New Essay: Redefining Public Education

By James V. Shuls on Jul 26, 2013

What does it mean to support public education? To some, it means supporting the traditional system of education, whereby students are assigned to a local school based on where they live. In my new essay, “Redefining Public Education,” I discuss why this notion is completely and utterly wrong. Public education is not a system, it is the idea that all students should have access to a quality education at public expense.

For too long we have clung to a system, believing it defined public education. As I write in the essay:

It is time we redefine public education. It should no longer mean assigning students to a specific type of school, regardless of quality, but rather that we provide access to a quality education, regardless of the type of school delivering that education.

Essay: Redefining Public Education by James Shuls, PhD by Show-Me Institute

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James V. Shuls

Director of Research and Distinguished Fellow of Education Policy

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