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The case against public schooling

By Neal McCluskey

Published January 11, 2017 8:28pm ET

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The case against public schooling — That public schooling is the "bedrock of our democracy," as political theorist Benjamin Barber once put it, is a time-honored proclamation. But it is almost never backed with rigorous evidence, and it flies in the face of history. (Michael Holahan /The Augusta Chronicle via AP) | Michael Holahan

To hear her opponents, you’d think school-choice-supporter Betsy DeVos, President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of education, would banish mothers, apple pie and baseball to a desert island. Her opponents suggest public schools (aka government schools) are just as essential to American culture.

Evidence begs to differ.

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