Read Op-Eds by Janine And Jeff Yass
Education Freedom Is the Right Thing to Do
Nearly half a century ago, the economist Milton Friedman advised that the best investment in education is choice. He argued that free market principles are a mechanism for improving education. Those who claim that helping parents get access to better schools will hurt the traditional system have been proven wrong by results in states like Arizona, Florida, and Indiana. Most studies have found that when more families have options, education gets better for all.
Arizona Has Made Great Education Accessible and Sustainable
For decades our nation has struggled to deliver great education for all students, something that my husband Jeff and I can never accept. While this, the wealthiest and best nation on earth, has tripled spending on education since 1971, its vast system and schools just do not deliver for most children. Mothers, in particular, who we hear from, are so distraught when their children cannot read, or develop behavioral problems due to poor instruction, leaving school alone inadequate. Most parents have little opportunity to create the same kind of personalized education for their children that more economically advantaged parents do.
Money for Children's Education, Not Schools
As schools break for summer, it’s a good time to review the return America is getting on its investment in education. The Census Bureau reports inflation-adjusted spending in K-12 education has tripled since 1970 to a record $751.7 billion. Yet barely a third of all fourth-graders across U.S. urban communities can read or do math at grade level. The time has come to reimagine the way we pay for education. Let’s stop writing blank checks to failing school systems.
