Bryan Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University, has just released a provocative (and really excellent) book that takes aim at the education system virtually all of us… Read More
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Ep. 845 Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education: Are There Positive Things to Hope For?
There are a bunch of unambiguously good things a secretary of education can do (including, of course, setting her agency up for abolition). We discuss a bunch of them today.… Read More
Delicious Leftist Hysteria About Incoming Education Secretary
Man, the left sure hates Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education. Although I haven’t researched her background in detail, she seems like a mixed bag to me.… Read More
Ep. 777 Three Scams: Higher Education, “More Technology in the Classroom,” and Leftist Comedians
Brett Veinotte and I discuss the higher ed scam, the “we need more technology in the classroom” scam, and the leftist comedian scam. About the Guest Brett Veinotte is the… Read More
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Public School Fan Dislikes My Education Book
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . Not everyone liked my eBook Education Without the State, which I gave you for free the other… Read More
Ep. 749 Education Without the State
A short episode today, touching on some of the arguments libertarians have to face when it comes to education, plus two random thoughts on my mind. Special Offer Learn the… Read More
Ep. 623 The End of School: Reclaiming Education from the Classroom
Are schooling and education the same thing? No way, says Zachary Slayback, who encourages the cultivation of entrepreneurship skills in place of the passive experience of traditional schooling. Almost nothing… Read More
Homeschooling Parents: You Can Give Your Kids an Outstanding Education Without Running Yourself Ragged
Here’s my video pitch for the Ron Paul Curriculum . It’s not just what this curriculum does for students that matters; it’s what it does for parents, who don’t have to work themselves… Read More
Ep. 390 Crimes of the Educators: Why Education Is More Screwed Up Than You Think
How bad is American education? Worse than you think. Alex Newman walks us through the crazy math, the crazy reading strategies, the behavioral drugs, and the historical origins of it… Read More
