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We Know How To Make Classrooms Come Alive With The Sound of Learning
BY: BEANIE GEOGHEGAN Since its debut in 1965, The Sound of Music has remained a family favorite. Maria’s gentle and patient nature, along with her...
What Skills Are Needed for Lifelong Learning?
BY: YELLOW HEIGHTS After achieving the American dream, he set out to teach his favorite subject — math. He inspired students to learn, grow, and...
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...
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...
Why We Need the Franklin Standards: A Fresh Start for Science Education
BY: NATASHA JASPERSON The state of science education in the United States is at a crossroads. While the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were introduced...
Newcomers in the Classroom: How Immigration is Reshaping K-12 Schools
BY: NATASHA JASPERSON Immigration has profoundly affected K-12 education, influencing classroom demographics, instructional strategies, and school policies. More than 600,000 immigrant children have crossed the...
What is the Purpose of Education?
BY: YELLOW HEIGHTS After achieving the American dream, he set out to teach his favorite subject — math. He inspired students to learn, grow, and...
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...
How the Trump Administration is Shaping Education
BY: Erin Carson with special contribution by Owen Corey With the second Trump administration officially taking off at the end of January, President Trump has...
The Impact That DEI Removal is Having on Schools
BY: NIGEL PALM On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump began a new chapter in American education when he signed Executive Order 14151– an order...
Newsroom Weekly Round-Up
Every week our newsroom pulls together the top stories in education so you don't have to: Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s cellphone ban in schools advances...
Why Should Parents Care About NAEP Scores?
BY: BEANIE GEOGHEGAN Education think tanks, policymakers, legislators, and school leaders nationwide have all been laser-focused on one thing over the past few weeks–test scores....
FIE Open Letter Concerns and Suggestions House Bill 268
Download Brief as PDF Download Original Letter to Attorney General Summaries of concerns and suggestions presented to Georgia Legislators and other state officials regarding the...
Freedom In Education Position Statement on NAEP Scores
Introduction: The recent release of the National Assessment for Educational Progress’ (NAEP) 2024 report was sobering evidence of comprehensive decay in the American education system....
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...
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...
Zach Groshell’s Book Doesn’t Leave Teachers to Discover Best Practices: He Just Tells Them
BY: BEANIE GEOGHEGAN Before launching the reader into the “meat” of his book, the author, Zach Groshell gives fair warning to educators who prefer the...
Freedom In Education Founders Podcast Episode 33
In this episode, Beanie Geoghegan speaks with Dr. Josh Herring of Thales College on the state of education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxT-dj_592U
Freedom In Education Founders Podcast Episode 32
In this episode, Beanie Geoghegan speaks with Mike DeMatteo, a Veteran teacher, author and blogger on the state of education. Mike's substack: https://mikedimatteo.substack.com/about https://youtu.be/0JUjdDiS5v4
American Heroes Abound: Let’s Tell Their Stories
BY: BEANIE GEOGHEGAN Heroes give us hope and inspire us to strive to become better. Recognizing qualities and virtues in those heroes can lead to...
Freedom In Education Founders Podcast Episode 31
In this episode, Beanie Geoghegan speaks with Will Fitzhugh, the editor of the Concord Review. https://youtu.be/Qto7IK4j1ZQ
Restoration Church: How to Be Salt and Light In A Dark And Decaying World
One of our co-founders, Melissa Jackson appearing at Restoration Church in Alpharetta, Georgia to discuss FIE's mission. Please start at the 30-minute mark for the...
Freedom In Education Founders Podcast Episode 30
In this episode, Beanie Geoghegan speaks with Barry Garelick and James Wilson-- two math teachers who authored Traditional Math who will discuss the issues with...
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...
A Recap of the 2024 NCSS Conference
BY: BEANIE GEOGHEGAN Members of the Freedom In Education team recently returned from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference in Boston, MA,...
Freedom In Education Founders Podcast Episode 29
In this Freedom In Education Founders Podcast episode, Beanie Geoghegan speaks with Sarah Hunt of Liberty Common School in Colorado about their origin and mission...
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