Neal McCluskey Cato CEF Colleen Hroncich Cato Institute Distressing how someone said that it's the job of gov't to find ways to spend taxpayer money.

I would rather they find ways to let us keep and direct our own money instead.

Test optional, we hardly knew ye.

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This really is one of the most grotesque ongoing performances in recent memory. To justify illegal and immoral executive action, the White House is lambasting a bipartisan law passed by Congress that was implemented exactly as it was written.

The testimony of Cato CEF policy analyst Colleen Hroncich, from yesterday's LEC hearing:

Statement for the Record RE: Investing in Early Childhood Education cato.org/testimony/stat… via Cato Institute

Keep the feds out.

Energy Subsidies Win Spending Madness 2024 cato.org/blog/energy-su… via Cato Institute

Education needs a better showing next year.

Gotta hit that government waste transfer portal hard!

Private School Enrollment in the Wake of COVID-19 cato.org/multimedia/cat… via Cato Institute

Rising, both growth is slowing down.

As the Public Schooling Battle Map Passes 4,000 Conflicts, Is The System's Divisive Reality Starting to Sink In? cato.org/blog/public-sc… via Cato Institute

But what really seems to matter to the Biden admin is unconstitutionally mass-cancelling debt:

Student Aid Woes Stalk Education Secretary in Appearance on Capitol Hill nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…

It all points to one thing: Get the feds out of student lending.

Government is when we do things together, like unnecessarily ticket out-of-state cars to maximize local tax revenue.

DC gave me a parking ticket for parking too close to a hydrant. When I showed that the hydrant was 12 feet away from where I possibly could have parked, they said that wasn’t proof I didn’t park there. I just had to pay anyway.
The DOT is incompetent and corrupt and dishonest.

Next; Mary Katharine Ham Her latest pod with Victorino Matus: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get…

Right??! Evidently if parents are looking for options that works better for their child, the 'rights' they are waiving - WHILE NOT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL (which are returned immediately if they return), aren't working for their child.

NEW STUDY: of #SchoolChoice in BC, Canada. Controlling for 'lagged test scores & narrowly defined neighborhood indicators, Catholic & non-Christian faith private schools...raise test scores by 0.18 std. deviation or more relative to the ave. public school' direct.mit.edu/edfp/article/1…

A robust school choice amendment could enable parents to secure transportation to these schools of choice. #kystudentsfirst

Anti-school choice activists often claim that students w/ special needs “lose their rights” if they take an education savings account instead of going to a district school, yet tens of thousands do so anyway. Why?

Because “rights” often mean squat. ESAs = accountability

Freedom Is at the Center of a Flourishing Country. How Is the U.S. Doing? cato.org/commentary/fre… via Cato Institute

BREAKING: McDonald's opposes your taking your $ to Panera.
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Nebraska families need more freedom and power.
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Vouchers are one way to do that, but as I wrote recently, tax credits are the best way to maximize freedom for everyone: families AND funders.
platteinstitute.org/school-choice-…

Good article on emerging microschools...or something like that.

Includes a term I should have known and used before: 'communities of interest.'
educationnext.org/a-school-secto…

Sorry, Constitution:

'Given that a student loan cancellation bill doesn’t have enough support in Congress, Biden has moved on the issue unilaterally in a bid to keep a 2020 campaign promise and to try to win over younger voters during an election year.'
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