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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 […]

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

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

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

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 –