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Education in a Free Society
Source: Amazon.com/Hoover Institution Press
Author: Tibor Machan (Editor)
Country: United States

An indictment of public education, challenging the validity of a compulsory, tax-funded system in a fully free society. The contributors also question whether human individuality is in fact compatible with coercive, uniform public schooling, offering thought-provoking insights on a number of topics. (Pub. 5/2000; paperback; Amazon price $13.56)

Separating School and State: Liberating America's Families
Source: Laissez Faire Books/Future of Freedom Foundation
Author: Sheldon Richman
Country: United States

Richman shows the government school system as the farce it is, and how none of today's proposed educational reforms address the fundamental problem of compulsory attendance. (paperback; Laissez Faire price $12.95)

Inside American Education: The Decline, the Deception, the Dogmas
Source: Laissez Faire Books/Free Press
Author: Thomas Sowell
Country: United States

Sowell calls for the end of compulsory school attendance, academic licensing and tenure on the basis of his critique of the educational establishment's failure to deliver the goods (Hardback, 1993, 400 p., Laissez Faire price $15.95).

Fed Ed: The New Federal Curriculum and How it's Enforced
Source: Maple River Education Coalition
Author: Allen Quist
Country: United States

Quist delivers a brief but powerful indictment of the federal education curriculum put into place by the Goals 2000 and School-to-Work Acts. (Pub. 2002; paperback and hardback; 137 pp. [paper]; price $12, discounts for multiple copies)

The Underground History of American Education
Source: Oxford Village Press/Laissez Faire
Author: John Taylor Gatto
Country: United States

Gatto, the fabled New York City Teacher of the Year who made headlines when he turned against government schooling, reminds the historically minded of William Lloyd Garrison with his slashing moral attacks against government schooling. Oxford Village Press 2000, paperback, 448 pp., $21.00 from Laissez Faire.

Can teachers own their own schools?
Source: Independent Institute
Author: Richard K. Vedder
Country: United States

A report on renewed interest in education reform and how those have largely been resisted by public school interest groups, including teacher unions, state departments of education, and colleges. (2000)

A Primer on American Schools
Source: Hoover Institution
Author: Terry M. Moe
Country: United States

"In this volume the eleven members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education provide a broad overview of the American education system-pulling together basic facts about its structure and operation, identifying key problems that hinder its performance, and offering perspectives on the requirements of genuine reform."

School Reform: The Critical Issues
Source: Amazon.com/Hoover Institute Press
Author: Williamson M. Evers, Lance T. Izume, Pamela A. Riley (Eds.)
Country: United States

Explores a wide range of issues including teacher quality, teaching methods, accountability and standards, testing, spending, school management, and teacher unions. (Pub. 11/01; 438 pages; Amazon price $10.50)

Educational Freedom in Urban America
Source: Cato Institute/Amazon.com
Author: David Salisbury and Casey Lartigue Jr (Eds.)
Country: United States

Solid indictment of the educrats of the past fifty years and a clarion call for school choice, this book is important reading for anyone interested in how America's public schools continue to fail their customers. (Pub. 5/04; hard cover; 324 pp.)

Education in the Twenty-first Century
Source: Hoover Institute
Author: Edward P. Lazear
Country: United States

"In this volume, a range of Hoover Institution scholars continues the search for the right answers, offering evidence, insights, and ideas on the key policy questions affecting education." (03/02)

Teacher quality
Source: Hoover Institution
Author: Lance T. Izumi and Williamson M. Evers
Country: United States

The essential question of education policy is neither complex nor vague. In fact, it is quite simple: What works? This collection of research by the Hoover Institution and the Pacific Research Institute should do much to help schools -- and parents -- answer this question. (10/02)

Education and Capitalism
Source: Hoover Institution
Author: Herbert J. Walberg and Joseph L. Bast
Country: United States

"Competition among schools and private rather than public financing were prevalent in the United States until the mid-1800s. How to bring them back to improve schools in the twenty-first century is the focus of Walberg and Bast's new volume Education and Capitalism." (11/03)

The Worm in the Apple
Source: Harper Collins/Amazon.com
Author: Peter Brimelow
Country: United States

A hard-hitting examination of the role teacher unions have played in creating America's public education mess. Freedom Book of the Month, 5/03. (Pub. 2/03, hardcover, 336 pp., Amazon price $17.47)

School Reform: The Critical Issues
Source: Hoover Institution
Author: Williamson M. Evers, Lance T. Izumi, and Pamela A. Riley
Country: United States

"This joint undertaking of the Hoover Institution and the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy presents a collection of the most insightful, hard-hitting, and provocative recent articles on education reform." (01/02)

The Politics of the PTA
Source: Transaction/Amazon.com
Author: Charlene K. Haar
Country: United States

A detailed examination of how the PTA has been tarnished in much the same way as teachers' unions. (Pub. 5/02; trade paper; 514 pp.; Amazon price $29.95)

School figures: The Data Behind the Debate
Source: Hoover Institution
Author: Hanna Skandera and Richard Sousa
Country: United States

"School Figures" presents the most recent statistics, along with historical trends and cross-sectional comparisons, and thus provides a clear, factual picture of today's educational landscape. Organized in a concise and understandable format featuring numerous tables, charts, and graphs, the book provides a unique visual picture of the facts on K–12 issues. (11/03)

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