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# Peace through School Choice: Examining the Evidence 

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March 22, 2022 12 - 1:30 PM EDT 

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Charles Glenn 

Professor Emeritus, Education Leadership and Policy Studies, Boston University

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Ashley Rogers Berner 

Director, Institute for Education Policy, Johns Hopkins University

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[Neal McCluskey](/people/neal-mccluskey)

Former Director, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute

Public schooling, by forcing people with diverse values and needs to fund a single system of government schools, inevitably produces conflict. Such conflict has reached a fever pitch over the last several years, with Americans battling over critical race theory, LGBTQ issues, COVID-19 masking, and more. Logically, school choice would defuse such conflict, enabling diverse people to choose what they think is best rather than having to fight for control of a single system. But is there evidence of that working? If so, where? And how does that not lead to Balkanization?

Three experts in education and pluralism will discuss whether and how school choice can foster peace in a large, diverse society. The event will focus on questions and comments from audience members. We hope anyone interested in the role of education in bringing diverse people together will join us.

### Additional Resources

- “[Yes, We Should Focus on Peace in Education](https://www.cato.org/blog/yes-we-should-focus-peace-education)”, by Neal McCluskey, Cato at Liberty
- [Public Schooling Battle Map](https://www.cato.org/education-fight-map), Cato Center for Educational Freedom
- *[Deep Commitments](https://www.cato.org/books/deep-commitments)*[*: The Past, Present, and Future of Religious Liberty*](https://www.cato.org/books/deep-commitments) by Trevor Burrus and David McDonald (Cato Institute, 2017)

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##### Related Event 

### [The Status of Homeschooling Two Years into the Pandemic](https://www.cato.org/events/status-homeschooling-two-years-pandemic)

**March 23, 2022 • 12 — 1:30 PM EDT**

While there are lags in official data, it appears that homeschooling has greatly increased since March 2020. Is that accurate? What has the experience been like for families, including longtime homeschoolers and newbies who started during the pandemic? What lessons have been learned?

[Event Details](https://www.cato.org/events/status-homeschooling-two-years-pandemic) 

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