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Casey Lartigue
Former Education Policy Analyst
Casey Lartigue is a former policy analyst with Cato's Center for Educational Freedom. His research expertise includes school choice, teacher quality and minority education. His writings have been published in USA Today, Ed. magazine published at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Education Week, the New York Post, the Washington Times, Asian Week and the Washington Post. Before joining the Center, he worked as a staff writer at Cato. He has spoken at the National Press Club, Harvard Law School, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, been a guest on the Rush Limbaugh Show, and testified before Congress on school choice in the nation's capital. Prior to joining Cato, Lartigue taught English and worked as a language examiner in Taiwan and South Korea. Lartigue received a bachelor's degree from the Harvard University Extension School and a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Published Works by Casey Lartigue
Studies
"School Choice in the District of Columbia: Saving Taxpayers Money, Increasing Opportunities for Children," Cato Briefing Paper No. 86, September 19, 2003.
"The Need for Educational Freedom in the Nation's Capital," by Casey J. Lartigue Jr., Cato Policy Analysis No. 461, December 10, 2002
Opinion and Commentary
"Parents: Save Yourselves and Your Children," A Cato Daily Commentary, October 28, 2003.
"Giving D.C. Kids the Best Education Available," A Cato Daily Commentary, October 22, 2003. This article was published in National Review Online, Oct. 7, 2003.
"Education Expert Vouches for School Choice," by Gregory Kane, The Baltimore Sun, October 1, 2003. Casey Lartigue's school choice advocacy is mentioned in the Baltimore Sun.
"Education Means Emancipation," A Cato Daily Commentary, September 3, 2003.
"Educational Freedom Day in D.C.: A Trial Run," A Cato Daily Commentary, August 11, 2003.
"Lessons from MLK: The school-choice battle gets intense.," A Cato Commentary, NRO, June 11, 2003.
"Mayor Williams Wants School Vouchers for D.C.," A Cato Daily Commentary, May 30, 2003.
"D.C. Officials Send Their Kids to Private Schools but Oppose School Choice," A Cato Daily Commentary, November 23, 2002. This article was published in the Washington Times, March 15, 2003.
"School Choice Mood Swings," A Cato Commentary, The Washington Times, March 15, 2003.
"When the Mission Is Mediocrity: If the D.C. Public Schools Want to Improve, They'll Need to Aim Higher" A Cato Daily Commentary, December 5, 2002.
"When the Mission Is Mediocrity: If the D.C. Public Schools Want to Improve, They'll Need to Aim Higher ," A Cato Commentary, The Washington Post, November 24, 2002.
"Why Not Sue 'Big Schooling'?" A Cato Daily Commentary, November 23, 2002.
"Pulling Up Stakes from Failing Public Schools" A Cato Daily Commentary, November 6, 2002. This article also appeared in the Orange County Register, November 3, 2002.
"Don't Complain, Seize the Opportunity" A Cato Daily Commentary, October 18, 2002.
"In Parents We Trust?" A Cato Daily Commentary, June 18, 2002. This article also appeared in the Washington Times on June 29, 2002.
"Fly-by-Night Public Schools," A Cato Daily Commentary, May 24, 2002. This article also appeared on NRO on May 29, 2002.
"Does More Schooling Equal Better Results?," A Cato Daily Commentary, May 17, 2002.
"School Choice -- Then and Now," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 18, 2002.
"Helping Kids Succeed in School is Not Creaming," A Cato Daily Commentary, February 19, 2002. This article appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on February 24, 2002.
"Dems of Cheney's School," A Cato Daily Commentary, August 25, 2000. This article also appeared in the New York Post on August 22, 2000.
"Gore on the Wrong Side of History," A Cato Daily Commentary, August 19, 2000. This article also appeared in the St. Louis-Post Dispatch on August 23, 2000.
"You'll Never Guess What South Korea Frowns Upon," A Cato Daily Commentary, June 15, 2000. This article also appeared in the Washington Post on May 28, 2000.
"Politicizing Class Size," Education Week, September 29, 1999. This article was also published in Spectrum: Journal of State Government, Fall 1999.
"End Education Charade of College Basketball," A Cato Daily Commentary, June 28, 1999. This article also appeared in USA Today on June 30, 1999.
"Anti-Channel One Crusade is Failing," A Cato Daily Commentary, May 24, 1999. This article was published in a college textbook, The Thinking Reader, by James Koobatian, 2002.