Foundations Need to Invest More in Private Education and Choice

Posted by Adam Schaeffer on July 29, 2010

By Adam Schaeffer

Charter schools are the hot new thing.
OK, they aren’t all that new. But many people who used to have blanket objections to any increase in school choice now support (some form of) charter schools. President Obama, and even AFT President Randi Weingarten, say they support “charter” schools. The guy who made Al Gore’s documentary, Sinners [...]

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Charters Kill Private Schools and Add to Taxpayer Burden

Posted by Adam Schaeffer on June 30, 2010

By Adam Schaeffer

Tradeoffs are an incurable part of reality. Unfortunately, many school choice supporters like to believe that there are no tradeoffs between school choice policies; public and private school choice, targeted or restricted, big or small, voucher or tax credits, it’s all choice and it’s all good. But some good things are better than others. And [...]

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