The Culture War and School Vouchers
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Mike talks with Josh Cowen, a professor of education policy at Michigan State University about his recently released book, The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers.
Topics Mike & Josh Cover Include:
- how vouchers work
- Milton Friedman’s role as a voucher pioneer
- vouchers as a response to school desegregation
- why modern voucher programs are less accountable
- the ‘woke’ agenda of k-12 education
- vouchers and religious freedom
- Harris v Trump on vouchers
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