Richard Epstein examines a recent case about Detroit’s struggling schools in which the Sixth Circuit ruled that students have a ‘right’ to a certain minimal standard of education. Along the way he explains the dangers of courts getting too entangled in the provision of states service, the problem with ‘positive rights’ (and why their application is different at the the state level than the federal), and what more meaningful educational reform would look like.
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The Hoover Institution in DC hosts Ideas Uncorked: China After Communism: Preparing For What Comes Next on Wednesday, October 14 from 5:00-6:30 pm ET. The event will feature Miles Maochun Yu.
September 13, 2024
Podcasts
Michael Kirst, professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, joins Hoover Institution fellow Paul E. Peterson to discuss a recently passed law that gives California’s governor more power over education in the state.
September 21, 2026
Podcasts
Add this to the list of artificial-intelligence concerns: how to balance the emerging technology with the development of young minds.
September 18, 2026 • 0 Min Listen
