U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), and 11 colleagues today urged the Department of Education to reconsider proposed rules that would redefine the Charter School Program, stripping parents of their ability to choose the best school for their child. “Rather than overseeing and enforcing existing safeguards intended to ensure that high-quality schools … Continue reading Scott, Cassidy Working to Save School Choice After Bureaucrats Threaten to Gut It
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With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Plainville Community School District educator Christina Corvello successfully exercised her First Amendment right to stop subsidizing the activities of a union she opposes. Despite Connecticut Education Association (CEA) union officials trying to restrict the exercise of her right to a narrow span … Continue reading CEA Union Officials Back Down after Plainville Community School District Teacher Exercises Right to Cut Off Dues
Senator Mike Braun joined Senator James Lankford and Sens. Ted Cruz, Jim Inhofe, Mike Lee, John Boozman, Rand Paul, M.D. and Josh Hawley in sending a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland to defend parents who advocate for their children. The Senators demand that Garland immediately and publicly rescind an October 4th memorandum targeting … Continue reading Senators demand DOJ rescind memo labeling parents domestic terrorists, comply with FOIA requests
The integrity of the U.S. academic system is under attack, yet President Biden is more concerned with pushing outrageous spending packages than he is with protecting students. Biden displayed this complacency last year by rescinding the Trump administration's proposal to strengthen the enforcement of foreign gift reporting requirements, even after a bombshell Department of Education … Continue reading Foxx Warns About Foreign Influence on College Campuses
In case you missed it, US News & World Report’s Lauren Camera published a story on Club for Growth aggressively challenging opposition to school choice. Click here to read the US News & World Report story. Click here to read more about the Club for Growth ads in Oklahoma. Story Excerpts Why School Choice is Roiling the … Continue reading “School Choice Is The New Litmus Test For Republicans
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement slamming Education Secretary Cardona’s response to the passage of the Parental Rights in Education bill, in the Florida State Legislature: “The Department of Education is a bureaucratic monolith that clearly has no understanding of federalism—nor its own jurisdiction. Overstepping its bounds and … Continue reading Foxx Slams Democrats’ Response to Florida’s Parental Rights Bill
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has issued a special legal notice to teachers and other staff at Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, whom officials of the Minnesota Federation of Teachers (MFT) union, St. Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE) union, and other unions have ordered to strike beginning March 8. Both MFT … Continue reading National Right to Work Foundation Issues Special Legal Notice for Minneapolis and St. Paul Public School Teachers Ahead of Strike
From The Center Square: A California union has backed down after facing a potential legal action threatened by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on behalf of a former California charter school teacher.A former Camino Nuevo Charter Academy teacher in Los Angeles, California, has received a refund for dues the union took from her … Continue reading Union Bosses Cave, Refund Charter School Teacher’s Confiscated Money
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