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Education
National School Choice Week and the Antidote to ‘Disease X’

Americans who think that COVID-19 is behind us aren’t reading the news. School Choice Week 2024, which began on Sunday,..

Education
Moral Corruption at Community Colleges: DEI Harms Students Everywhere

In a new report, Heritage Foundation Will Skillman Fellow in Education Jonathan Butcher, who also serves as a Senior Fellow..

Constitutional Rights
Here’s How Biden Admin Is Evading SCOTUS’ Affirmative Action Ban

The U.S. Department of Education has advice for colleges on how to skirt the law and get around a recent..

Constitutional Rights
On-Campus DEI Bureaucrats Already Ditching New Loyalty Oaths

Will the last diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrat to leave their office on campus please turn out the lights? On..

Education
Classrooms and Culture Wars: Are Schools Teaching Children About the Same America?

The next battle in the nation’s culture wars is being waged over normally mundane processes: choosing K-12 academic standards. The..

Education
DEI Doesn’t Work. Taxpayers Shouldn’t Pay for It

The evidence has been mounting for years: Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, ironically enough, don’t make people more tolerant of..

Education
School Choice Is Driving Entrepreneurship in Education & the Workforce

Education savings accounts continue to change the way Arizona families think about their child’s K-12 school experience, despite Gov. Katie..

Education
Education Savings Accounts Empower Families When Public Schools Fail Them

“What happens when a little kid can’t say his name or his teacher’s name?” asked Kelly Pichitino, mother of a..

Education
Let Students Study for Final Exams, Not Worry About College Board Politics

It’s final exam season, so middle school and high school students are feverishly preparing. In case students needed one more..

Education
A Critical Look at Critical Race Theory in America’s Classrooms

“There is little to no evidence that critical race theory itself is being taught to K-12 public school students,” The Associated..

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