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PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: How Teachers Unions Exploited COVID to Grab Funds While Keeping Schools Closed—Corey DeAngelis

August 2, 2022
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This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “You had the teachers unions lobbying the CDC to make it more difficult to reopen schools in person so that they could hold children’s education hostage to secure multiple multibillion-dollar ransom payments from the taxpayer. And it worked for them. They received about…

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Biden Administration Abandons Biology. What’s Next for Parents?

July 31, 2022
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Commentary Lia Thomas was recently nominated as the NCAA “Woman of the Year.” Just one problem: Thomas is male. Yet neither the “progressive media” nor the Biden administration sees this as problematic. Thomas, a collegiate swimmer, declared to be a girl. The “woke” media wrapped him in praise when he exited the pool a Division…

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The Turning Point: Is the Tide Shifting?

July 28, 2022
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At Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, I was able to interview a number of keynote speakers, who are encouraging students to become proactive in their education, as well as get involved politically on campus. Two of those speakers are highly prized at this summit: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep….

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Make Schools ‘A No-Go Zone for Closure,’ Says Education Expert

July 27, 2022
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As Ontario and other provinces offer more tax dollars to help students catch up on schooling losses during the pandemic, some education experts say the more important consideration is to keep schools from ever closing again. On July 25, the Ontario government presented a Plan to Catch Up that provides more than $26.6 billion in funding…

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Confucius Institutes 2.0: Chinese Government Money Speaks Loudly

July 26, 2022
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Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary In the book “Red Handed,” we meet a remarkable young man named Nathan Law, the Chinese-born, Hong Kong-raised leader of a pro-democracy effort called the “Umbrella Movement,” which protested Beijing’s crackdowns on freedom in Hong Kong. His efforts were brutally crushed by the Chinese government and Nathan Law went to…

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Why My Friends and I Had More Wisdom When We Were 12 Than College Students and Faculty Have Today

July 26, 2022
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Commentary The average 12-year-old student at a yeshiva has more wisdom than almost any student at Harvard or most other universities. (A yeshiva is an Orthodox Jewish school with an emphasis on religious studies. About half the school day is devoted to religious studies—taught from the original Hebrew sources.) This is probably true for many…

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Bored No More: What Escaping Government Schools Can Do for Our Kids

July 25, 2022
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It continually amazes me to see the proliferation of good coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly regarding its effects on the education system and the students in it. Yes, the attempt to somehow transfer the traditional classroom to an online environment was a disaster that left many students bored, but another story has emerged…

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PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

July 21, 2022
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This episode will premiere on Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education…

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PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET: Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

July 21, 2022
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This episode will premiere on Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education…

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Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

July 21, 2022
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America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education gaps have only widened since the establishment of the federal Department of…

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