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Having a near-monopoly control over the supply of educational services in the United States, those who manage and work in the public schools have lost all attention to the needs of the consuming public. Indeed, parents often appear to be unavoidable nuisances who interfere in the teachers’ and administrators’ belief that they know better than the consuming public the educational product parents and children should want.
— Richard Ebeling
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Today is Tuesday, July 11th, the 192nd day of 2023. There are 173 days left in the year. It is Cheer Up the Lonely Day, National Blueberry Muffin Day, National Mojito Day, National Rainier Cherry Day, National Swimming Pool Day, and International Essential Oils Day.
On This Day
In 1796, the United States took possession of Detroit from Great Britain under the terms of the Jay Treaty.
In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
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