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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: School Choice: Matt Bateman on Understanding Education Freedom
Description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5csuEpTn69o
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In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Samantha Watkins interviews Dr. Matt Bateman, philosopher at GT School, co-founder of Higher Ground Education, and ARU instructor, about the school choice movement and the philosophical case for education freedom.
Among the topics covered:
What the expanding reach of school choice programs means for parental freedom;
Why parents, not the government, should invest in education;
Why the school choice movement should refocus its arguments on parental rights;
How bureaucratic accountability measures undermine school choice efforts;
Why Rand’s tax credit proposal is...