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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

Publications from the Center for Educational Freedom

Feds In The Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves Liberty & Learning: Milton Friedman's Voucher Idea at Fifty School Choice: The Findings Spreading Freedom and Saving Money
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

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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

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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]

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