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School Choice

Education Department Debate Is About Creating Anti-LGBTQ+ Worldview

Fact: MAGA Republicans want to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). It’s one of the few items on the to-do list of Trump’s Agenda 47 and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 (AKA “Agenda...

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Diversity

DEI Is The New N-Word

The terms/acronyms “woke,” “DEI,” and “CRT” are used in a derogatory way, interchangeably, as a coded language to signify or designate a Black person as either Black or the N-word. Political...

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Diversity

DEI Is The Boogeyman Of Far Right Fairytales, But What Is It In Real Life?

To hear some MAGA folks talk about DEI sounds a lot like the scene in the first John Wick movie when Viggo explains to his son why they liken the unstoppable assassin to the mythical creature Baba...

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whole child

Balancing Act: The Intersection of Faith and Education in America's Public Schools

Recent legislative and judicial developments are significantly altering the role of religion in public schools across the United States. In Oklahoma, State Superintendent Ryan Walters has mandated...

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Diversity

Rick Hess Misses The Need For Grow Your Own Teachers Programs

“This seems like the apotheosis of putting the needs of ‘the system’ over those of the kid.” That’s the central point Rick Hess made in his recent response to an “Ask Rick” reader who probed him on...

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Diversity

Three Ways School Districts Can Improve Inclusive Hiring Practices

School districts across the country have launched diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives with the best of intentions. Knowing that representation in the classroom boosts academic...

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