Stories From the Frontlines of Education Freedom
Real stories from real people putting kids first in education
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View MoreIn our government-run public schools, students often come last.
It’s time to put kids first. It’s time to give parents a choice in how and where their children learn. And it’s time to allow education funding to follow students, not ideologically-captured systems.
Teachers unions and union-supported school board members created a learning loss, discipline, and chronic absenteeism crisis by fighting to keep public schools closed during the Covid era.
Parents are eagerly pursuing alternatives to their residentially-assigned school, and using state education freedom programs to access education options that meet their children’s individual needs.
Parents need leverage. They deserve more control and better options when it comes to their children’s education. Education should prioritize students over systems.
Special education teacher Karin Majewski put her career on the line to help public school teachers and support staff learn about union alternatives.
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Explore Our Voices
Hear stories from students, teachers, parents, and school administrators about their experiences in schools, and how they’re trailblazing new education models that put children first.
Reports
This Virginia District Spent Nearly $26,000 Sending Senior Administrators to a DEI Conference Amid Budget Shortfall
Fairfax County Public Schools paid about $26,000 to send 15 senior administrators to a…
Profile
This Portland Mom Asked Questions. The School District Banned Her
Allison Roberts questioned politics in her son’s elementary school, which led to a her…
Profile
This California Dad Got Fed Up With His Son’s School, So He Ran For School Board and Won
After watching his son clash with California’s COVID-era school rules, Anthony Carnevale ran for…
Reports
Alabama’s ‘Taylor’s Law’ Creates New Incentive For School Discipline
An Alabama law enacted in 2009, aimed at discouraging both reckless driving and poor…
Profile
North Carolina Dad Demands Answers Over Elementary School’s Cross-Dressing Teacher
When his young children came home with questions over a cross-dressing music teacher, this…
Reports
University of Wisconsin-Madison Faces Lawsuit for Race-Discriminatory Practices
Despite clear federal and state rulings against race-based scholarships and college admission, the University…
Commentary
New Mexico Is Failing Students by Failing Parents
New Mexico schools are using a federal law to keep parents in the dark,…
Profile
New Mexico Mother Warns Parents Are Being Shut Out of Their Children’s Education
After repeated battles against public education officials over sex education, explicit books, and curriculum…
Commentary
The Merit Gap: How Eliminating Tests Failed Students and Schools
In 2020, many universities and magnet high schools eliminated standardized testing requirements as part…
Profile
Inside The Organization Providing Sex Education Material to Combat ‘The Gender Unicorn’
Inspired by her own childhood experience with gender dysphoria, Cynthia Breheny is creating books…
Profile
This Former Firefighter Is Forging the Future of Education Freedom
Denise Lever was a firefighter for more than a decade, but now helps other…
Profile
How Radical Gender Ideology Pushed One Family Out of New Mexico’s Public Schools
Dana Tapia pulled her 6-year-old son out of his New Mexico public school after…
Profile
Former Wisconsin School Board Leader Exposed an Invasive School Policy, But Hundreds of Districts Still Have It
Former Menomonee Falls School Board President Dr. Nina Christensen led the effort to remove…
Your Voices
“What I really want is for people to feel emboldened to speak up…”
“We work for the constituents who sent us here, not union interests…”
“In my opinion, this feels like a way for schools to scare [Christians] out of schools…”
“They said, ‘This is when you’re going to start to decide what your gender is…’”
“I’m fighting for a better future for our daughter…”
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