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Andrew J. Coulson
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Andrew J. Coulson is a senior fellow in the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute. He serves on the Advisory Council of the E.G. West Centre for Market Solutions in Education at the University of Newcastle, UK, and has contributed to books published by the Fraser Institute and the Hoover Institution. This article first appeared August 23, 2015, on the website of the Cato Institute.
Recent Articles
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Education
Evidence Shortage for Teacher Shortage
For the United States as a whole, we see that there are fewer pupils per teacher today than at almost any time in the past 50 years. Put the other way, we currently have more teachers per pupil than we’ve had in the past.Andrew J. Coulson | October 28, 2015
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Education
Parental Choice Is Accountability
Americans face a choice between two paths that will guide education in this nation for generations: self-government and central planning. Which we choose will depend in large measure on how well we understand accountability.Andrew J. Coulson, Jason Bedrick, Lindsey M. Burke, Joseph Bast, Kara Kerwin, Herbert J. Walberg | April 9, 2014
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Education
Parental Choice Is Accountability
Americans face a choice between two paths that will guide education in this nation for generations: self-government and central planning. Which we choose will depend in large measure on how well we understand accountability.Andrew J. Coulson, Jason Bedrick, Lindsey M. Burke | April 9, 2014
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Education
Markets vs. State-Run School Systems: A Look at the Evidence
When I began studying education policy back in the early 1990s, parent-driven education markets were generally thought of as a new, radical, and speculative adventure—uncharted waters where, heaven help us, “thar be monstars.” That was a mistaken view then, and it’s positively absurd now.Andrew J. Coulson | February 12, 2014
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Economy
Productivity Collapse Staggering
It's time to bring the field of education into the fold of the free enterprise system.Andrew J. Coulson | October 5, 2009