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Bethany Blankley | May 2, 2025 (The Center Square) — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has opened the first Office of Parental Rights in the U.S. OPR litigators will “provide justice to parents and families whose rights have been violated” within the public school system, he said. “Governments should understand that – when it comes

Morgan Sweeney | April 25, 2025 (The Center Square) — President Donald Trump signed a handful of executive orders Wednesday evening aimed at dismantling key concepts and ideologies that have significantly shaped American education – some, more acutely within recent years, and others, across decades. One such order seeks to reform higher education accreditation practices,

Sarah Roderick-Fitch | April 10, 2025 (The Center Square) — As cellphone bans in schools are gaining steam in dozens of states, one lawmaker is taking it to the federal level by proposing legislation leading to cellphone-free schools. Freshman Virginia Democratic Rep. Eugene Vindman has introduced the UNPLUGGED Act, which the lawmaker describes as the