Today in Capital Matters: School Choice and a Special Section

Alexander William Salter of Texas Tech writes about school choice in the Lone Star State:

Throwing more money at the existing system won’t benefit anyone but vested interests. Today, states need radical solutions to shake up the status quo. This is especially important in Texas. Despite its conservative bonafides, the Lone Star State has yet to introduce genuine competition to its education systems by embracing school choice. It’s time for that to change.

The Texas constitution requires the legislature to provide adequate education funding for all students. But nothing in the constitution requires the government to produce the schooling itself. In the 2023 legislative session, state policy-makers should work toward universal transferable funding for all students, allowing the needs of families, not arbitrary zip codes, to determine which schools children attend.

And Capital Matters has a special section in the February 6 print issue of National Review. If you don’t want to wait to get your copy in the mail, you can read the articles online today. Check out:

• Andrew Stuttaford on electric vehicles.
• Me on the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Patrick Pizzella on the pushback to ESG.
• Scott Sumner on the Fed.