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Williamson M. Evers
Williamson M. Evers is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California, and director of the institute’s Center on Educational Excellence. He was U.S. assistant secretary of education for planning, evaluation, and policy development during the administration of George W. Bush.
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Williamson M. Evers
| Aug 14, 2023
Several states, including California, Maryland, and New York, have a new vision for public schools: as one-stop centers for medical and social services, not only for students but for their families as well. The transformed schools are called “community schools,”…
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Williamson M. Evers
| Dec 30, 2020
The best way to anticipate federal education policy during a Biden administration is to be unflinchingly realistic. Education policy will cater to special interests according to their ideological beliefs and self-justifications. Those special interests consist of entrenched institutions, their employees,…