Here’s a school program that’s so off-the wall it might actually make a difference: providing washing machines in public schools. It’s early days, with little data collected, but compared to Michelle O’s disastrous school lunch madness, it’s an intriguing experiment with potentially outsize benefits. Virginia Postrel might have some insight into ideas like this.
Tip from Happy Acres, who’s gotten this a bit muddled with the more general notion of personal hygiene* as a component of good sanitation and public health programs.
* I’m usually very critical of do-gooders descending upon folks and telling them what to do “for their own good.” I call that the Bwana Syndrome, and progressives thrive on it, at home and abroad. However, Bwana says “wash your hands” seems eminently sensible to me. Can “wash your clothes” be that much different?
The Random Texan 
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