A recent New York Times story that slams the free market approach to education policy is rife with inaccuracies. Amazingly, the author of the piece misrepresents the very data she is using to build her erroneous case against school choice.
“Free Market for Education? Economists Generally Don’t Buy It,” claims Susan Dynarski, a professor of education, public policy, and economics at the University of Michigan, in The Times. This is a betrayal of expectations, according to Dynarski, because economists generally understand that free markets produce better outcomes than central planners (much to the chagrin of education professors). Economists are usually the ones calling for less regulation and more unrestricted capitalism; if they’re super conflicted about markets in education, that would be a serious indictment of the school choice approach. – READ MORE
FAKE NEWS: The New York Times Gets Everything Wrong in This Article That Falsely Claims Economists Don’t Like School Choice
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