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Parent Preference for Charter Schools Crosses Demographic Lines: Report

January 6, 2023
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Parents in the United States have a strong preference for charter schools, regardless of demographic factors including race, income, geographic region or political affiliation, according to a report released by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. An online survey of some 5,000 parents of schoolchildren revealed that 74 percent would consider sending their child…

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GOP Senators Call Out NEA for Creating ‘Enemies List’ That May Target Concerned Parents

July 15, 2022
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A group of Republican Senators called out the president of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teacher’s union in the United States, this week over alleged plans to spend thousands of dollars to create a so-called “enemies list.” Lawmakers James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) sent a letter NEA…

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NEA Pays Lavish Salaries to Headquarters Officials, but Spends Only 5.4 Percent of Its Revenue Representing Teachers

April 22, 2022
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America’s largest labor union is the National Education Association (NEA), organized in 1906 with a congressional charter “to elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching; and to promote the cause of education in the United States.” One hundred and sixteen years later, the average individual U.S. teacher salary is $60,909, just below the median…

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Bill to Repeal NEA’s Federal Charter Could Light Reform Match Within Teachers Union

April 19, 2022
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When news broke the National School Board Association (NSBA) urged federal officials to brand as “domestic terrorists” parents protesting far-Left classroom curriculums on race and sex, it sparked a stampede of angry members out the group’s exits. At last count, nearly half of the NSBA’s state associations have either left the group or are making…

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House GOPers Preparing Political Earthquake With Legislation to Withdraw NEA’s Federal Charter

April 18, 2022
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A bill co-sponsored by 18 House Republicans would remove the National Education Association’s (NEA) 116-year-old federal charter because of the union’s hyper-partisanship and support for extreme ideological policies such as critical race theory (CRT). “The NEA can no longer be considered a public service worthy of its federal charter as it has drifted substantially from…

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Twitter Suspends Main Account, Multiple Staff Accounts for Education Website That Highlights CRT

February 4, 2022
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Twitter has suspended four accounts associated with “The Chalkboard Review,” a website that includes a detailed guide to critical race theory (CRT) along with other resources and commentary on education. The social media company, which named Parag Agrawal as CEO after founder Jack Dorsey stepped down from the role in November, suspended the publication’s main…

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Twitter Suspends Main Account, Multiple Staff Accounts for Education Website That Highlights Dangers of CRT

February 4, 2022
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismBusiness & EconomycensorcensorshipCompaniescritical race theoryCRTEducation & Family NewsFeatured TopicsLouie GohmertMadison CawthornMarjorie Taylor GreeneMatt WalshMedia & Big TechNational Education AssociationneaParag AgrawalRobert MaloneTroy NehlsTwitterUSUS News
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Twitter has suspended four accounts associated with “The Chalkboard Review,” a website that includes a detailed guide to critical race theory (CRT) along with other resources and commentary on education. The social media company, which named Parag Agrawal as CEO after founder Jack Dorsey stepped down from the role in November, suspended the publication’s main…

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