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, […]
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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
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Adam Wittenberg | April 6, 2025 (The Lion) — As Louisiana continues its push to improve education through school choice, it has introduced a new accountability tool granting an inside look at schools and how education dollars are spent. The Louisiana School Transparency Project, announced Wednesday, offers parents a comprehensive look at public and charter school
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Jillian Schneider | April 2, 2025 (The Lion) — When public school activists attack school choice, they often claim choice programs will harm disadvantaged students, such as minorities, low-income students and especially those with special needs. After all, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act only applies to public schools. Private schools have far fewer legal
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Shanxi Omoniyi | March 26, 2025 (The Lion) — Do you want to stay young for longer? Then have more children, a recent study from Rutgers Health and Yale University suggests. “Parenting more children is associated with higher brain-wide functional connectivity, especially in networks associated with movement and sensation,” researchers concluded in PNAS, the peer-reviewed journal of
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