By Kerry McDonald Most high school students are not happy at school. A new study by Yale researchers finds that nearly three-quarters of high schoolers report negative feelings toward school. The study surveyed more than 20,000 high school students in all 50 US states and found widespread dissatisfaction at school across all demographic groups, with girls reporting slightly … [Read more...] about Yale Study: Vast Majority of High Schoolers Unhappy at School
Families Today Have More Schooling Options Than Ever, But Nowhere Near Enough
By Kerry McDonald I am a glass-half-full kind of person, so while we could focus on the criticisms and some of the setbacks related to expanding educational freedom to more families, there is much more to celebrate than to lament. As National School Choice Week kicks off, it’s a great time to spotlight the growing variety and abundance of education options available to … [Read more...] about Families Today Have More Schooling Options Than Ever, But Nowhere Near Enough
States That Tax The Most Are Getting The Worst Results Per Dollar
By Tyler Durden Today in "more definitive proof that the government can't spend your capital as well as you can" news, it should come as no surprise that states who spend less in taxes are getting better results, per dollar, than similarly sized states who collect far more in tax revenue. At least that was the result of looking at the country's four largest states: … [Read more...] about States That Tax The Most Are Getting The Worst Results Per Dollar
Looking for Solutions? Join the NEW Freedom Cell Network!
Are you sick of complaining and sitting on the sidelines?? Do you actually want to change the world? It’s not going to be easy and it’s going to take effort. Join the NEW Freedom Cell Network! Please help us advance truth, healing, community building, and empowering the people to wake up and build a better world: Freedom Cells playlist: … [Read more...] about Looking for Solutions? Join the NEW Freedom Cell Network!
Helping San Francisco’s Homeless One Individual at a Time
By Max Gulker “Something must be done about the homeless.” That refrain seems to be the only thing people agree upon with respect to San Francisco’s tragic and intractable homelessness crisis. The city has lurched between the progressive and sometimes tolerant-to-a-fault policies for which it is known and periods of what reads and looks like urban warfare, encampments … [Read more...] about Helping San Francisco’s Homeless One Individual at a Time
Government: Taking the Freedom Out of Freelancing
By Allison Schrager As I headed to LAX after a recent trip to Los Angeles, my Lyft driver insisted that we stop at In-N-Out Burger so that I could enjoy one last California experience. We ate the burgers outside, as planes flew above us. My driver, a professional photographer, works for Lyft to supplement his irregular income. His story is common. Most drivers that I’ve … [Read more...] about Government: Taking the Freedom Out of Freelancing
Dear Gen Z: Learn from Millennial Mistakes and Say No to Student Loan Debt
By Brittany Hunter Gen Z is growing up fast. With the older end of the “Zoomer” generation now in their early- to mid-twenties, many are finishing their undergraduate degrees and moving on to grad programs before trying their luck in the workforce. Others are just beginning their college careers. According to the Pew Research Center, the post-millennial generation is on … [Read more...] about Dear Gen Z: Learn from Millennial Mistakes and Say No to Student Loan Debt
Creativity Is the Driving Force of the Market
By Donald J. Boudreaux No story in economics is as powerful as is Leonard Read’s 1958 I, Pencil. Encountering this story can completely change your understanding of society. Just as Adam Smith did 182 years earlier when contemplating an ordinary woolen coat, Read marveled at the vast amount of human knowledge, effort, and cooperation that are daily harnessed to make … [Read more...] about Creativity Is the Driving Force of the Market
This Couple Built A Cabin For $500 Made Out Of Recycled Windows and Repurposed Wood
By Mayukh Saha Back in 2012, Nick Olson and Lilah Horwitz were recently unemployed and wanted a life away from the rat race of the city. So this duo planned to build their nook in the mountains of West Virginia. Their plan? Building a cabin from recycled windows within the budget of $500! Previously, Olson was a carpenter and photographer and Horwitz a designer. Olson … [Read more...] about This Couple Built A Cabin For $500 Made Out Of Recycled Windows and Repurposed Wood
93 Vermont Towns Have No Public Schools, But Great Education. How Do They Do It?
By Laura Williams In just a couple of weeks, 50 boys with learning disabilities will take to a stage in Vermont, one after the other, to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory. It’s a daring experiment undertaken each February at the Greenwood School and its population of boys who’ve struggled in public schools. Diagnosed with ADD, dyslexia, and executive function … [Read more...] about 93 Vermont Towns Have No Public Schools, But Great Education. How Do They Do It?
California’s Contractor Law Violates Free Speech
By Robert E. Wright It is becoming increasingly difficult to reject the hypothesis that California lawmakers are trying to solve their state’s notorious housing crisis by driving out everyone who isn’t a lover of earthquakes, fires, to-die-for weather, and arbitrary government. Their latest Constitutional faux pas is AB5, which, among many other things, limits California … [Read more...] about California’s Contractor Law Violates Free Speech
A World Without Entrepreneurs
By Raushan Gross Reading Per Bylund's interview "How Entrepreneurs Build the World" inspired a thought: what would the world be like without entrepreneurs? Given that entrepreneurs are central to the market system, a world without entrepreneurs—or with only a few of them—would be a grim situation. Without entrepreneurs, we'd see few new products, little innovation, and few … [Read more...] about A World Without Entrepreneurs