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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
- Ian Hinsdale, education policy research assistant, ihinsdale@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
"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
"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
Opinion and Commentary
"Head Start: A Tragic Waste of Money," by Andrew J. Coulson, New York Post, January 28, 2010
"A Responsible Choice," by Adam B. Schaeffer, National Review (Online), January 28, 2010
"Book Review: Crazy Like a Fox," by Andrew J. Coulson, City Journal, January 28, 2010
"College Football Very Taxing," by Neal McCluskey, Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 30, 2009
"Charters Hold Key to Saving State Big Education Dollars," by Andrew J. Coulson, Detroit News, December 17, 2009
Legal Briefs
Palmer v. Waxahachie Independent School District, November 5, 2009 (PDF, 0 B)
Events
"Taking Control of Spiraling College Costs," October 6, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"America's Top Models: Can the Nation's Best Charter Schools Be Brought to Scale?," October 2, 2009 [Book Forum]
"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]
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