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Virtual schooling led to dramatic learning loss

July 3, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

New data from Texas shows that regardless of economic status or race, enormous numbers of students who learned virtually for the majority of the past school year experienced a dramatic learning loss. This learning loss was most pronounced for Black and Hispanic students. This outcome is tragic given that schools that reopened for in-person instruction […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: COVID-19, Texas

Unleashing New Zealand’s Potential and Suppressing Washington State’s—Lessons for Texas

June 17, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr 2 Comments

<This speech was delivered to the Dallas Chapter of the Bastiat Society on June 17, 2021> In 1847, French economist Frédéric Bastiat, this society’s namesake, published a facetious petition to the king now known as “The Right Hand and the Left”. In it he laid bare the fallacy of some of his contemporaries that if […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: australia, bastiat, Doug Myers, jacinda ardern, Jenny Durkan, Kshama Sawant, new zealand, New Zealand Business Roundtable, Ron Trotter, Stephen Jennings, washington state

When CEOs don’t stand up for free markets

April 29, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

<This op-ed first appeared in the Washington Examiner on April 25, 2021> It’s one thing for business leaders to sit out policy debates, but it’s quite another for them to argue for policies that will harm long-term shareholder interests. Yet that’s what we’re witnessing today with the likes of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos supporting raising the […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Douglas Myers, jeff bezos, new zealand, Roger Kerr, sir ron trotter

New Zealand had no choice but to lock down

April 4, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

<This op-ed first appeared in the Washington Examiner on April 2, 2021> “New Zealand hospitals in crisis.” A surprising headline for many. Why are patients being treated in hospital corridors in a country that has essentially eliminated COVID-19? Unfortunately, it’s a familiar story for many Kiwis and those who have studied universal healthcare. New Zealand […]

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Enlightened thinking in Texas

March 4, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

<This op-ed first appeared in the Washington Examiner on March 7, 2021> Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday that the statewide mask mandate and all restrictions on business’ operating capacity would be lifted this coming week. The following day, President Biden called these decisions “Neanderthal thinking.” In making his announcement, Abbott focused on the fact that […]

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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