John Ransom | June 5, 2026 (The Lion) — A gap in union muscle maps directly to power for education reformers, according to an analysis by The Lion of a report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. The Fordham study, released in May, scored all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 59 measures […]
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Elaine Kutas | June 4, 2026 (The Lion) — The U.S. Senate held a committee hearing Wednesday on the debate over transgender treatments for minors. The hearing – titled “Protecting Our Children: Exposing the Dangers of Irreversible Gender Transition Procedures on Minors” – was held by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. It discussed federal policies, state-level bans
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Adam Wittenberg | May 6, 2026 (The Lion) — Virginia’s third-largest school district, Loudoun County Public Schools, is under fire after a 19-year-old substitute teacher was arrested for allegedly plotting a “murder spree” at a high school. Police arrested Hadyn Dollery, a man who identifies as a woman, on April 20 following an anonymous tip via the Safe2Talk app. Court documents allege
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Adam Wittenberg |vertical line April 29, 2026 (The Lion) — More than 200 school districts are suing social media companies, blaming them for the youth mental health crisis, but one expert says schools themselves may bear more responsibility than smartphones. Jennifer Huddleston, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, argues “the intense pressure that many young people feel in various aspects of
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John Ransom | March 30, 2026 (The Lion) — Communist hammer-and-sickle flags flew openly in Times Square Saturday as demonstrators at the nationwide “No Kings” rallies called for a general strike on May 1. Protesters in New York chanted, “There is only one solution, Communist revolution.” It was the outcome of a coordinated effort by a network of roughly 500 leftist organizations with an estimated $3 billion in
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Adam Wittenberg | March 5, 2026 (The Lion) — Lawmakers in at least five states are taking cues from classical schooling by introducing proposals to restrict education technology in K-5 classrooms. The proposals would limit or ban the use of technology such as videos, online learning apps and other digital tools, K-12 Dive reported. The move comes
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Esther Wickham | March 4, 2026 (The Lion) – Academic achievement in U.S. public schools continues to fall behind pre-pandemic levels, with national test data showing a persistent decline in math and reading scores years after COVID-19. Test results from the National Center for Education Statistics show that average scores on 12th-grade math and reading assessments dropped
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Jillian Schneider | February 4, 2026 (The Lion) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is proposing legislation to give public charter schools the same state funding as traditional public school districts. Reynolds announced the proposal in a release last week saying current funding levels disadvantage charter schools. “Public charter schools currently receive less state funding than traditional public district schools,” Reynolds said. “As
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Adam Wittenberg | December 16, 2025 (The Lion) — School choice continues growing in popularity with Americans, and support for closing the Department of Education rises significantly once people have all the facts, a new poll finds. Research conducted for the nonprofit “yes. every kid. foundation” found more than half of U.S. adults support education savings accounts, or ESAs, and tax credit scholarships, two of the main types of school choice
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Jillian Schneider | December 12, 2025 (The Lion) — Public school enrollment is on a steep decline, except for one type of school: charters. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) released its 2025 enrollment report, which found charter schools are continuing their enrollment gains. “The number of students at charter schools skyrocketed during the
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