What Matthew Yglesias thinks about education
Writes Slow Boring, a near-daily newsletter on American politics and public policy; co-founded Vox in 2014 and left it in 2020.
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5 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Matthew Yglesias has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsPublic schools only work if people with financial and social capital participate.
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Our readingMaking it harder for schools to build a business model around nonperforming loans is a good idea
Their wordsmaking it harder for schools to build a business model around nonperforming loans is a good idea
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Their wordsThe federal government should not be subsidizing higher-education scams!
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Their wordsBut the actual details of schools that serve high-need populations vary quite a lot, and it’s worth both engaging with the specifics of your local situation and thinking about the general policy questions.
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Their wordsBut the school was still a well-run, happy place for our child, who learned to navigate a much broader range of social interactions than if we’d sent him to school only with other affluent children, and the presence of a critical mass of affluent, educated, engaged parents I think made a real difference in the lives of the teachers and the students.
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