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Federal Report Finds U.S. Department of Education a Massive ...
Federal Report Finds U.S. Department of Education a Massive Failure
Vicki E. Alger | Feb. 20, 2019
The Liberal Plantation
The Liberal Plantation
John C. Goodman | Nov. 26, 2018
A Better Way to Spend Our Education Dollars
A Better Way to Spend Our Education Dollars
Kristiana Bolzman | Oct. 26, 2018
A Revolution Is Under Way in America
A Revolution Is Under Way in America
Tucker Carlson | Oct. 11, 2018
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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
Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy
Nicholas Tampio
Reviewed By Richard Phelps
Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy
Nicholas Tampio
Reviewed By Richard Phelps
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By Joy Pullmann
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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
The Origins of the Public School
The Origins of the Public School
By Robert P. Murphy
Article
| Nov. 29, 2017
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Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature
By Murray N. Rothbard
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What Is School Choice? | Vicki E. Alger
Women in Education | Vicki E. Alger at The Heartland ...
Parental Choice in Education
Failure: Book Presentation at the Republican Club of ...
Vicki Alger, Ph.D., Author of Failure on Focus Today
Failure: The Federal 'Misedukation' of America’s ...
The Extraordinary Grassroots Revolution of Low-cost ...
C.S. Lewis on Natural Law and Liberty
Vicki Alger on a Cyber School Education
Mary Theroux on the Independent Scholarship Fund
What Should be Done with America's Schools?
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Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on KFMB’s Brett Winterble Radio Show
Aug. 17, 2016
Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of
Failure
appears on the Dr. Drew Pinksy Radio Show on KABC in Los Angeles
July 28, 2016
Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on the Wayne Allen Root radio show on KBET in Las Vegas, NV
July 15, 2016
Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of
Failure
, appears on The Joe Pags Show on WOAI (TX)
July 14, 2016
Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of
Failure
appears on The Joyce Kaufman show on WFTL radio
July 14, 2016
Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of
Failure
appears on The Bill Martinez Live radio show
June 23, 2016
Michelle Obama’s School Lunches Get an “F” — Research Fellow Abigail R. Hall Blanco on KTRS Radio
Mar. 9, 2016
What Is School Choice? | Vicki E. Alger
Women in Education | Vicki E. Alger at The Heartland ...
Parental Choice in Education
Failure: Book Presentation at the Republican Club of ...
Vicki Alger, Ph.D., Author of Failure on Focus Today
Failure: The Federal 'Misedukation' of America’s ...
The Extraordinary Grassroots Revolution of Low-cost ...
C.S. Lewis on Natural Law and Liberty
Vicki Alger on a Cyber School Education
Mary Theroux on the Independent Scholarship Fund
What Should be Done with America's Schools?
