Competition among schools and education models leads to real improvement in education. By allowing students to move to different schools, whether traditional public schools, private schools, or charter schools, provides greater incentive for schools to serve the individual needs of students and to operate efficiently.
Higher Education
A Double “Return” on Education
From across the political spectrum, voters rural and urban and suburban, everyone I talk to has a theory about what has gone so wrong with American education. From cellphones to laptops, the culture wars and the pandemic, teacher pay and teacher burnout, weak discipline and bad curriculum to collapsing standards, there are no shortage of...
October 2, 2026