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Thomas Sowell on School Choice and the Price Our Children Pay for Bad Ideas | Peter Robinson | Thomas Sowell | Hoover Institution

Jan 27, 2026 · 1h 11m
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  • Thomas Sowell critiques American education system, arguing ideology has replaced knowledge and harming intended beneficiaries through misguided policies
  • Examines affirmative action, charter schools, and university decline through decades of research data and personal experience from Harlem to Ivy League
  • Warns that well-intentioned policies often produce opposite effects and calls for evidence-based rather than ideologically-driven approaches to education

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