It’s Progress, But Not Fast Enough: Living Up to Milton Friedman’s Vision of Universal Choice
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New Name, Same Mission: Foundation to Announce New Name on Friedman Legacy Day, July 29, 2016
I have some really exciting news to share with you: The Friedman Foundation is changing its name. Why is that “exciting news?” Why wouldn’t we want to keep using the Friedman name? Isn’t it their legacy organization? Milton and Rose D. Friedman The short answer to all of these questions is that we’re doing what […]
The Best of Friedman Foundation Blog Posts: 2015 Edition
What did our blog readers view and enjoy most this past year? We dug into our analytics to see which Friedman Foundation posts were most loved. Enjoy reading—or maybe re-reading—2015’s top content. If your favorite post is missing from the list, share it on social media to boost its visibility! Top 10 Most Visited […]
Top 10 Friedman Foundation Blog Posts of 2014
We looked into our blog analytics to find out which blog posts Friedman Foundation readers viewed and engaged with most this past year. We hope you enjoy reading, or re-reading, this top content. Don’t see your favorite post in these lists? Help increase its visibility by sharing it and spreading the word on social media! Most […]
Getting to Know Milton Friedman
July 31 would have been Milton Friedman’s 102nd birthday, and people all around the globe celebrated. The United States saw 74 Friedman Legacy Day events in 47 states and Washington D.C., and Friedman fans abroad celebrated in 23 other countries. In case you missed all of our Milton-centric posts on social media, we’ve recapped them […]
Happy Friedman Legacy Day!
“The true test of any scholar’s work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next 25 or 50 years. And the thing that I will really be proud of is if some of the work I have done is still cited in the text books long after I […]
Friday Freakout: Are Friedman Surveys Reliable?
This week, we released our 2014 Schooling in America Survey. In it, we asked a representative sample of American adults, not just voters, their views on issues such as the state of education, school choice, Common Core State Standards, and standardized testing. Some of our fellow school choice supporters – some from the Thomas B. […]
The Friedman Foundation on Filling Private School Seats
(Posted in response to a guest post by Anna J. Egalite entitled “How to Maximize Private School Supply in Choice Programs.”) Among America’s private school choice programs, the Louisiana Scholarship Program has some of, if not the, most restrictive application processes for voucher students and voucher-accepting private schools. Its administrators determine 1) which private schools can […]
Friedman Foundation Responds to Diane Ravitch
Yesterday education historian Diane Ravitch recognized the Friedman Foundation’s research on her blog, specifically our new survey showing where Americans rank the efficaciousness of seven education reforms. However, I am concerned Ms. Ravitch believes “surprise (and, no doubt, embarrassment)” overcame our foundation given the results. We actually were quite encouraged by the findings. Survey respondents […]
Happy Holidays from the Friedman Foundation
This year, the Friedman Foundation staff wants to celebrate the stories of some families who have benefited from school choice. From Georgia, Joyce Cordell-Huff Very often, generous people support worthy causes without ever really knowing just how much difference their contribution made in the lives of individuals. Our family wants to go on record for […]