Sheldon Richman on Freedom and School Choice
Posted in News on 2 June 2011
Stats: 238 views and 6 Comments The new book Freedom and School Choice in American Education includes a chapter by Freeman editor Sheldon Richman titled “‘Unbounded Liberty, and Even Caprice’: Why ‘School Choice’ Is Dangerous to Education.” The book, edited by Greg Forster and C. Bradley Thompson, is a compilation of papers presented at a 2008 conference sponsored ...
Posted in News on 2 June 2011
Stats: 238 views and 6 Comments The new book Freedom and School Choice in American Education includes a chapter by Freeman editor Sheldon Richman titled “‘Unbounded Liberty, and Even Caprice’: Why ‘School Choice’ Is Dangerous to Education.” The book, edited by Greg Forster and C. Bradley Thompson, is a compilation of papers presented at a 2008 conference sponsored ...
Summer Seminars Open House Invitation
Posted in News, SEMINAR on 3 May 2011
Stats: 532 views and No Comments To celebrate the Foundation for Economic Education's new branch office in Atlanta and the 50th anniversary of our summer student seminars, we would like to extend a special invitation to Atlanta-area residents and guests to come to our open house seminars this summer. Spend a full or partial day at one ...
Posted in News, SEMINAR on 3 May 2011
Stats: 532 views and No Comments To celebrate the Foundation for Economic Education's new branch office in Atlanta and the 50th anniversary of our summer student seminars, we would like to extend a special invitation to Atlanta-area residents and guests to come to our open house seminars this summer. Spend a full or partial day at one ...
Bryan Caplan on Education
Posted in Media, SEMINAR, Video on 28 January 2011
Stats: 297 views and No Comments A lecture on education by George Mason University economics professor Bryan Caplan. This lecture was given to students attending 2010 Applying Liberty seminar in Atlanta, GA.
Posted in Media, SEMINAR, Video on 28 January 2011
Stats: 297 views and No Comments A lecture on education by George Mason University economics professor Bryan Caplan. This lecture was given to students attending 2010 Applying Liberty seminar in Atlanta, GA.
A History of Education
Posted in Media, SEMINAR, Video on 11 January 2011
Stats: 228 views and No Comments Andrew Coulson delivered this lecture to the students attending Applying Liberty in Atlanta, GA on June 23, 2010.
Posted in Media, SEMINAR, Video on 11 January 2011
Stats: 228 views and No Comments Andrew Coulson delivered this lecture to the students attending Applying Liberty in Atlanta, GA on June 23, 2010.
The Case Against Education
Posted in Audio, Media on 16 July 2010
Stats: 938 views and 2 Comments Professor Bryan Caplan's lecture on education at the Applying Liberty seminar on June 23, 2010. The lecture looks at answering the question: do schools provide useful skills and knowledge for students' professional development?
Posted in Audio, Media on 16 July 2010
Stats: 938 views and 2 Comments Professor Bryan Caplan's lecture on education at the Applying Liberty seminar on June 23, 2010. The lecture looks at answering the question: do schools provide useful skills and knowledge for students' professional development?
Separating School and State
Posted in Audio, Media on 13 July 2010
Stats: 510 views and 1 Comment Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman, spoke to students attending Freedom University I in Atlanta, GA on June 2, 2010.
Posted in Audio, Media on 13 July 2010
Stats: 510 views and 1 Comment Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman, spoke to students attending Freedom University I in Atlanta, GA on June 2, 2010.
Nothing About Freedom is Guaranteed
Posted in Audio, Radio on 15 December 2009
Stats: 98 views and 2 Comments FEE President Lawrence W. Reed is interviewed for the "Talk of the Town" radio program on 99.5 FM in Gainesville, FL. They discuss the threats to liberty we face today and the important role character and education play in reviving it.
Posted in Audio, Radio on 15 December 2009
Stats: 98 views and 2 Comments FEE President Lawrence W. Reed is interviewed for the "Talk of the Town" radio program on 99.5 FM in Gainesville, FL. They discuss the threats to liberty we face today and the important role character and education play in reviving it.
Budget Cuts Change School Boundaries
Posted in Articles, In brief on 30 December 2008
Stats: 36 views and No Comments "As the economic outlook grows increasingly bleak, school systems in the Washington region are delaying construction and even considering shuttering schools, moves that could force wide-scale shuffling of students among campuses and disrupt deep connections that students and families have to neighborhood schools." (Washington Post, Tuesday) School choice could help. FEE Timely ...
Posted in Articles, In brief on 30 December 2008
Stats: 36 views and No Comments "As the economic outlook grows increasingly bleak, school systems in the Washington region are delaying construction and even considering shuttering schools, moves that could force wide-scale shuffling of students among campuses and disrupt deep connections that students and families have to neighborhood schools." (Washington Post, Tuesday) School choice could help. FEE Timely ...
Obama Picks Obama School Chief for Ed. Secretary
Posted in In brief on 16 December 2008
Stats: 7 views and No Comments "Arne Duncan, who aggressively closed failing schools in Chicago but also opened dozens of new ones, is expected to be named today as President-elect Barack Obama's pick to head the U.S. Department of Education, a transition source said. " (Chicago Sun-Times, Tuesday) Will he do the same for the Department of ...
Posted in In brief on 16 December 2008
Stats: 7 views and No Comments "Arne Duncan, who aggressively closed failing schools in Chicago but also opened dozens of new ones, is expected to be named today as President-elect Barack Obama's pick to head the U.S. Department of Education, a transition source said. " (Chicago Sun-Times, Tuesday) Will he do the same for the Department of ...
Government Education is Broken? It Just Ain’t So!
Posted in Latest, The Freeman on 1 December 2008
Stats: 15 views and No Comments New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert is rightfully worried about American education. He’s bothered that no one else seems worried. In his article “Clueless in America” (April 22), Herbert notes a lack of concern in coverage of the presidential campaign. He says, “[Education] is much too serious a topic ...
Posted in Latest, The Freeman on 1 December 2008
Stats: 15 views and No Comments New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert is rightfully worried about American education. He’s bothered that no one else seems worried. In his article “Clueless in America” (April 22), Herbert notes a lack of concern in coverage of the presidential campaign. He says, “[Education] is much too serious a topic ...
