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Center for Educational Freedom
Mission
Cato's Center for Educational Freedom was founded on the principle that parents are best suited to make important decisions regarding the care and education of their children. The Center's scholars seek to shift the terms of public debate in favor of the fundamental right of parents and toward a future when state-run schools give way to a dynamic, independent system of schools competing to meet the needs of American children.
Policy Staff
- Andrew Coulson, Director of the Center for Educational Freedom
- Neal McCluskey, Associate Director of the Center for Educational Freedom
- Adam Schaeffer, education policy analyst
- Elizabeth Li, education policy research assistant, eli@cato.org
Publications from the Center for Educational Freedom
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Feds In The Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts,Cripples, and Compromises American Education by Neal McCluskey |
The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves by James Tooley |
Liberty & Learning: Milton Friedman's Voucher Idea at Fifty edited by Robert C. Enlow and Lenore T. Ealy |
School Choice: The Findings by Herbert J. Walberg |
"Spreading Freedom and Saving Money" by Leon Michos and Susan Aud |
Cato Studies
"Unbearable Burden? Living and Paying Student Loans as a First-Year Teacher," by Neal McCluskey, Policy Analysis no. 629, December 15, 2008
"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
"Dismal Science: The Shortcomings of U.S. School Choice Research and How to Address Them," by John Merrifield, Policy Analysis no. 616, April 16, 2008
"The Public Education Tax Credit," by Adam B. Schaeffer, Policy Analysis no. 605, December 5, 2007
Opinion and Commentary
"Tax Credits, Not Vouchers, Are Keeping School Choice a Viable Option," by Adam B. Schaeffer, Culpeper Star-Exponent, June 25, 2009
"Keep Steering Clear of National Standards," by Neal McCluskey, Spartanburg Herald Journal, June 15, 2009
"D.C. Should Create Its Own School Voucher Program," by Andrew J. Coulson, DC Examiner, May 29, 2009
"Beyond Tea Parties -- A New Way for Taxpayers to Fight Back," by Jim Powell, Fox News (Online), May 28, 2009
"A School Where Each Student Is Well-Known," by Nat Hentoff, Durant Daily Democrat, May 20, 2009
Events
"The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves," April 15, 2009 [Book Forum]
"What the Administration's College Proposals Would Do for America," April 7, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Does Public Higher Ed Funding Drive Economic Growth?," January 14, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America’s Schools Back to Reality," October 8, 2008 [Book Forum]
"Markets vs. Standards: Debating the Future of American Education," April 16, 2008 [Policy Forum]
