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It’s Time to Change our Country’s Broken Education System

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 26, 2022

 Parents are sick of being called “domestic terrorists” and “extremists” by the Left, but they are even more sick of their children not getting the education they need. That’s why Republicans are proposing solutions that promote educational freedom, increase transparency, protect students from a radical leftist agenda, safeguard women’s sports, and promote free speech on college campuses. These proposals will make our entire education system work for America’s families.

See our fact sheet to find out more about the Republican Education Working Group’s plan to transform America’s education system.

In Case You Missed It via an op-ed in the Washington Examiner, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Jim Jordan (R-OH) offer solutions to our country’s broken education system.

Republican Solutions Will Restore America’s Education System
Rep. Virginia Foxx, Rep. Elise Stefanik, and Rep. Jim Jordan
August 25, 2022

Parents and students are bearing witness, in real time, to the decay of America’s education system, and they’re enraged at what they see. Plummeting academic standards, woke curricula, and secretive policies that encourage educators to lock parents out of the classroom—these are the new hallmarks of our public education system.

Families deserve serious, viable solutions before it’s too late. Republicans stand ready to deliver.

We believe the cause of freedom starts in the classroom. That is why education is so important. Students should never find themselves trapped in a failing school. Families should be empowered to find the best learning environments for their children... While the Biden administration, teachers unions, and bomb-throwing political opportunists on the Left want to quash educational freedom, Republicans are putting proposals like the bicameral Educational Choice for Children Act on the table. The Left’s one-size-fits-all approach to education is withering and dying on the vine—it’s time for change.

Parents have a solemn right to protect their children, and that right is non-negotiable. … That’s why Republicans put forward the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which makes clear that the innate rights of parents do not end at the school door, and that they must be able to hold administrators accountable.
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The Left is continuing to push their radical agenda on college campuses as well. … Silencing students and professors for challenging the status quo makes university officials no better than the cancel culture mob of the Left. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) introduced the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act, which would require universities to uphold the First Amendment and publicly share campus policies on free speech. If we want to remain a self-governed and free country, we must protect the freedom of speech.

Education is at the forefront of Americans’ minds because it matters. The Left has tried to take education out of the hands of parents, local governments, and the states for too long.
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Republicans, on the other hand, are the party of parents. … We will support parents and students. And when we are in the majority, we will have a referendum centered on educational freedom, and the voices of students and parents will not be silenced.

Read the full op-ed here.
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