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Teachers’ Unions –The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
BY: Mike DiMatteo Yes, there’s a lot of talk these days about teachers’ unions—and most of it is bad. As a former teacher in Illinois,...
America’s Teacher Shortage Crisis: What’s Causing It And How We Can Fix It
BY: Amanda Vilus Executive Summary The United States is facing a national teacher shortage. Statistics show that by the middle of the year 2025 there...
Freedom in Education: Bi-Weekly Policy Brief
Issued by: The Freedom in Education Media Team Coverage Dates: July 14–July 25, 2025 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DOE) NEWS ⚖️ Supreme Court Backs Administration...
Oregon State Education: What Every Parent Needs to Know
BY: Owen Corey Despite record education spending, Oregon ranks at the bottom for student proficiency in math and reading. Parents deserve to know what’s behind...
Newsroom Weekly Round-Up: Top Stories You Need To Know
Every week our newsroom monitors the news for the top stories in education from a variety of sources ranging from the mainstream media to blogs...
The Importance of P.E. in Education
BY: Mike DiMatteo Sometime during the middle of my teaching career, around the mid-90s, there began a move away from P.E. and recess as being...
Freedom in Education: Weekly Policy Brief
Freedom in Education: Weekly Policy Brief Issued by: The Freedom in Education Media Team Coverage Dates: June 30–July 11, 2025 DISPATCHES FROM AN EVENTFUL...
Newsroom Weekly Round-Up: Top Stories You Need To Know
Every week our newsroom monitors the news for the top stories in education from a variety of sources ranging from the mainstream media to blogs...
Letter from The President: Closing the Achievement Gap
BY: Melissa Jackson Over the past two months, we’ve focused on the true purpose of education: human flourishing. Yet for decades, K–12 classrooms have been...
Washington State Education: What Every Parent Needs to Know
By: Owen Corey Since 2011, Washington State has followed the Common Core Standards in math and English Language Arts (ELA). These standards focus on helping...
Newsroom Weekly Round-Up: Top Stories You Need To Know
Every week our newsroom monitors the news for the top stories in education from a variety of sources ranging from the mainstream media to blogs...
Freedom in Education: Weekly Policy Brief
Issued by: The Freedom in Education Media Team Coverage Dates: June 23–27, 2025 🇺🇸 SCOTUS Rules in Mahmoud v. Jefferson County Board of Education...
Carpool Talk E2 Three-Cueing
In this episode Apryl Dukes-McDaniel and Miranda Stovall uncover the truth behind three-cueing, a formerly very popular methodology of teaching students how to read that...
School Boards – The Ignored Problem in Education
BY: Michael DiMatteo I’ll never forget my first summer camp at a public school. I’d been teaching for three years at a Catholic high school...
Freedom in Education: Weekly Policy Brief
Issued by: The Freedom in Education Media Team Coverage Dates: June 9–20, 2025 1. LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW 📜 SCOTUS Ruling...
Newsroom Weekly Round-Up: Top Stories You Need To Know
Every week our newsroom monitors the news for the top stories in education from a variety of sources ranging from the mainstream media to blogs...
Archimedes vs. Common Core: A Smarter Approach to Math Education
BY: NATASHA JASPERSON Common Core was developed to set national scholastic English and mathematics standards for the United States. Until its introduction, states set their...
Freedom in Education and The National Association of Scholars Release the Archimedes Math Standards
For Immediate Release: Freedom in Education and The National Association of Scholars Release the Archimedes Math Standards Model Standards Promote Academic Excellence and Restore Coherence...
Inquiry-based Learning From A Student’s Perspective
Guest Blog By Gigi from Kentucky: When I was in grade school, they implemented a program called “individual progression”. This would be inquiry-based learning today. ...
The Deception of Grade Inflation On A Bigger Scale
BY: Beanie Geoghegan Grade inflation is real and becoming more prevalent across all levels of education. While education researchers like Adam Tyner and others have...
Trends in Student Learning: A Call to Return to Proven Practices
A Letter from the President Trends in Student Learning: A Call to Return to Proven Practices BY: MELISSA JACKSON In April, I wrote about how...
Carpool Talk Episode 1: Project Follow Through
In our premier episode Apryl Dukes-McDaniel and Miranda Stovall uncover the truth behind Project Follow Through-- the largest and most expensive educational study in our...
Founders Podcast ft. Larissa Phillips on Adult Literacy (S2:E4)
In this episode of The Founders Podcast, Larissa Phillips examines the challenges of adult literacy and its impact on individuals and communities. The discussion highlights...
A Principal’s Call to Action: Supporting Teachers to End the Resignation Crisis
BY: Nathan Gwinn At Freedom in Education, we recently published a sobering piece on the teacher resignation crisis, unpacking why educators are leaving in droves—burnout,...
Founders Podcast ft. Robert Pondiscio on knowledge-rich curriculum (S2:E3)
In this episode, Beanie Geoghegan speaks with Robert Pondiscio on the importance of knowledge-rich curriculum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaMFL1IFXPg
It’s Classroom Discipline, Silly
BY: Mike DiMatteo How We Got Here Discipline. Even the word sounds harsh, fostering images of drill instructors yelling in a fresh recruit’s face, or...
The Purpose of Education: Human Flourishing Over Progress
A Letter from the President The Purpose of Education: Human Flourishing Over Progress BY: MELISSA JACKSON For some, education is a likable word. Britannica defines...
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