Topic: Education

Freedom of Choice in Education: the Origins of a Slogan

– September 16, 2023

“The Virginia Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union, linked arms with segregationist attorney John S. Battle, Jr. to attack the tuition grants.” ~Phillip Magness

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I’m Tired of Being Presumed to Be an Uncivilized Brute

– September 15, 2023

“The prevailing assumption, it seems, is that, but for these ‘training’ sessions, campuses would be overrun with blackface-wearing homophobes who routinely trade grades for sex.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

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Child Speech Issues Are at Historic Highs in the United Kingdom, a New Report Found—and We All Know Why

– September 12, 2023

“Widespread speech development issues are just one of the countless unintended consequences of turning individual decisions over to government bureaucrats.” ~ Jon Miltimore

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Recent Trends and Persistent Disparities in Teenage Labor Force Participation

– September 6, 2023

“Almost every imaginable economic indicator was sharply affected by the pandemic. But in just the past year, both college enrollment and teenage labor force participation show signs of what may be to come.” ~ Edward Lopez and Kevin Lavery

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Crowdfund the Coliseum

– August 19, 2023

“It’s an updated form of participatory democracy, with citizens ‘voting’ with their dollars. The fundamental difference lies in choice, as people aren’t taxed forcibly but choose to back a project or refrain.” ~ Max Borders

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An Academic Footnote for Florida’s Slavery Curriculum

– July 31, 2023

“As with most K-12 curricula, the new standards are heavy on formulaic ‘lessons’ to check boxes about names, dates, and subjects being covered. This approach often lacks the nuance and complexity that are needed to examine historical subjects such as slavery.” ~ Phillip W. Magness

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Virus of the Mind: Critical Theory + Postmodernism

– July 28, 2023

“On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand invites Bruce Pardy to discuss the origins of the Woke virus of the mind: critical theory, social justice, postmodernism and critical race theory.” ~ Kate Wand

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Why Libertarians Should Admire Universities’ and Colleges’ Disingenuousness about Affirmative Action

– July 21, 2023

“I regard disingenuous efforts to continue the practice of racial and ethnic preferences to be the kind of noble action that libertarians should respect. The schools are simply making every effort they can to avoid the restrictions of what they consider an unjust law.” ~ John Hasnas

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A Strike at Affirmative Action Solidifies Right to an Education

– July 21, 2023

“For those opposed to race-based admissions in college and university citadels of nihilism, SFFA is a small victory. At the same time, for those who want to continue judging by skin color, the case is not much of a setback.” ~ Thomas Krannawitter

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Are Students Safer in Government-Run Schools?

– July 18, 2023

“Whether proposals to restrict homeschooling are likely to improve child safety depends on at least two things: whether homeschooling reduces child safety and whether the proposed requirements would improve child safety.” ~ Angela Dills

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If You Had to Choose Between Affirmative Action and School Choice, Which Would You Choose?

– July 17, 2023

“The opposition to school choice is mostly coming from those who already have more socio-economic success than the kids school choice is intended to help.’ ~ James E. Hanley

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The Affirmative Action Game

– July 11, 2023

“The Equal Protection clause is inarguably textually neutral. To interpret equal protection for all as meaning extra protection for some requires some political heavy lifting that a strictly textual argument does not.” ~ James E. Hanley

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