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A protester holds a sign that says "Let parents parents," during oral arguments for the Supreme Court case "Mahmoud v. Taylor." | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

Education

School Choice Could Fix the Conflicts That Led to the Supreme Court's Mahmoud Decision

There’s no need to fight over lessons if you’re not forced to learn in government-run battlegrounds.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.30.2025 7:00 AM

A young girl does homework at an outdoor table, surrounded by her mother—who is wearing combat fatigues—and her father. | Lightfieldstudiosprod | Dreamstime.com

School Choice

Growing Ranks of Military Homeschoolers Get Defense Department Support

Military families have long chosen homeschooling at twice the rate of the general population.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.4.2025 7:00 AM

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Black Markets

A High School Banned Students From Selling Snacks. Predictably, a Black Market for Snacks Emerged.

A sociologist spent 112 days tracking students' illicit deals for chips and other goodies.

Eric Boehm | 4.1.2022 11:05 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Spread 'Em

Charles Oliver | 3.28.2022 4:00 AM

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Police in Schools

Kids Are Back in Schools. Cops Shouldn't Be.

Police are being asked to handle kids broken by failures of public schooling.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.16.2022 7:00 AM

newest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diOBjEwo-Yg; https://twitter.com/letthem_breathe/status/1483543459344564235?s=20

Vaccine mandates

This L.A. School Called the Cops on Unvaccinated Teens Who Showed Up for Class

The students' negative COVID tests weren't good enough for school administrators.

Liz Wolfe | 1.28.2022 10:05 AM

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National School Choice Week

The Biggest Education Innovation Is Growing Use of School Choice

Homeschooling, charter schools, and other “alternative” learning approaches are now mainstream.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.24.2022 8:30 AM

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Reason Roundup

'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley Gets 41 Months in Prison

Plus: Detroit schools close on Fridays just because, Scott Alexander offers a plausible ivermectin theory, and more...

Robby Soave | 11.18.2021 9:30 AM

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TikTok

Are Kids Stealing Because TikTok Made It Seem Cool, or Is the 'Devious Licks' Freakout Yet Another Adult-Led Moral Panic?

TikTok's "devious licks" trend has earned the company and its teen users plenty of scorn. But what's actually going on?

Liz Wolfe | 11.3.2021 3:20 PM

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Education

Fixing America's Poorly Functioning Public School Systems Might Require a Bulldozer

It's time for some out-of-box thinking about school reform. What if we let the market do more work and relied on the state for less?

Steven Greenhut | 9.17.2021 8:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Learning To Live With Coronavirus

How the past two years of COVID-19 can better inform how we go about the next two

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch | 8.30.2021 3:50 PM

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