How Government Creates Shortages of Doctors
France, the Netherlands and the United States limited slots for medical students.
Education
Some in the Republican Party Are Ready to Move On
There are Republicans who are committed to winning elections again. There may not be enough.
Chile’s Bachelet Pushes Ambitious Social Reform Agenda
To satisfy Chileans’ desire for change, Michelle Bachelet has announced numerous reform policies.
The Argument Against Charter Schools
One opponent of school choice explains why we can’t have education that is “custom tailored” to individual students.
Indiana School Voucher Program Has Problems
Governor Mitch Daniels’ education reforms may improve choice for parents but limit the freedoms of private schools.
Republican Governors Champion School Reform
In Indiana and New Jersey, the governors are taking on the teachers unions to end tenure and introduce merit pay.
Michelle Rhee Putting Students First
The former DC school chancellor is still committed to education reform, urging states to pay teachers based on their merit.
British Educational Standards Declining
If Britain’s government is to reverse a trend of stagnating student performance, Nick Ottens proposes that it consider privatizing schools.
The Roller Coaster Decade
How will history look back on this decade? There have been catastrophes and there has been progress.
Freedom of the Press, Speech and Liberty
Independence Day, for me, is symbolic of the ability to freely express opinions; the hallmark of a free society. It was Thomas Jefferson who wrote, in 1791, that, “Government being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree.” In the United States, […]
Charter Schools a Setback, Despite Success
Education in the United States can seem a bit bewildering at times. Confronted with the undeniably poor performance of public schools, in the 1990s, an alternative was devised that gave greater freedom to individual teachers and schools while not admitting fully that the free-market option — private schools — are in fact the only viable […]
Fire Bad Teachers!
Unions and regulations protect teachers who don’t do well, to the detriment of their students.
Conservatives for Freer Schools
A novel idea from British Conservatives: allow schools to set their own standards. Tory Politico reports that the party intends to put an end to government interference with so-called A Level certificates: the internationally-recognized standard for entry into British universities. The A Level’s reputation has been on the decline in recent years, leaving the prestige […]
Freeing Children From Government Schools
In spite of ever rising costs and increasingly disappointing results, the government monopoly on education is hardly ever called into question. Education, defenders of the system argue, is too important to leave to the free market. The arguments put forward by those in favor of a state-run system typically boil down to two misleading claims. […]
The Enforcement of Education
In many developed nations, education is one of the greatest expenses of government. In Great Britain, for instance, about £88 billion was spent on education last year, ammounting to 17 percent of the kingdom’s total budget. In the United States, where education is partly privatized, the federal government still intends to invest over $46 billion […]