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Compulsory Education

Education

Now Is the Time to Eliminate Compulsory Schooling Laws

June 12, 2025 | Kerry McDonald
Lyndon Baines Johnson US Department of Education Building
Education

What Would Really Happen If the US Department of Education Went Away?

November 13, 2024 | Kerry McDonald
Education

Compulsory Schooling Laws Have Got To Go

August 22, 2023 | Kerry McDonald
Education

Why Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Mother Refused to Send Her Small Children to Germany’s Public Schools

January 3, 2023 | Jon Miltimore
Politics

What’s the Most Important Issue for the Liberty Movement to Focus On?

October 7, 2022 | Patrick Carroll
Education

More States Are Mandating Kindergarten. Here Are 3 Reasons Why That’s A Bad Idea.

September 2, 2022 | Kerry McDonald
Education

Boston College Psychology Professor: “School Has Become a Toxic Place for Children”

April 21, 2022 | Kerry McDonald
Education

Compulsory Schooling Laws Under Scrutiny in Michigan Following Deadly Tragedy

December 3, 2021 | Kerry McDonald
Education

Should the Government Get To Decide What You Do after High School?

November 10, 2021 | Patrick Carroll
Education

With Remote Learning, Schools Are Watching and Reporting Parents at Alarming Rates

August 17, 2020 | Kerry McDonald
Education

Back to School? “No Thanks” Say Millions of New Homeschooling Parents

July 8, 2020 | Kerry McDonald
Politics

Forcing Children to Pledge Allegiance Is Undesirable and Unconstitutional. So Why Is It Still Happening?

February 19, 2020 | James R. Harrigan
Education

The Psychology of School Choice

September 15, 2019 | Jessica Koehler
Education

How Schools Promote Fixed Mindsets and Prevent Growth

September 7, 2019 | Justin Spears
Education

Schools Are Outdated. It’s Time For Reform

August 18, 2019 | Paul Boyce
Education

The Difference Between Public Libraries and Public Schools

August 16, 2019 | Kerry McDonald
Education

Questioning the Back-To-School Default

August 9, 2019 | Kerry McDonald
Culture

How Our Culture Disempowers Teens

July 27, 2019 | Kerry McDonald
Education

What (Other) Economists Think About Democrats’ Education Plans

June 28, 2019 | Kerry McDonald
Education

The History and Results of America’s Disastrous Public School System, Part I

May 13, 2019 | Mike Margeson
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