admissions procedures...
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On Goalpost Moving
The Friedmans, with friend, heading to Milton’s 90th birthday party. The Miami Herald recently re-published an op-ed originally appearing in The Conversation. In the essay, education professors...
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What Happened in the Bayou?
Children carry their books into Alice Harte Elementary charter school in New Orleans. The state’s scholarship program took place in the context of other recent reforms. “Everything works somewhere;...
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Harvard Law Professor’s Attack on Homeschooling Is a Flawed Failure. And...
/* custom css */ .tdi_2_3c6{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_632{ vertical-align: baseline; } The May-June issue of Harvard Magazine carries an article, “The Risks of Homeschooling,”...
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Hoosiers Score Benefits from Private School Choice
/* custom css */ .tdi_2_92e{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_229{ vertical-align: baseline; } Lucas Oil Stadium in Indiana will host the NCAA basketball tournament. New research suggests the...
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