Democratic government depends on people being at least knowledgeable enough to make basic choices about how their government operates. But is it wise to put government in charge of education? Timothy Sandefur, Vice President for Legal Affairs at the Goldwater Institute, explains everything you need to know about government-run education in this Foundations of Freedom video.

Jump to different chapters in the video using the timestamps below:
00:00 – Intro
00:35 – Should government be in charge of education?
02:16 – Government has a monopoly on U.S. education
02:57 – Education in a free society
03:44 – Unity at the expense of diversity
04:36 – How lopsided is American education?
05:18 – The lack of checks and balances
6:05 – The solution: increasing freedom of choice
07:04 – Milton Friedman's voucher system
07:44 – Criticisms of the voucher system
09:19 – Can't the government prohibit certain subjects?
10:00 – Strings are attached to government funding
11:33 – Government's control over education is incompatible with freedom