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Books and Book Chapters

The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves, by James Tooley (April 2009).

"K-12 Education," Chapter 20, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Feds In The Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts,Cripples, and Compromises American Education , by Neal McCluskey (2007).

"Special Education," Chapter 29, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

"Department of Education," Chapter 28, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

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Cato Studies

"Behind the Curtain: Assessing the Case for National Curriculum Standards," by Neal McCluskey, Policy Analysis no. 661, February 17, 2010

"The Poverty of Preschool Promises: Saving Children and Money with the Early Education Tax Credit," by Adam B. Schaeffer, Policy Analysis no. 641, August 3, 2009

"Markets vs. Monopolies in Education: A Global Review of the Evidence," by Andrew J. Coulson, Policy Analysis no. 620, September 10, 2008

"The Fiscal Impact of a Large-Scale Education Tax Credit Program," by Andrew J. Coulson, Policy Analysis no. 618, July 1, 2008

"End It, Don't Mend It: What to Do with No Child Left Behind," by Neal McCluskey and Andrew J. Coulson, Policy Analysis no. 599, September 5, 2007

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Opinion and Commentary

"One Size Does Not Fit All," by Neal McCluskey, The New York Times (Online), January 24, 2012

"No Child -- And the Latest Lost Decade," by Neal McCluskey, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 9, 2012

"NCLB: Perspectives on the Law," by Neal McCluskey, Education Week, January 5, 2012

"How to Cut the Budget and Improve Schools," by Andrew J. Coulson, Huffington Post, December 13, 2011

"Solving the Long-Term Jobs Problem," by Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz, The American, July 27, 2011

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Events

"National Education Standards: Hopeful Change or Hollow Promise?," June 2, 2010 [Policy Forum]

"National Curriculum Standards or Local Control: The Arguments and the Evidence," April 16, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"America's Top Models: Can the Nation's Best Charter Schools Be Brought to Scale?," October 2, 2009 [Book Forum]

"Markets vs. Standards: Debating the Future of American Education," April 16, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education," September 18, 2007 [Book Forum]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"The Federal Government's Real — but Very Dangerous and Limited — Role in Confronting Bullying and Harassment," by Neal McCluskey, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 20, 2011.

Multimedia

Obama Proposes Higher Ed Price Controls featuring Neal McCluskey (February 7, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 07:57]

State of the Union 2012 (January 27, 2012) [Cato Video, 09:39]

Ten Years of No Child Left Behind Failure featuring Neal McCluskey (January 6, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 07:19]

No Child Left Behind: A Decade of Failure (January 6, 2012) [Cato Video, 03:43]

Neal McCluskey discusses the education reform movement on Choice Media TV (November 30, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 07:04]

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