Adam Wittenberg | February 1, 2025 (The Lion) — Donald Trump’s not just talking about school choice, he’s acting on it. Trump, who started his second term in office last week, hosted the National School Choice Week Roundtable at the White House Friday with top Republican governors, lawmakers and policy experts, White House Press Secretary […]
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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
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Pictured: Nathan Brinkman, Ginny Gentles & Steven Mosley With Governor Youngkin’s 2024 School Choice Week Proclamation Jillian Schneider | January 25, 2025 Question: What do bright yellow scarves and education freedom have in common? Answer: National School Choice Week. And it’s taking America by storm. The nonprofit National School Choice Week (NSCW) aims to empower parents and
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Jillian Schneider | January 23, 2025 (The Lion) — A government report released incriminating data last week that dispels the myth that public education serves all students equally. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights report compiles nationwide numbers from the 2021-22 school year on a range of topics. New data points included tracking the number of
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New Study Debunks Union Claims Jillian Schneider | December 31, 2024 (The Lion) — Researchers have debunked the claim that pro-union states have higher average wages than right-to-work states. Despite widespread claims that labor unions boost wages, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy found right-to-work states were the ones with higher wages. Right-to-work laws, which prohibit companies
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Jillian Schneider | December 26, 2024 (The Lion) — After four years full of presidential blunders, America’s public education system is in worse shape than ever before. Under Joe Biden, test scores reached record lows, spending record highs and students and families have faced a slew of policy blunders from PreK to college. Undermining Title
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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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