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Andrew J. Coulson is the director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. and an adjunct fellow for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Coulson is author of the book, "Market Education: The Unknown History," available from Transaction Publishers. He was a senior research associate at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center in Ohio. He has written numerous articles and essays for academic journals and for newspapers including The Wall Street Journal and The Seattle Times.
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By Andrew J. Coulson
Forging Consensus Comments by George Clowes and Jay Greene
This paper summarizes the comments offered by Dr. George
Clowes and Dr. Jay P. Greene on my essay "Forging
Consensus: Can the School Choice Community Come Together on an Explicit Goal
and a Plan for Achieving It," as well as providing my responses to those
comments.[1]
Though it was written shortly after the comments were submitted, its release was
deferred until permission to publish them was received. A complete, slightly
revised version of Dr. Clowes’ comments is now
available on-line.[2]
The sections that follow present the reviewers’ comments, grouped by topic. Comments are formatted as block quotations and ascribed to either Dr. Clowes (GC) or Dr. Greene (JPG). My responses appear in the body of the text.
Dr. Clowes is a senior fellow of the Heartland Institute and contributing editor of the paper School Choice News. Dr. Greene is a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, and author of numerous scientific studies of American schools and school choice programs.
[1] http://www.mackinac.org/6517
[2] http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16914 … more
The sections that follow present the reviewers’ comments, grouped by topic. Comments are formatted as block quotations and ascribed to either Dr. Clowes (GC) or Dr. Greene (JPG). My responses appear in the body of the text.
Dr. Clowes is a senior fellow of the Heartland Institute and contributing editor of the paper School Choice News. Dr. Greene is a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, and author of numerous scientific studies of American schools and school choice programs.
[1] http://www.mackinac.org/6517
[2] http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16914 … more
The Class is Always Keener on Our Own Side of the Street (Viewpoint on Public Issues)
Asian students consistently outperformed those in the United States, while their parents downplayed their accomplishments. American parents, unaware of their children’s poor showings, tended to think their children were doing very well. … more
Catholic Schools and the Common Good
Given Catholic schools’ superior social and academic effects, it would seem sensible to structure education policy so as to make Catholic schooling more readily available, especially to low-income and minority families. We have done the opposite. … more
