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The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article about an interesting lawsuit in New Jersey.  12 parents have sued 25 failing school districts in New Jersey and the state commissioner of education for failing to provide the “thorough and efficient education” guaranteed in the state’s constitution.  Multiple lawsuits in other states against have been filed in the [...]

I received a call today from an upset parent in Oregon. She was worried about one of our campaigns in Oregon to curb out-of-control government spending. She said that cutting taxes and reducing spending would harm students like her son, who would have less money thrown at them for their education. When I asked her [...]

The LA Times has an interesting column describing an interview with Milton Friedman on the idea that families should be able to choose which school their child attends. The idea of empowered students and parents is so outrageous to the education establishment that the column author deemed it “satanic”.  Friedman is a Nobel Prize [...]

The Independence Institute reports in an op-ed that leaders of the Douglas County School District in Colorado have requested waivers from the state so that professional scientists and engineers can teach science to students.  The question is why they need licenses in the first place.  If a PhD makes one qualified to teach students who are [...]