Commentary As parents prepare to send their children back to school, many will have made decisions about their child’s education that will not only put them on a different trajectory, but also impact the public education system, which is being used in too many districts to indoctrinate more than educate. Stories about drag queens in kindergarten, forcing…
Parental Rights New Litmus Test for GOP; Arizona Best in Class for School Choice
Students are back in school in Arizona, but it feels a little different this year. Now, every parent in the state has the option to either keep their child in public school or spend their $7,000 in taxes, educating them another way. The new law affects 1.1 million K-12 students, making Arizona the “gold standard”…
School Choice Looms as Electoral Stealth Issue
July 29, 2022
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Conservatives gathered at the pro-Trump America First Policy Summit in Washington this week talked about numerous issues like soaring crime, the ailing economy, and tensions abroad. One topic, though, emerged as a stealth issue and potentially significant factor in the upcoming elections: school choice. The policy seeks to give parents who want to take their children…
School Choice Benefits All Students and Teachers, Including Those in Public Schools: Betsy DeVos
For over two decades, former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has promoted policies including school choice to enable parents to direct their children’s education for improved outcomes. DeVos’s new book, “Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and The Future of the American Child,” lays out her solutions to fixing the United States’ antiquated…
Preferred Pronouns and More: What I Saw at a Teachers Union Convention
Commentary As a teacher, I attended the recent National Education Association convention, and my worst fears were confirmed. Public schools are no longer a safe place for families who hold traditional values or for families who believe gender (as in male/female binary) is biologically determined. It was also evident that the teachers union is a…
Parents Across the Board Support School Choice, Politicians Should Take Heed: Education Policy Expert
Corey DeAngelis, national director of research at the American Federation for Children (AFC), says parents across party lines share the sentiment that political candidates should advocate for parental rights and school choice, or face defeat in the November midterm elections. In an interview for NTD at FreedomFest 2022, DeAngelis said school choice is popular and politically advantageous,…
Arizona Governor Signs Universal School Choice Law: ‘The First in the Nation’
Arizona, with a new law granting scholarship funds to all families that wish to customize their child’s education, has become the state with the “most expansive” school choice policy in the nation. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday signed into law HB 2853, which passed the Republican-majority state legislature last month in a party-line vote….
Education Freedom and Secretary Betsy DeVos
Commentary Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has come up with a bold, liberating approach to giving younger Americans the best possible education. She calls it education freedom. Education freedom is an important concept because it recognizes both the structural and technological opportunities for learning that have emerged since the development of the school choice…
U.S. Pro-Abortion Protests; Demonstrations Turn Chaotic in AZ; Arizona Expands School Choice Policy | NTD Daybreak
Over the weekend pro-abortion protests across the U.S. In Arizona, demonstrations turned chaotic with protesters vandalizing monuments and trying to kick in glass doors at the State Senate building. Arizona expands its School choice program to include all students—giving parents more freedom over their children’s education. Find out why it’s being called the ‘Gold Standard’…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Maine Tuition-Assistance Program for Religious Discrimination
June 21, 2022
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The Supreme Court voted 6–3 to strike down as unconstitutional a Maine law that excludes families from a student aid program if they choose to send their children to religious schools, in a decision released June 21. The ruling is a defeat for the Biden administration, which supported Maine’s position. Under the program, school districts…
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