Jillian Schneider | December 19, 2024 (The Lion) — A new school choice scholarship program for low-income families is in the works in Virginia. “I know we all agree that no student should be denied the opportunity to pursue the education that meets their needs the most,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin wrote on social media Wednesday. “That is why […]
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Shanxi Omoniyi | December 18, 2024 (The Lion) — If nothing else, the COVID-19 pandemic should have taught us the danger of trying to confine learning only to institutional classrooms. Unfortunately, public-school advocates are ignoring this valuable lesson in the latest handwringing over outdated infrastructure. “Many U.S. public school buildings are in dire need of
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Jillian Schneider | December 16, 2024 (The Lion) — As lawmakers in many states gear up for new legislative sessions in January, polling once again found strong support for school choice measures among American voters. On Thursday, yes. every kid. released a new survey of 1,000 voters and school parents who broadly agreed about the need for
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Jillian Schneider | December 12, 2024 (The Lion) — A Catholic student in Virginia has won a lawsuit against her school district for pushing radical gender ideology on students. The anonymous high schooler filed a lawsuit in March with the help of America First Legal (AFL), alleging her religious freedom and freedom of speech were
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Adam Wittenberg | November 8, 2024 (The Lion) — School choice measures didn’t pass in three states Tuesday, but that may be irrelevant following Donald Trump’s election as president. Trump, who won a decisive victory over Kamala Harris, has ambitious plans for education in his second term, including enacting federal school choice and possibly dismantling the Department of Education
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Jillian Schneider | October 11, 2024 (The Lion) — A Virginia school district is in the spotlight after one teacher’s anti-Israel advocacy and past terrorist ties raise concerns. Documents obtained by Parents Defending Education (PDE) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed Shayma Al-Hanooti, an English teacher at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington,
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Jillian Schneider | October 7, 2024 (The Lion) — It’s been 12 months since the worldwide Jewish community was shaken by Hamas’ gruesome attack on Israel, Oct. 7, 2023, which left nearly 1,200 civilians dead. While Israel continues to war with its adversaries, Jewish families in the United States are fighting a different sort of battle –
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Shanxi Omoniyi | July 27, 2024 (The Lion) — Advocates of current public schools often oppose Christian-based options, arguing religion has no place in government-funded education. In doing so, they disregard years of historical precedent where the nation intentionally supported and financed Christian instruction in public-school classrooms. The question has never been whether public education
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Adam Wittenberg | July 25, 2024 (The Lion) — What came first, the chicken or the egg? That seems to be the question with the College Board “recalibrating” Advanced Placement (AP) test scores in the midst of college grade inflation. But experts worry that other factors are at play, such as a push for “social
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