School choice is a personal family decision, and I’m not saying that parents shouldn’t choose private schools. But they should consider public schools, instead of immediately dismissing them, as I have heard many parents do when the high-income Dilworth and lower-income Sedgefield zones merged...
Lottery can be a great way to raise money for important public works projects, and it is widely considered an effective tool for funding schools, libraries, roads, and other community services. In colonial America, Benjamin Franklin used lotteries to help fund Boston’s Faneuil Hall, and George...
Well, I was raised in the Church of England and went to Sunday School and church schools, which were enough to put me off. I consider myself a person of faith, or spiritual rather than strictly religious. I have a very healthy dose of scepticism and have done plenty of reading around ...
Amy’s Baking Company (ABC) has become a teaching lesson for business schools–in how not to deal with the public. And thanks to social media, the lesson has spread far and wide. Samy and Amy Bouzaglo totally underestimated the negative response generated by the episode. Many people were su...