Cato Comments on High School Dropout Rates

Cato Scholar Comments on High School Dropout Rates
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Andrew Coulson, director, Center for Educational Freedom:

The idea that we can reduce the public school dropout rate simply by measuring it better is misguided. It's like believing that the North Koreans could improve their economy by more accurately measuring the number of people who are starving. As with the North Korean economy, the problem with U.S. public schooling is that it is a monopoly that takes choice away from families, takes professional autonomy away from educators, and takes normal economic incentives away from everyone. Until the monopoly is broken up, expect to see business as usual. And that means millions of kids starving for a real education.