Tag: vouchers
by Gary North Foundation for Economic Education Saturday, May 1, 1976 Excerpt: “The problems of American public education are the problems associated with any system of government-enforced, tax-supported coercive wealth redistribution: the system of financing conflicts with the expressly stated… Continue Reading…
Accepting Government Money Leads to a Loss of Independence Jacob H. Huebert Wednesday, September 1, 1999 “As discontentment with government schools grows, tax-funded “school choice” has emerged as the leading reform proposal. School-choice programs typically include a voucher plan, although… Continue Reading…
by Jacob G. Hornberger The Future of Freedom Foundation October 1, 2000 Editor’s comment: This article from 20 years ago, describes the truth about vouchers: they are not a free-market solution to education. “If proponents of school vouchers get their… Continue Reading…
An interview with David R. Henderson Originally published in The Education Liberator, Vol. 2, No. 6, July 1996 Note: David R. Henderson is an economist who has written pro-voucher articles for the Hoover Institution and Insight magazine and is a former… Continue Reading…
Or, how I survived the briar patch and came out grinning by Marshall Fritz Originally published in The Education Liberator, Vol. 2, No. 8, October 1996 WebEditor’s note: To see a summary of the 10,000-word Bast and Harmer article that was printed… Continue Reading…
by Marshall Fritz July 19, 2002 Liberals have played Bre’r Rabbit on vouchers. The Supreme Fox — at the request of conservatives and libertarians — has just thrown the liberals into the briar patch they love: More-Big-Government and Less-Self-Reliance. Indeed,… Continue Reading…
by Marshall Fritz This article was originally published by The Foundation for Economic Education, 30 South Broadway, Irvington-on-Hudson, NY 10533, in The Freeman, Vol. 46, No. 7, July 1996. I would like all children to enjoy the benefits of… Continue Reading…
by Marshall Fritz Last updated April 12, 2007 As bedtime nears, mom says to three-year-old Johnny, “Red pajamas, or blue pajamas?” Giving Johnny a small choice usually deflects him from the larger question of whether or not to fight… Continue Reading…
by Marshall Fritz Originally published in The Education Liberator, Vol. 2, No. 6, July 1996 Many freedom lovers believe that tax-funded vouchers will improve schooling by adding competition. Some focus on the teachers unions as The Big Problem and see vouchers… Continue Reading…
by Marshall Fritz Originally published in The Education Liberator, Vol. 2, No. 6, July 1996 The debate over tax-funded school vouchers historically has been framed with two sides: Dr. Milton Friedman and fellow freedom lovers up against a huge education lobby… Continue Reading…