Projects

Books

Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education, by James Tooley
Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America, by Richard K. Vedder
Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children, by Vicki E. Alger
Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus, by Donald A. Downs
Faulty Towers: Tenure and the Structure of Higher Education, by Ryan C. Amacher and Roger E. Meiners
Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools? New Strategies for Educational Excellence, by Richard K. Vedder, with a foreword by Chester E. Finn, Jr.
School Choices: True and False, by John D. Merrifield
The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus, by David O. Sacks and Peter A. Thiel, with a foreword by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
The Academy in Crisis: The Political Economy of Higher Education, edited by John W. Sommer, with a foreword by Nathan Glazer

Policy Reports

“Critical Math” Doesn’t Add Up Race Consciousness and Radical Egalitarianism in the Curriculum, by Williamson M. Evers, Ze’ev Wurman
Is It Time for a “490 B.C. Project”? High Schoolers Need to Know Our Classical Heritage, by Morgan E. Hunter, Williamson M. Evers and Victor David Hanson
Customized Learning for California: Helping K–12 Students Thrive with Education Savings Accounts, by Vicki E. Alger

Briefings

Better than Common Core: Florida’s New K-12 Standards Raise the Bar, by Ze’ev Wurman, David M. Steiner, Ashley Rogers Berner, and R. James Milgram
Education Savings Accounts for Texas: How Educational Choice through ESAs Creates Greater Innovation and Quality, by Vicki E. Alger

Executive Summaries

Returning Education to the Schools and Parents, by Vicki E. Alger

Recommended Readings, presented by Williamson M. Evers, Ph.D.

Articles

News Releases

Independent Institute Creates Ethnic Studies Curriculum for California High Schools , November 7, 2024
“Critical Math” Doesn’t Add Up: Politics Plus Mathematics Equals Undermining Foundations of Success, April 7, 2022
California to Postpone Vote to Cancel Math: Open Letter from STEM leaders urges rejection of proposed plan to hobble talented students, July 13, 2021
Private, Low-Cost, High-Quality Schools in High Demand in Poorest Places on Earth: Author says such schools would thrive in US as well, April 12, 2021
K-12 and Higher Education Bibliographies Serve as Foundations for Student Preparation to Better Serve Education Needs, April 1, 2021
1619? 1776? How About a “490 B.C. Project”? High School Curriculum Short-Changes Students on the Classics, September 23, 2020
The Crisis in Civil Rights: Best Books and Articles on Race, Police and the Welfare State, August 20, 2020
Why Aren’t Textbooks Educating High Schoolers About America’s Shameful Era of Eugenics and “Scientific Racism”: New Study Explores the Hidden History of the Progressive Movement, July 14, 2020
Florida’s K-12 Standards “Better than Common Core,” Says New Report: Should Stand as a New Model for the Country, July 2, 2020
Independent Institute’s List of Books on the Folly of Socialism: What everyone should know about the practical and moral failures of the socialist project, March 11, 2020
Education Policy Expert Williamson Evers Joins Independent Institute: With a record of policy impact, he leads Independent’s team of education experts, September 3, 2019
New Book Shows How to Cut Costs, End Scandals, and Restore Value to American Higher Ed, April 16, 2019
Education Savings Accounts Would Enable California’s K-12 Students to Thrive, October 24, 2017
Returning Education to Schools and Parents, April 24, 2017
Education Savings Accounts Offer New Hope for Students and Parents: Texas to consider ESA legislation for improving educational choice, innovation, and academic achievement, October 25, 2016
New Book Gives U.S. Department of Education a Failing Grade, July 6, 2016
Scholars Win $21,000 in Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest, October 5, 2009
Independent Scholarship Fund Opens Doors for Bay Area Students: More than $2.7 Million Awarded Since 1999, August 25, 2009
Applications Now Available for the 2010 Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest: $26,500 in Prize Money to Be Awarded, June 23, 2009
Scholarship Applications Now Available for East Bay Students, January 15, 2009
Independent Scholarship Fund Gives Bay Area Students an Alternative: More than $2.4 Million Awarded Since 1999, October 10, 2008
Independent Institute Announces Winners of Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest: Program Awards $21,500 to Young Scholars, October 10, 2008

Other Resources (archives of articles and studies)