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Why Ohio Should Reject “Social Emotional Learning” Standards

  • May 10, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
A committee of the Ohio State Board of Education is scheduled to vote on advancing a proposal to the full state board to implement statewide social emotional learning (SEL) standards…
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New Law, Same Story: Fed Ed Tyranny Continues Under ESSA

  • April 17, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) passed Congress in 2015 despite the strong protests of more than 200 organizations and leaders after claims by leadership about the legislation: “Prohibiting the…
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Does America Really Want a Federalized School Choice Program?

  • February 11, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
During last week’s State of the Union speech, President Trump spoke briefly on education by stating, “To help support working parents, the time has come to pass school choice for…
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Should Trump Merge the Education and Labor Departments? Grassroots Say No.

  • July 5, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The dream of economic central planners as outlined in Mark Tucker’s infamous letter to Hillary Clinton “to remold the entire American system” into “a seamless web that literally extends from…
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Big Business and the Administrative State: A Match Made in the Swamp

  • May 2, 2018
  • Emmett McGroarty
This article was originally posted at The Hill and co-authored by Jane Robbins, an attorney and senior fellow at the American Principles Project. “The swamp” has become a catch-all term for…
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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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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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The Department of Education Is Ruining US Schools. It’s Time to End It.

  • September 20, 2017
  • Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg
There is a bill awaiting the 115th United States Congress, H.R. 899, which calls for an end to our dreadful U.S. Department of Education. The elegant simplicity of this bill…
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Man Up, State Leaders! It’s Time to Declare Independence on Education!

  • July 27, 2017
  • Jane Robbins
With implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) under the U.S. Department of Education (USED), objections are flying to this or that policy (to the extent policy can be…
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Alabama Wants Local Control over Education. Will President Trump Deliver?

  • June 16, 2017
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
During the 2015 fight over the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), over 200 parent and conservative organizations and leaders denounced the bill due to its extension of tight control over state…
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President Trump Issues Order to Rein in Department of Education

  • April 27, 2017
  • Emmett McGroarty
This piece was co-authored by Jane Robbins, an attorney and senior fellow at the American Principles Project. On Wednesday President Trump issued an executive order directing Secretary of Education Betsy…
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Clinton Calls Common Core “Laudable Effort,” Repeats False Talking Points

  • October 19, 2016
  • Paul Dupont
Hillary Clinton has once again sounded off on Common Core, and this time, we don’t need any leaked emails to determine where she stands. Last week, The Washington Post published…
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Obama Administration Wants to Kiss Your Local Schools Goodbye

  • September 16, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
If the Obama administration and its supporters have their way, the suburban neighborhood school could be headed for extinction. In a veritable symphony of bureaucratic coordination, the administration has figured…
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Why Did These 12 States Betray Their Own Sovereignty?

  • July 29, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
Most of us are familiar with Stockholm syndrome, a psychological condition in which hostages develop feelings of solidarity with their captors and negative feelings toward others, such as the police,…
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Local and State Officials “Just Say No” to the Department of Education

  • July 20, 2016
  • Emmett McGroarty
Piercing the gloom of the current educational and political landscape are a few glimmers of hope. One promising development is that some state and local education officials are now openly…
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Progressive Ideology, Meet Parents. Parents, Meet Federalism.

  • June 24, 2016
  • Anna Anderson
A significant introduction has been made, but there’s one more that needs to happen. While a new Quinnipac poll is showing that Americans are still evenly divided over whether a…
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