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Michael Zwaagstra: When It Comes to Education, Government Bureaucrats Don’t Always Know Best

Michael Zwaagstra: When It Comes to Education, Government Bureaucrats Don’t Always Know Best
There are far too many situations where education ministers have their well-intentioned plans derailed by their own bureaucrats, writes Michael Zwaagstra. Norenko Andrey/Shutterstock
Michael Zwaagstra
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Suppose you were learning how to drive for the first time and you had a choice between two instructors. One of them, a government employee, has a success rate of 26 percent while the other, a private contractor, has a 90 percent success rate. Which instructor would you hire?

Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”
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