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Byron Schlomach, Ph.D.
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Byron Schlomach (Ph.D. in economics, Texas A&M University) has served as director of the Center for Economic Prosperity at the Goldwater Institute and as chief economist for the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He has also served as scholar-in-residence at the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise at Oklahoma State University. Write to him at redneckeconomist@reagan.com.
Recent Articles
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Education
OKCPS FAQ
OKCPS FAQ: student spending, instruction spending, student outcomes and moreByron Schlomach, Ph.D. | October 14, 2022
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Education
TPS FAQ
TPS FAQ: student spending, instruction spending, student outcomes and moreByron Schlomach, Ph.D. | October 10, 2022
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Education
Private-school choice upholds our civic values
Empirical research suggests that school-choice programs have a positive effect on civic values and practices such as patriotism, tolerance, civic knowledge, and more.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | May 2, 2022
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Budget & Tax, Culture & the Family
An evaluation of LOFT’s report on Oklahoma’s state parks
LOFT’s report is a solid piece of work, but some key insights are missed or the report fails to stress them, and some of its recommendations are impractical or lack focus.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | April 22, 2022
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Education
Competition drives improvement in public schools
The overwhelming evidence shows that when public schools cease to be monopolies, they improve.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | April 13, 2022
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Education
Children’s best advocates like school choice
Studies show that the people who know children the best and who generally have the very best interests of children at heart—parents—are overwhelmingly satisfied that they are improving their children’s education with school choice.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | March 31, 2022
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Education
Private-school choice increases educational attainment
Whether it’s Mike Rowe or academics raising the issue, the need for a college degree is increasingly in doubt these days, given the good wages and dearth of workers in various trades.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | March 30, 2022
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Education
Private-school choice improves test scores
Whether one likes it or not, the very best research makes it clear that when it comes to improving standardized test scores, vouchers work.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | March 23, 2022
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Budget & Tax, Education, Law & Principles
Bold reforms for a post-pandemic Oklahoma
In the aftermath of the pandemic, Oklahoma’s policymakers should put parents in charge of education with a universal Education Savings Account, eliminate the personal income tax, and reform our state’s dysfunctional regulatory system.Curtis Shelton, Greg Forster, Ph.D., Byron Schlomach, Ph.D., Andrew C. Spiropoulos | February 21, 2022
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Education
Oklahoma teachers deserve liability insurance
Regardless of how the state of Oklahoma might structure the provision of liability insurance for teachers, it is a bargain. And it would help debunk the notion that teachers have to be constantly afraid of being sued just for doing their jobs. Teachers might just feel freer to do their jobs well.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | April 10, 2019
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