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REPORT: CCP Influencing US Schools With Nearly $20 Million

John Ransom | July 27, 2023 (The Lion) — Parents Defending Education (PED) has released a report that shows China’s Communist Party (CCP) spending over $17 million on programs inside American K-12 classrooms, some of them near military bases. In targeting science and technology high schools and high schools near military bases, the CCP is suspected by […]

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Bipartisan Backlash Against California’s ‘Social Justice’ Math

Kenneth Schrupp | July 25, 2023 (The Center Square) – Despite collapsing math scores, the California Board of Education voted to adopt a new “equity” and “social justice” focused math education framework that education experts from across the political spectrum warn will increase achievement gaps and decrease learning among lower income and minority students.  Two

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VIDEO: Nebraska Mom Schools Union Boss on Why Families Need Educational Freedom

Jillian Schneider | July 23, 2023 (The Lion) — A Nebraska parent schooled a teachers’ union boss for opposing school choice in a video now circulating on Twitter. It happened as public school activists, such as Tim Royers, president of the Millard Education Association, are currently trying to undo a school choice bill that passed the Nebraska Legislature

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More Teachers Are Skipping School Post-COVID Than Ever Before

Jillian Schneider | July 19, 2023 (The Lion) — Many education officials are concerned with the rise of chronic absenteeism among students. After all, schools can’t teach if students don’t attend. But an equally pressing, though less publicized, issue is that of teacher absenteeism. New data from the National Center for Education Statistics reveals teacher absenteeism

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