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Here Are 10 Reasons School Choice Is Winning
School choice is a growing movement, one that is already lifting thousands of kids across America. The results are tangible. And states are leading the way, giving parents more options in their children’s education than ever before. Here are 10 of the most promising benefits of school choice. 1. School choice is good for student… -
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House Republicans Vote Twice to Pay Government Employees During Shutdown
House Republicans have now twice voted to pay government employees during the partial shutdown, but neither bill has passed the Democrat-controlled chamber. “House Republicans have repeatedly introduced measures that would pay federal employees during the stalemate,” Rep. Mike Johnson, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said in a statement provided to The Daily Signal. “Unfortunately,… -
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Parents Deserve to be in the Driver’s Seat of Their Children’s Educations
How your children are educated is probably one of the most important decisions that parents can make. That is why the choice should rest with them and them alone. That’s what National School Choice Week is all about: celebrating policies that put parents where they belong—in the driver’s seat. Case in point: the D.C. Opportunity… -
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‘Gosnell’ DVD Best-Seller on Amazon
Ahead of its Feb. 5 DVD release, the underdog film “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer” is seeing success as it reaches No. 1 on Amazon’s best-sellers list in “drama DVDs.” “We have seen this all along,” said Phelim McAleer, the film’s producer, in a statement to The Daily Signal. “‘Gosnell’ is… -
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Auditing Our Auditors
The Roman satirist Juvenal, in a famous passage, asked, “Who will watch the watchmen?” That problem of policing the police has troubled Western thinkers from Plato to the American Founders. The framers of the Constitution set in place a brilliant series of legislative, executive, and judicial checks and balances to thwart the abuse of power… -
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Trump Stands Down to Pelosi in State of the Union Fight
In the battle over the State of the Union, President Donald Trump has decided to stand down. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., disinvited Trump in a letter Wednesday from delivering the State of the Union. Trump’s early reaction was, “We’ll do something in the alternative. I’ll be talking to you about that at a later… -
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Trump Targets 9th Circuit, Kavanaugh’s Former Seat Among 51 Judicial Renominations
President Donald Trump renominated 51 federal judges on Wednesday, including the replacement for now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and two nominees for the liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The nominations are going back to the Senate after having been left over from the… -
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Podcast: How Trump and Conservatives Can Outmaneuver the Left
Washington feels pretty dysfunctional right now, with the partial government shutdown over a month old. And still, Democrats won’t offer President Donald Trump any wall funding. So how did Washington actually get this way? And how can Trump and conservatives outmaneuver the left? Today, former Rep. Bob McEwen comments on those questions and explains how… -
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Trump Vows to Have SOTU in ‘Alternative’ Location
President Donald Trump said he would deliver the State of the Union in an “alternative” location after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said he would not be welcome in the House, the traditional venue. Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James, as part of a meeting of conservative leaders, told the president he was welcome to hold… -
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Notre Dame Joins the Crusade Against Columbus
The war on Columbus has been going on for a while—and it’s to be expected in far-left enclaves like Berkeley—but it’s sad to see America’s foremost Catholic university join in the crusade. The Rev. John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, announced Sunday that school officials would cover murals of Christopher Columbus, the… -
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A Big Legal Loss for Planned Parenthood
Thanks to Planned Parenthood’s annual report, more Americans are starting to understand why the country’s biggest abortion business doesn’t need taxpayer money. Texas has always thought so, which is why the state has worked for years to put the brakes on the organization’s government-funded gravy train. Now, thanks to the Trump administration, the Lone Star… -
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The Public School Monopoly Forces Kids to Learn Secular Humanism. We Need More Options.
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring this week, Jan. 20-26, as National School Choice Week. The proclamation expresses concern about performance of U.S. students in international surveys: 24th in reading, 25th in science, 40th in math. And it ascribes the cause of these disappointing statistics to the “consequences of the limitations imposed by a… -
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Betsy DeVos Hails Growth and Popularity of School Choice
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called it “imperative” that Congress reauthorize a scholarship program in the nation’s capital that allows children from low-income families to attend private schools. “The outcomes for students in D.C. have continued to improve, from the most underperforming district in the country to now one that is on a growth trajectory,” DeVos… -
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Planned Parenthood’s Annual Report Is Out. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Planned Parenthood quietly released its long-expected annual report covering 2017-2018 over the holiday weekend. The document affirms the assertion of new President Leana Wen that providing and expanding access to abortion is the “core mission” of Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood performed 332,757 abortions during the reported year, the most the abortion giant has reported since… -
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The Left’s Use of Intimidation to Silence Christians
If you’re Christian, shut up. That’s been the unmistakable message of our current culture in recent weeks. Karen Pence has been lambasted for her decision to teach at a Christian school. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, after asking a judicial nominee about his membership in the Catholic Knights of Columbus, has tied the organization to the… -
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Nathan Phillips Keeps Changing Story, Keeps Getting It Wrong
Native American activist Nathan Phillips has repeatedly misrepresented several facts about a viral incident between him and a group of boys from Kentucky's Covington Catholic High School that took place after Friday’s March for Life. Phillips has continued misrepresenting the incident, even as he has changed his version of events in the face of video debunking… -
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California State Senate Committee Bans Saying ‘He’ and ‘She’
Spiked Online editor Brendan O’Neill reacted to a California state Senate committee banning the words “he" and "she” during hearings and said it’s an example of political correctness run amok. “It’s crazy. It really shows how far the politically correct lobby are willing to go in terms of policing language,” O’Neill said on “Fox &… -
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New York Passes Bill on Roe v. Wade Anniversary Casting Abortion as a Woman’s Right
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday night that expands abortion access and codifies a woman’s right to abort under state law. Cuomo, a Democrat, signed the Reproductive Health Act on the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, making good on his promise to add abortion protections to the state constitution, according to The New York Post…. -
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I’m a Single Mom From the City. School Choice Has Changed My Kids’ Lives Forever.
Fifteen years ago, I found myself feeling hopeless and helpless in the nation’s capital. My children’s school situation was dismal. My older kids were academically driven, yet faced a steady stream of challenges. My youngest seemed completely overwhelmed and destined for failure. And when I looked around my neighborhood, I saw the same dismal situation… -
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‘I Was Not Disrespectful,’ Student in National Mall Incident Says
The high school student at the center of a media firestorm over an incident near the Lincoln Memorial says he didn’t mean any disrespect to a Native American activist who approached him and fellow students while beating a drum. “As far as standing there, I had every right to do so,” Nick Sandmann of Kentucky…