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A Manifesto for Separation of School and State

C. Bradley Thompson makes a clear and compelling case for the separation of school and state. He goes even further to advocate the abolition of America’s government-funded schools. Acknowledging that this sounds like an extremely radical idea to most Americans,… Continue Reading…

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Providing Educational Options for the Poor

In his book, The Beautiful Tree, James Tooley wrote about his discovery of private schools available to very poor families in India, Africa, and China, schools that existed in spite of governments and regulations. Families sacrificed to pay the meager… Continue Reading…

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Is It Time to Replace Government Schools?

John Hood’s lengthy article, “The Failure of Amerian Public Education,” provides a helpful recap of the history of public schools in the United States. The rationale for the creation of public schools, including their use as a “melting pot” to… Continue Reading…