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Legal Firearms on College Campuses Don’t Increase Violence, Universities Report

Published February 5, 2020

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The College Fix, a news website, contacted “multiple public universities in states where campus carry is legal,” and none of those responding reported any increase in gun violence since adopting policies allowing campus carry.
Heartland Institute Education Expert Reacts to President Trump’s State of the Union Address

Published February 4, 2020

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President Trump in his State of the Union address made perhaps the strongest statements in support of school choice ever in that annual speech.
Partners in Liberty: The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)

Published February 4, 2020

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The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) was founded in 1985 to promote a positive, alternative voice on environmental and development issues within the United States and internationally.
Heartland Weekly: Canceling Student Debt Would Be a Big Mistake

Published February 3, 2020

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Week of January 27, 2020
Five Reasons National School Choice Week Keeps Growing

Published February 1, 2020

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Here are five reasons (out of thousands!) why NSCW keeps breaking records.
Lessons Kids Can Learn from a School Choice Pioneer

Published February 1, 2020

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State by state, CSAs could build on the pioneering breakthrough in school choice that Virginia Walden Ford and others achieved 15 years ago with the Opportunity Scholarships in the federal city.
Case Alleging University Mishandled Sexual Misconduct Cases Dismissed

Published January 30, 2020

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Title IX of the Higher Education Act requires colleges to investigate incidents of sexual misconduct as matters of discrimination.
Miss Virginia Makes the Grade

Published January 28, 2020

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Hollywood gives school choice a fair, positive representation.
Happiness, Thy Name is National School Choice Week

Published January 21, 2020

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School Choice Week showcases the interest in school choice and pent-up demand for more of it. Whether supply meets that demand will depend in part on decisions in the political and legal realms.
Power to the Parents!

Published January 21, 2020

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The abusive education monopoly must go.
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to Poll Showing Parent Support of Child Safety Accounts

Published January 21, 2020

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“Child Safety Accounts are one of the best solutions to student safety concerns and need to be implemented throughout America, not just in Colorado.” - Lennie Jarratt
California Prevents Public Schools from Suspending K-8 Students for ‘Willful Defiance’

Published January 21, 2020

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S.B. 419 expands the prohibition to students in charter schools.
Texas Takes Control of Houston Public Schools

Published January 21, 2020

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Teachers unions and members of the HISD Board of Trustees, who were locally elected, oppose the state takeover, but the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is appointing a new superintendent and community board for the district.
Heartland Weekly: Crop Yields Contradict Climate Doom

Published January 21, 2020

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Week of January 13, 2020
One in Four New York State Teachers Outside NYC Get Six-Figure Salaries

Published January 14, 2020

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Empire Center Posts Data on Teachers' Compensation at SeeThroughNY.net
How Common Core-Aligned Tests Are Turning College Students Into High School Students

Published January 14, 2020

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What, then, can college readiness test scores in mathematics and reading tell us?
Heartland Weekly: Climate Alarmists Winning the War of Words

Published January 13, 2020

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Week of January 6, 2020
Bernie’s Education Plans are Bonkers

Published January 8, 2020

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If we all took Sen. Bernie Sanders’ education plans with the requisite grain of salt necessary, there would be a severe salt shortage.
Organization Tracks Lawsuits Challenging Colleges’ Sexual Misconduct Policies

Published January 7, 2020

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FIRE’s Campus Due Process Litigation Tracker is a searchable database of Title IX litigation.
Taxing Californians’ Patience

Published January 2, 2020

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The new Prop. 13, very much unlike the iconic original, hurts taxpayers.
Legal Challenge to Campus Speech Codes Settled

Published December 27, 2019

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University of Michigan Eliminates Its "Bias Response Teams"
The Faux Nonprofit Prophets

Published December 27, 2019

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The clamor over for-profit charters has no substance whatsoever.
AMA Calls for Health Economics Classes in Medical Schools

Published December 20, 2019

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In addition to promoting classes on climate change, the American Medical Association (AMA) now wants medical school curricula to include classes on “health economics.”
Innovative Micro-Schools Help Meet Demand for Education Alternatives

Published December 17, 2019

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As private school costs increase and more Catholic schools—known historically for lower tuition costs than secular academies—close, the education marketplace is responding with innovative options.

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