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“Nation’s Report Card” Shows More Failing Grades for Common Core

  • April 19, 2018
  • Jane Robbins
This article was originally posted at The Hill and co-authored by Emmett McGroarty, a senior fellow at the American Principles Project. Since the Common Core national standards were dumped on American…
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Expanding Unproven “Social Emotional Learning” Will Not Make Schools Safer

  • April 13, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning, a joint effort of the Aspen Institute and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), has recently released more…
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Parents Beware: Mental Screening of Students Ramps Up in Texas

  • April 12, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
While federal, state, and local officials are trying to improve student safety in the wake of the tragic Parkland, Fla., school shooting, the heightened concern over student mental health has…
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OECD Pushes Facebook-Style Personality Profiling of Students Worldwide

  • April 6, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
In an article for The Daily Caller last week, APP senior fellows Emmett McGroarty and Jane Robbins clearly explained the dangers and consequences for education of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal. Those…
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One Thing President Trump Can Do Now to Make Schools Safer

  • April 3, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The School Safety Commission ordered by President Trump that will discuss and recommend ways to keep schools safer after the tragic Parkland, Fla., school shooting in February is set to…
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Congress Explodes Deficits, Expands Nanny State with Disastrous Omnibus Bill

  • March 23, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Tragically for our children’s futures and freedoms — but predictably, as we warned here and here — Congress heeded very few general principles or President Trump’s good ideas about preserving freedom and…
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Florida “School Safety” Bill Would Make Schools Anything But Safe

  • March 9, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Sadly, the great wisdom contained in Ben Franklin’s maxim, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” was entirely lost…
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Progressives Renew Push for Nanny State Programs — Despite Poor Results

  • March 5, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Progressives in both parties are continuing to use the government-created problem of fatherless poor and minority families to peddle their schemes of expanding the role of government-as-parent yet again to…
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Turning Teachers Into Psychotherapists Will Not Prevent School Shootings

  • February 27, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
In the rush to “do something” to respond to the horrific and tragic Parkland shooting in Florida, a Florida Senate committee considered bills on Monday that greatly expand mental screening…
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Trump’s Budget Cuts Fed Role in Education — But Will Congress Follow His Lead?

  • February 16, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The Trump administration’s fiscal 2019 education budget contains many reductions and eliminations that should give hope to parents and privacy advocates. But sadly, congressional appropriators seem almost as genetically incapable…
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Congress Explodes Deficit, Expands Nanny State Programs with Budget Deal

  • February 9, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Despite courageous efforts by Senator Rand Paul, other fiscally conservative senators, and the House Freedom Caucus, as well as the objections of pro-amnesty Democrat members in both chambers, Congress passed…
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“Personalized Learning”: The Big Problem with Education’s Latest Fad

  • February 8, 2018
  • Lisa Hudson
We’re a culture of trend followers, forever chasing the next big thing — whether clothes, cars, food, or fashion. The education sector is no different, racking up failed trend after…
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APP’s Jane Robbins Reveals Dangers of Gov’t Data Mining to Congress (VIDEO)

  • February 2, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
On January 30th, American Principles Project senior fellow Jane Robbins gave outstanding testimony at a U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled “Protecting Privacy, Promoting Policy: Evidence-Based Policymaking and…
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It’s Time for Congress to End These Federal Intrusions into Preschool

  • January 29, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Last Thursday’s edition of Politico’s Morning Education had a short blurb on the status of the preschool development grants, yet another ill-considered federal preschool program imposed by the Every Student…
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Betsy DeVos Just Delivered a Promising Speech. Will Her Actions Back It Up?

  • January 23, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos gave an interesting speech to the American Enterprise Institute last week. In some parts, it contained rhetoric that skeptical conservatives have been waiting to hear.…
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Debunking 5 False Claims About “Social Emotional Learning”

  • January 15, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The National Commission on Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (SEL) that we have discussed and warned about had a major gathering in Tacoma, Wash., this past November and sent out…
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Looking Ahead: 4 Predictions for Education Policy in 2018

  • January 5, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Happy New Year! Here is a brief update on federal education issues we were following before Christmas and some predictions as 2018 begins. As always, the contrast between policies that…
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Will Congress Spend Big on This Failed Education Program in 2018?

  • December 28, 2017
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The corporations, foundations, investors, and politicians funded by them have been working hard this year to promote competency-based education (CBE), also called personalized learning, as well as its evil sibling,…
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Why Is the College Board Politicizing AP History Classes?

  • December 21, 2017
  • Jane Robbins
This article was originally posted at The Federalist and co-authored by Emmett McGroarty, a senior fellow at the American Principles Project. History repeats itself. The College Board, which controls much of the…
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Grading the GOP’s Latest Education Bill: Needs Improvement (on Data Privacy)

  • December 18, 2017
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The House Education and Workforce Committee completed their mark-up last week of HR 4508, which they have named the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act.…
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