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Cato's education research is grounded in the understanding that education works best when it is rooted in free decisions. Parents must be able to choose the education they think best for their children, and educators must be able to teach as they see fit. In higher education, those who will reap the benefits of their education should pay with their own money, or funds voluntarily given by others. And early‐childhood education must be the purview of families and providers, not government.

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  • August 8, 2024
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    Universal School Choice in Arizona: Not a Giveaway to the Rich
    There has been a revolution in school choice over the past few years. After decades of slowly creating programs focused on students from low-income families, with disabilities, or assigned to public schools with poor academic outcomes, we have seen an explosion of “universal” programs that place no limits on who is eligible to receive funding for private educational options. This has changed the school choice debate, moving once largely theoretical questions into reality.
    By Neal McCluskey
  • August 2, 2024
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    Friday Feature: KaiPod Catalyst
    Friday Feature: KaiPod Catalyst
    Amar Kumar was inspired to create KaiPod Catalyst when he saw the number of educators looking for alternative career paths and the number of families looking for alternative education options.
    By Colleen Hroncich
  • August 1, 2024
    Blog
    The State of Student Loan Forgiveness: August 2024
    Mass student loan forgiveness is terrible policy, but that hasn’t stopped the Biden administration from trying to forge ahead. While the Supreme Court overturned the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, every few weeks, the Biden administration announces another batch of loans that have been forgiven. Here’s a rundown of the administration’s student loan forgiveness plans and actions, which I’ll update monthly.
    By Andrew Gillen
  • July 25, 2024
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    Kamala Harris Might Ask: Why Have Teacher Salaries Stagnated?
    Vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is scheduled to speak to the national convention of the American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second-largest teacher union. She will almost certainly talk about raising teacher pay.
    By Neal McCluskey
  • July 19, 2024
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    Friday Feature: Homeschool CPA
    Friday Feature: Homeschool CPA
    The foresight Carol Topp had in creating HomeschoolCPA has been tremendously helpful to education entrepreneurs who are stepping up to offer new learning options for families.
    By Colleen Hroncich
  • July 12, 2024
    Blog
    Friday Feature: The Ferguson School
    Friday Feature: The Ferguson School
    Microschool founder Tiffany Blassingame encourages parents to try new educational models, saying, “You want to be able to tell your child that you did everything you could to give them what they needed.”
    By Colleen Hroncich
  • July 11, 2024
    Blog
    Do Public Schools Serve Everyone?
    Do Public Schools Serve Everyone?
    When it comes to education, the best way to “serve everyone” is to enable each individual student to have options rather than being limited to an assigned public school.
    By Colleen Hroncich
  • July 5, 2024
    Blog
    Friday Feature: A One-Room Schoolhouse
    Friday Feature: A One-Room Schoolhouse
    If you build it, they will come—Genevieve Peterson found this to be the case when she created A One-Room Schoolhouse hybrid school near Pittsburgh, PA.
    By Colleen Hroncich
  • June 28, 2024
    Blog
    Friday Feature: Masterpiece Academy
    Friday Feature: Masterpiece Academy
    Hannah Holguin didn’t anticipate being part of the broader educational freedom conversation when she opened her microschool, but she sees herself as one of the people that show there’s a different way to approach education.
    By Colleen Hroncich
  • June 21, 2024
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    Friday Feature: Steps Learning Center
    Friday Feature: Steps Learning Center
    Creating her own microschool has helped Alexandra Batista rediscover her love of teaching while providing a supportive learning environment for children who urgently needed it.
    By Colleen Hroncich
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