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The Libertarian: Education Reform, The Law, And The Problem With Positive Rights

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

A Michigan case prescribes the wrong remedy for failing schools.

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University Finances

by John H. Cochranevia The Grumpy Economist
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Colleges and universities are being badly hit by the Covid-19 virus. The spring and summer were pretty bad. If, as likely, it extends into the fall things will be much worse. The tragedy of all this, for large private colleges, is that our administrations apparently learned nothing from 2009, and set themselves up for exactly the same (if not worse) financial crisis.

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Scott Atlas On The Next Revolution W/ Steve Hilton

interview with Scott W. Atlasvia The Next Revolution w/ Steve Hilton
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Scott Atlas discusses public health issues concerning protecting the vulnerable and how we should open places like schools and work-spaces with new sanitation guidelines.

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California’s Coming Tax Tsunami

by Lee Ohanianvia California on Your Mind
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

A tax tidal wave is coming to California. And almost certainly to most other states. The only questions are how soon and how big. For California, it will be sooner rather than later, and bigger rather than smaller. And if you think California taxes are high now, just wait.

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The Curious Case Of "Gary B"

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas
Monday, April 27, 2020

Without alternatives to the public school monopoly, the courts are powerless to improve Detroit’s worst schools.

Interviews

Scott Atlas: The Case For Herd Immunity And Opening Schools

interview with Scott W. Atlasvia Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz
Monday, April 27, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Scott Atlas discusses the imperative to end the complete isolation. 

In the News

Letter Grades Get Erased From School, With Little Consensus On How To Replace Them.

quoting Michael J. Petrillivia The Washington Post
Monday, April 27, 2020
Not long after the novel coronavirus shut down schools in Maryland and sent them scrambling to set up remote learning, Anand Chitnis turned his focus to grades. A high school junior looking ahead to college applications, he was stressed by the uncertainty.
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Analysis and Commentary

Going To School On The Coronavirus

by Tunku Varadarajanvia The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, April 26, 2020

A Stanford medical student asked for a course on the subject. She got it in days.

Analysis and Commentary

Bad Student Scores In History And Civics Flatten The Wrong Curve

by David Davenportvia The Washington Examiner
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Thanks to the COVID-19 crisis, the expression “flattening the curve” has entered our vocabulary. We understand that the major public health objective is to reduce the spread of the disease so that our healthcare system is not overwhelmed.

In the News

Education Policy As Culture War

featuring Chester E. Finn Jr., Michael J. Petrillivia Law and Liberty
Friday, April 24, 2020
Thirty years ago, when asked to define the purpose of public education, the president of America’s second-largest teachers’ union answered: “Public schools were created for the purpose of teaching immigrant children reading, writing, and arithmetic and what it means to be an American.”

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