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John E. Coons

John E. Coons is a professor of law, emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, and author with Stephen D. Sugarman of "Private Wealth and Public Education" and "Education by Choice."
08/15/14
John E. Coons
When the words fail the social critic, there always remains some “inequality” to be cursed. Our numberless differences provide the...
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07/17/14
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The recent opinion in Vergara v. California deserves the attention it has attracted – and more. It has implications –...
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02/12/14
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Pre-school is hot – again. It has been so, off and on, since ancient Greece. Plato’s ideal state would have...
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01/03/14
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"Talk Scheduled at Catholic School in Bronx Promotes Fear of Anti-Gay Message." So read a headline in the New York...
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11/25/13
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Forty-six years ago a plaintiff named John Serrano sued the State of California, asserting that the capacity of school districts...
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10/30/13
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The American Center for School Choice is committed to the empowerment of all families to choose among schools public and...
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10/08/13
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Teacher union sentinels warn us that school choice will rescue only the more promising students from a rejected public school,...
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10/01/13
John E. Coons
If one wishes a profound historical-dialectical account of the fate of religion in our governmental schools - all in 200...
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08/26/13
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Editor's note: This is the first in a series of posts we're running this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary...
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08/21/13
John E. Coons
Arguments for subsidized parental choice date to the 18th century. Kept in check by the dominant political mystique that came...
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