Socialist Critique of Libertarian Children’s Books Drives Massive Surge in Sales
October 21, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… The Tuttle Twins series has already sold more than 1.4 million books. Continue reading →
Why It’s Up to Parents and Grandparents to Remind Young People of the Promise of Capitalism
October 16, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… Free-market capitalism is the greatest generator of personal and economic freedom, prosperity, and progress the world has ever known. Continue reading →
Social Isolation Is Damaging an Entire Generation of Kids
September 15, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… By keeping healthy children under quarantine, we are cruelly depriving them of the in-person free play and social interaction that are critical to their development and emotional well-being. Continue reading →
Human Diversity and Individual Instruction
September 7, 2020 – Murray N. Rothbard …… One of the worst injustices committed by states is the prevention of parental teaching of their own children. Parental instruction conforms to the ideal arrangement. It is, after all, individualized instruction. Continue reading →
Gallup Poll: Homeschooling Rate Doubles as School Satisfaction Plummets
August 29, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… An educational sea change is happening, and there are reasons to believe it will be permanent. Continue reading →
Sweden’s Results Suggest We Should Stop Quarantining Healthy Children
August 20, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… There is ample evidence and real-life examples that show the costs of quarantining healthy children far outweigh the benefits. Continue reading →
A Lefty Politician Wants to Get Rid of History Class. He’s Right.
August 14, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… We’d all be better off if public school history class were replaced by reruns of old Saturday morning cartoons. That would be better than the twelve years of anticapitalist propaganda students are getting now. Continue reading →
Video: Six Purposes for America’s Government Schools (Harvard, 1917)
August 13, 2020 – Gary North …… “Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood. Mandatory education serves children only incidentally; its real purpose is to turn them into servants. Don’t let your own have their childhoods extended, not even for a day.” ….. John Taylor Gatto, New York City teacher of the year in 1989, 1990, 1991 and New York State teacher of the year in 1991. Continue reading →
What If Public Schools Were Abolished?
July 19, 2020 – Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. …… If we could abolish public schools and compulsory schooling laws, we would have better schools at half the price—and be freer too. Continue reading →
5 Things I Learned Debating the Harvard Prof Who Called for a “Presumptive Ban” on Homeschooling
June 19, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… It’s not just about homeschooling. Continue reading →