educational freedom

  Universities are often idealized as neutral spaces of knowledge creation and critical thinking. However, this image has never been entirely accurate, and it is increasingly at odds with reality. Across many disciplines, research agendas and teaching practices are shaped less by open-ended investigation and more by ideological alignment. The politicization of academic life has […]

Neal McCluskey, director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom talks with Karl-Peter Schwarz about the challenges of test-based performance evaluation and the value of critical thinking and creativity, based on the United States education system.