Government policies are holding back the youngest generation of American students from reaching their full educational potential, so says Manhattan Institute scholars Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Jared Meyer in a book published Tuesday called, Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America’s Young. In my last job, I assisted Furchtgott-Roth and Meyer with research for the book.

Disinherited is full of stories about governments stifling millennials with policies designed to help special interests over everyone else. In education, it is easy to see how government favors well-funded teachers unions over the needs of students.