The fine folks at the Cato Institute asked me if I would post a link to their upcoming conference, "Creating a True Marketplace in Education." The event, which is free, looks interesting:
...when it comes to American elementary and secondary education, there is no free market; government dictates where children will go to school, when they will go, what they will learn, and how much money will be spent. It's a lifeless system that produces poor academic achievement and widespread disaffection rather than a diverse array of effective educational options. So how do we go from the status quo to an alternative that thrives on the dynamism of the market? What are the essential requirements for such a system? Where can we find market-based education already at work?
Lisa Snell is on one of the panels; she runs the website Education Weak, which is worth reading, and not updated nearly enough (I know, I know - pot, meet kettle).
Posted by kswygert at September 20, 2004 01:29 PM