Stossel: Government-Run Schools Crush Innovation
The public education system is failing our kids. Here's how to fix it.
America's public schools fail our kids, and bureaucrats suffocate even the best teachers.
The late Andrew Coulson, a leading advocate of free-market education and a former senior fellow at the Cato Institute, partnered with the Free to Choose Network to create the recent PBS film School, Inc., which examines the problems with America's government-run schools and how to fix them.
But School, Inc. is three hours! So John Stossel made a two-part short-attention-span version. Part one of our abbreviated treatment explores why government-run schools are incapable of innovating, and retells the story of superstar teacher Jamie Escalante (made famous by the 1988 film Stand and Deliver), who was forced out by jealous colleagues.
In part two, which will run tomorrow, Coulson travels the world in search of ideas to fix America's public schools.
Coulson passed away in 2016 following a 15-month battle with brain cancer. For more on his contribution to the field, read his classic 1999 book, Market Education: The Unknown History.
Produced by Maxim Lott. Edited by Joshua Swain.
