Liberty and Learning.
Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman had the ground-breaking idea to improve public education with school vouchers. By separating government financing of education from government administration of schools, Friedman argued, "parents at all income levels would have the freedom to choose the schools...
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Cato Institute,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; Prologue: A Personal Retrospective; Introduction; 1. The Role of Government in Education: Enduring Principles, New Circumstances, and the Question of ''Shelf Life''; 2. Choice, Religion, Community, and Educational Quality; 3. A Culture of Choice; 4. Milton Friedman, Vouchers, and Civic Values; 5. Give Us Liberty and Give Us Depth; 6. Is There Hope for Expanded School Choice?; 7. Free-Market Strategy and Tactics in K-12 Education; 8. A Critique of Pure Friedman: An Empirical Reassessment of ''The Role of Government in Education''