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Lively 4th of July beach celebration, with families enjoying the sun, American flags planted in the sand, and a spectacular fireworks show reflecting over the ocean
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Keri D. Ingraham
July 10, 2025
Education
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Education Freedom Can Now Ring From Sea to Shining Sea

Keri D. Ingraham
July 10, 2025
Education
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This Independence Day weekend, American families had increasing reason to celebrate as education freedom is poised to span from the Pacific to the Atlantic, with the possibility of bringing school choice to children in all 50 states for the first time in our nation's history. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham
July 3, 2025
Education
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Is America Doomed to Decline?

Keri D. Ingraham
July 3, 2025
Education
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With the 250th anniversary of our nation upon us, many are reflecting on the past while also considering the future. What makes America unique? Where is the great American experiment headed? Are our best days behind us? Is America doomed to decline? Despite all America has overcome and achieved in the past, many people hold a pessimistic outlook for our nation’s future. Read More ›
R211T Inaugural
Governor Kathy Hochul and MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber unveil and take an inaugural ride on the first R211T subway along the C line from the 207 St Yard on Thursday, Feb 1, 2024. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
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Caitlin Cory
June 30, 2025
Homelessness
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New York Governor is Right to Invest in Mental Illness Treatment

Caitlin Cory
June 30, 2025
Homelessness
5
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The Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.
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David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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Memo to the Smithsonian: Make Humans Exceptional Again

David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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The nation’s museum shouldn’t be in the business of shaming the nation. But neither should it be in the business of belittling human beings, by all but equating us with chimps. Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture (CSC) has given extensive attention to the false science being fed to the nearly 4 million yearly visitors to the NMNH. Read More ›
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science lab where a group of high school students are actively engaged in a robotics class with the teacher
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Keri D. Ingraham
June 27, 2025
Education
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The Case for Industry-Specific High Schools

Keri D. Ingraham
June 27, 2025
Education
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Employers face growing challenges filling specialized jobs due to the misalignment between college coursework and the demands of today’s technologically driven labor markets. There is a rapidly growing need in high-demand and high-growth industries for employees who possess the necessary technical skills rather than a college degree. Yet the education pathways to these career fields are not keeping pace with the demand. Read More ›
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American Center for Transforming Education
June 20, 2025
Education
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Another White House Invitation

American Center for Transforming Education
June 20, 2025
Education
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American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham was at the White House last week. This was the second invitation this spring in recognition of her work to advance education freedom and other meaningful education reforms across the country. Read More ›
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Two days old newborn baby
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Wesley J. Smith
June 19, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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Brain-Dead Mother’s Baby Is Born

Wesley J. Smith
June 19, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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Last month, I wrote about Adriana Smith, the pregnant young mother who tragically experienced blood clots in the brain and was declared dead by neurological criteria. Adriana’s body was maintained with mechanical support to allow her baby to be gestated. Well, time has passed, and thankfully Adriana’s baby was born by emergency caesarian section. Read More ›