Free Thoughts, Ep. 190: Private Schooling for Everyone (with Robert Luddy)

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Channel: Libertarianism.org · 2017 · News & Politics

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Robert Luddy joins us this week to talk about his ventures as the founder of several successful private schools in and around Raleigh, North Carolina. Could private education supplant public schooling?

Show Notes and Further Reading

Thales Academy
https://www.thalesacademy.org/

Franklin Academy
http://franklinacademy.org/

St. Thomas More Academy
http://stmacademy.org/

Here’s a short video from Reason.tv’s Jim Epstein featuring Luddy and his work: http://reason.com/reasontv/2017/01/23/thales-academy-north-carolina-bob-luddy

Other Free Thoughts episodes on education and school choice:

“Why Schools Haven’t Changed in Hundereds of Years” with Kevin Currie-Knight
https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/why-schools-havent-changed-hundreds-years

“Teaching School Choice to the American Education System” wth Jason Bedrick
https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/teaching-school-choice-american-education-system

“The Education Apocalypse: How It Happened and How to Survive It” with Glenn Reynolds
https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/education-apocalypse-how-it-happened-how-survive-it

“The State of State Education in America” with Neal McCluskey
https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts-podcast/state-state-education-america

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