Michaela Estruth | October 27, 2026 (Heartlander News) — Organizations from several countries in tension with the U.S. have poured more than $25 million into American K-12 education since 2009, according to a new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). “Our K-12 system really has had an open door for foreign and
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John Ransom | October 26, 2026 (Heartlander News) — An NBC News report investigating how schools are increasingly relying on YouTube for instruction highlights tensions over what learning engagement really means. Those tensions increasingly point to a conflict over whom technology really serves in the classroom: technology providers or students? According to the NBC report,
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Shanxi Omoniyi | October 21, 2026 (Heartlander News) — Despite multiple years of declining enrollment, Virginia’s largest district is scrambling to adapt staffing mid-year after overestimating the number of students attending in 2026. “We were off by several thousand students, which created a need to adjust in real time,” Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Superintendent
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Jillian Schneider | September 25, 2026 As school choice has grown in popularity, its opponents have been quick to blame it for public school closures. In 2025, the Southern Poverty Law Center argued that funding school choice harmed “the community.” “The reduction in funding and closing or consolidation of public schools (due to loss of
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Jillian Schneider | August 16, 2026 (Heartlander News) — Amid the myriad of data points on race, sex, income and disability, education data often ignores the single most important factor for student success – family. A new report from the Institute of Family Studies (IFS) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) explains how the U.S. Department of Education collects data on family structure
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Jillian Schneider | August 11, 2026 (Heartlander News) — Thanks to robust school choice policies, Catholic education is thriving in Florida. The Archdiocese of Miami recently reported enrollment in K-12 Catholic schools had risen more than 8.2% in the past 10 years. While interest in non-public education peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami’s data reflects
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Adam Wittenberg | July 27, 2026 (Heartlander News) — EdChoice’s latest education freedom rankings awarded 10 states gold, silver or bronze status. The Friedman Index, named for EdChoice founders Milton and Rose Friedman, “is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand measure of the availability of private K–12 educational choice across the United States,” the organization said. It
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Maggie Little | July 23, 2026 (The Center Square) — A new watchdog report has found that colleges of education across the country are incorporating social justice standards from the Southern Poverty Law Center to shape K-12 teachers. The SPLC, a far-left activist group known for putting conservative and Christian organizations on a hate map,
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Michaela Estruth | July 16, 2026 (Heartlander News) — The newly elected president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers’ union, said its members must “go on the offense” to fight for equity in public education and become “the most powerful force in America.” “Together, we will continue fighting for the resources, respect
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