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Democrats’ Anti-Worker Polices Won’t Help Our Country Compete with China

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Democrats are sneaking anti-worker and pro-union boss policies into their China bill. These provisions hurt our workforce and hold our economy back, ultimately making us less able to compete with China. Card Check Amendment Democrats’ “Card Check” amendment gets rid of the secret ballot for union elections, a hallmark of free and fair elections. If this becomes law, a union can be immediately form... Read more »

What You Should Know About Democrats’ America CONCEDES Act

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Democrats continue to wage a campaign against American workers, businesses, and students. Their so-called “competitiveness” bill creates wasteful programs, reduces opportunities for workers and students, and opens college campuses to exploitative and coercive investments by the Chinese Communist Party. Clearly, Democrats care more about appeasing China than empowering hardworking American citizens... Read more »

Falling College Enrollment Isn’t a Crisis

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Economists and researchers largely agree on the benefits of a college degree, as study after study show that its return on investment is, on average, positive. Progressive lawmakers and pundits take these findings out of context to push for their preferred polices, such as “free college,” while conveniently ignoring the fact that 4 in 10 college students never graduate or the swath of new research... Read more »

School Choice: The Clear Path to Student Success

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A high-quality education provides students with the necessary tools for success. However, many American students are kept from meeting their full potential because they are in a school that is not tailored to their needs. Families should be empowered to place students in an environment which will challenge and encourage them to achieve. School choice improves student safety. School safety ranks co... Read more »

School Choice Ensures Parents Have a Say in What Their Children Learn

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Washington bureaucrats do not know what is best for your child. Parents are the primary stakeholders in their child’s education. They are the ones with the moral obligation to see that their child receives an education; this duty cannot fall to the government. The left’s paternalistic attempts to insert themselves into the everyday lives of families, particularly when it comes to education, is dan... Read more »

Teachers Overwhelmingly Support School Choice

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Although powerful teachers unions used the pandemic as an excuse to go after school choice policies, new data suggests that teachers themselves support school choice. According to a recent survey by EdChoice, 77 percent of teachers asked were supportive of education savings accounts, 57 percent were supportive of school vouchers, and 64 percent were supportive of charter schools. Further, teachers... Read more »

School Choice Programs Increase Outcomes for Students and Lower Costs for Taxpayers

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Parents have asked for help with more educational options for decades. In the last few years that need has multiplied as many parents fed up with how their children have been treated during the pandemic. School choice gives families the opportunity to enroll their child in an institution that challenges them, develops their skills and intellect, and encourages them to reach higher. Studies show th... Read more »

School Choice is about Providing More Opportunities for Students to Excel

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Parents want what’s best for their children, and many know that isn’t always the public school they are zoned for. Students should have the opportunity to attend a school that meets their needs, whether that be at a different traditional public school, a public charter school, a private school, or home school. No child should be held back by their ZIP code. A good education is too important to lea... Read more »

Biden’s Radical Nominee David Weil: What They’re Saying

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Today, the Senate HELP Committee will vote on David Weil’s nomination as administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. After the Senate refused to consider Mr. Weil’s nomination in the First Session of the 117th Congress, President Biden renominated him. Clearly the Biden administration is bowing to its left-wing base by pursuing openly hostile and out-of-touch policies for wo... Read more »

The Parents Have Spoken: Public Schools Aren’t Measuring Up

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Parents are speaking up and the results are clear—they are unhappy with the performance of public schools. A new survey by Free to Learn found that parents are concerned with overall academic standards in K-12 schools and the prevalence of virtual learning. It also found that Americans believe parents should have a larger role in their child’s education. Academic Achievement Is Getting Further out... Read more »

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