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Francois-Noel Babeuf: The Marxist Before Marx 0
- Education, Free Style, Front Page, Philosophy
- June 13, 2019
The French Revolution produced a parade of fascinating characters, many of them deranged by power and vampire-like in their quest for blood. One of the period’s lesser-known figures was Gracchus Babeuf, whose ideas were shelved with his death in 1797 only to reappear decades later in the writings of Karl Marx. Babeuf was, as the
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What Happens When Everyone Gets a ‘Free’ Lunch? Money Problems 0
- Education, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Political Opinion
- June 10, 2019
A yogurt company, Chobani, has picked up the tab for unpaid school lunches in a Rhode Island school district. That’s a relief to the school district, but not one likely to be replicated elsewhere. A new report finds that it would take a whole lot of dairy to fix the waste and misspent money in federal school meal programs
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100 Reasons to Homeschool Your Kids 0
- Education, Free Style, Front Page
- June 9, 2019
This is my 100th article at FEE.org, so here are 100 reasons to homeschool your kids! 1. Homeschoolers perform well academically. 2. Your kids may be happier. 3. Issues like ADHD might disappear or become less problematic. 4. It doesn’t matter if they fidget. 5. YOU may be happier! All that time spent on your
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The History and Results of our Disastrous Public School System, Part II 0
- Education, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Political Opinion
- May 28, 2019
There is a popular saying that “the proof is in the pudding.” In the first part of this article set, my colleague Mike Margeson spelled out the historical roots of the American schooling system. He clearly laid out the blueprint that men like Horace Mann used to build a system that does anything but “educates.”
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The History and Results of America’s Disastrous Public School System, Part I 0
- Education, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Political Opinion
- May 14, 2019
While it’s almost universally understood that the American school system is underperforming, “reform,” too, is almost universally prescribed as the solution. Yet in other walks of life, bad ideas are not reformed—they are eliminated and replaced with better ones. Our school system is rarely identified as a bad idea. The system is reflexively left alone
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Poll: Over Half Of Americans Support Education Reform Plan Similar To Warren’s 0
- 2020 Presidential Race, Education, Front Page
- April 30, 2019
Neetu Chandak Republish Reprint Over half of Americans support a tax for the 75,000 wealthiest U.S. families to erase most student loan debt and make public colleges tuition-free, according to a poll released Monday. The Hill-HarrisX survey, conducted between Saturday and Sunday, found 64 percent of poll-takers supported education reform similar to the plan recently proposed
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