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Adam Wittenberg | May 24, 2025 (The Lion) — Catholic bishops in the U.S. are supporting the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) but are calling for key changes before it receives final approval. The measure, which would establish a national tax credit to fund school choice scholarships for parents, was included in the House […]

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

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

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

Shanxi Omoniyi | February 28, 2025 (The Lion) — If the nation’s public schools received grade cards, nearly all this year would be receiving an F, at least from the public.  Almost 3 of every 4 respondents in a recent Gallup poll are dissatisfied with the current system, marking “the highest dissatisfaction rate since the

John Ransom | February 18, 2025 (The Lion) — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced it was axing 70 grants totaling $373 million at the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The grants were made under the Biden administration to further diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals. “One [grant program] trained teachers to ‘engage in

Adam Wittenberg | January 28, 2025 (The Lion) — The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could result in public funds being used for a religious charter school, something unprecedented in the U.S. The high court agreed Friday to take the case involving the virtual Catholic charter school, which will