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Commentary
Online Learning Hiccups Lead to Civil Liberty Threats
Online Learning Hiccups Lead to Civil Liberty Threats
Williamson M. Evers, Jonathan Hofer | July 8, 2020
Charters Close the Achievement Gap, Says Thomas Sowell
Charters Close the Achievement Gap, Says Thomas Sowell
Art Carden | July 6, 2020
Restoring Racial Preferences Will Harm Many Who Are Supposed ...
Restoring Racial Preferences Will Harm Many Who Are Supposed to Be Helped
Lee E. Ohanian | July 6, 2020
Harvard, Yale and Princeton Embarrass, but Cornell Shines
Harvard, Yale and Princeton Embarrass, but Cornell Shines
Richard K. Vedder | July 3, 2020
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The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of ...
By Bryan Caplan
Reviewed By Jenna A. Robinson
The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
By Bryan Caplan
Reviewed By Jenna A. Robinson
The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control ...
By Joy Pullmann
Reviewed By Sandra Stotsky
The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids
By Joy Pullmann
Reviewed By Sandra Stotsky
Contrasting Models of State and School: A Comparative Historical Study ...
Charles L. Glenn
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Charles L. Glenn
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Better than Common Core: Florida’s New K-12 Standards Raise the Bar
Better than Common Core: Florida’s New K-12 Standards Raise the Bar
By Ze'ev Wurman, David M. Steiner, Ashley Rogers Berner, R. James Milgram
Briefing
| July 2, 2020
A Better Path Forward: Re-Thinking Government Student Loans and Grants
A Better Path Forward: Re-Thinking Government Student Loans and Grants
By Richard K. Vedder
Research Article
| Apr. 8, 2020
Customized Learning for California: Helping K–12 Students Thrive with Education ...
Customized Learning for California: Helping K–12 Students Thrive with Education Savings Accounts
By Vicki E. Alger
Policy Report
| Jan. 25, 2018
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“Open Schools Now” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Lars Larson radio show
May 19, 2020
“Suspend CA AB5 Now” Sr. Fellow Bill Evers appears on the Phil Cowan show on KTKZ radio
Apr. 21, 2020
Vicki Alger, author of
Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America's Children
appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
Oct. 31, 2019
Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
Oct. 17, 2019
Common Core: A Decade of Making American Education (even) Worse
June 13, 2019
Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder speaks at the Manhattan Institute
June 11, 2019
“Common Core Turns Ten” Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on the Rod Arquette Radio Show
June 11, 2019
“Millennials and Free Markets” Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
May 23, 2019
“Higher Education in America” Richard Vedder appears on the Lars Larson radio show
May 2, 2019
Richard Vedder, author of
Restoring the Promise
appears on the Laura Ingraham podcast
May 1, 2019
Research Fellow Vicki Alger, Author of
Failure
on the Mike Schikman Radio Show
Feb. 8, 2018
Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on KFMB’s Brett Winterble Radio Show
Aug. 17, 2016
