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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

"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

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Opinion and Commentary

"Obama Gets Inflated Grade on Education Reform," by Neal McCluskey, Detroit News, November 14, 2009

"Has Federal Involvement Improved America's Schools?," by Andrew J. Coulson, Cato.org, November 5, 2009

"Do Education Tax Credits Save Money?," by Andrew J. Coulson, Cato.org, October 20, 2009

"Government Role Will Leave Us with the Bill," by Neal McCluskey, Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 30, 2009

"Where's the Evidence?," by Neal McCluskey, National Review (Online), September 17, 2009

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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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