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Neal McCluskey

@NealMcCluskey

Director, Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom. Views are my own, especially on #grilling, #BBQ, or the #Hoyas! Author, The Fractured Schoolhouse

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Pennsylvanians have DONATED money to the TAX CREDIT programs to help students move to a better education environment. The OSTC program specifically is for students in the 15% lowest performing schools.

There ARE income limits. Participants ARE known. Fees are capped at 10%.…

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Evidence suggests the latter part doesn't happen all that often:

'While public schools are often the main battleground for culture wars, they are also the very institution where young Americans learn how to live with our deepest differences.'
deseret.com/opinion/2024/0…

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I also noted that teacher unions have long impacted local races, and organized interests are tough to overcome.

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Rated: TRUE

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Liberty is the fundamental American value, and it enables diverse people to peacefully and prosperously live together.

If you want to honestly dive into this, read my book, 'The Fractured Schoolhouse':

cato.org/books/fracture…

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Rated: TRUE

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The basic principle of education in a free society should be $ following kids to the educational arrangements their families choose.

Government schooling is inherently inconsistent with liberty.
newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

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No.

By forcing people with differing values to battle for supremacy, public schooling is divisive.

Over 4,000 examples here:
cato.org/public-schooli…

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I also noted that teacher unions have long impacted local races, and organized interests are tough to overcome.

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The basic principle of education in a free society should be $ following kids to the educational arrangements their families choose.

Government schooling is inherently inconsistent with liberty.
newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

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'How productive is federal spending to advance early childhood education? Following her testimony on Capitol Hill, Cato's Colleen Hroncich says there are several problems with the assumptions about its benefits.'
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Glad Biden's FAFSA disaster is getting some major media attention.
usatoday.com/story/news/edu…

But when I'm driving into work, I rarely hear about it on the news. What I do I hear about is EVERY. SINGLE. DEBT. CANCELLATION. ANNOUCEMENT. Of course without any comment on its…

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Here's why the concern:
google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.…

Think someone is saying something wrong? Fight it with other speech.

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This seems far too broad a definition to justify punishing colleges:
holocaustremembrance.com/resources/work…

E.g., 'Applying double standards by requiring of it (Israel) a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.'

Maybe unfair, but such speech must be allowed.

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