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Report Gives Florida Nation’s Best Overall Grade for Education Freedom

Andrew Powell | October 4, 2023 (The Center Square) — After a legislative session where Florida lawmakers passed universal school choice, the state was recognized as the nation’s best in a recent report for its policies on education  The nonprofit American Legislative Exchange Council, which previously published the Report Card on American Education over the past

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Garland Refuses to Denounce Memo That Incited Counterterrorism Measures Against Parents

Jillian Schneider | September 29, 2009 (The Lion) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to distance himself from the controversial memo branding parents as “domestic terrorists.” In a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee on last week, Garland skirted questions from Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, about an infamous memo which referred to parents who

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Congressional Hearing Discusses Chinese Influence on K-12 Schools

Brendan Clarey | September 25 (Chalkboard News) — Lawmakers in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a congressional hearing on the “covert influence” of foreign governments in the nation’s K-12 education system, specifically concerns from a recent report on cultural centers, which some allege have ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 

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