# Neal McCluskey **URL:** --- Neal McCluskey was the director of Cato’s [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom). He is the author of two books, [_The Fractured Schoolhouse: Reexamining Education for a Free, Equal, and Harmonious Society_](https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/fractured-schoolhouse-9781475864250/) and [_Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education_](https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/feds-in-the-classroom-9780742548596/). He is coeditor of several volumes, including [_Fighting for the Freedom to Learn: Examining America’s Centuries-Old School Choice Movement_](https://www.cato.org/books/fighting-freedom-learn) and [_School Choice Myths: Setting the Record Straight on Education Freedom_](https://www.cato.org/books/school-choice-myths). McCluskey also maintained Cato’s [Public Schooling Battle Map](https://www.cato.org/education-fight-map), an interactive database of values and identity‐​based conflicts in public schools.