In the papers collected in Education: Assumptions versus History, Dr. Thomas Sowell takes a hard look at the state of education in our schools and universities. His imperative is to test the assumptions underlying contemporary educational policies and innovations against the historical and contemporary evidence.

Thomas Sowellis the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Among his published works areBasic Economics,Late Talking Children, andRace and Culture. He has also published in both academic journals and the popular media includingNewsweek,Forbes, theWall Street Journal, and 150 newspapers that carry his nationally syndicated column.