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Free Movie Screening: Miss Virginia 0
- January 16, 2020
In celebration of this year’s National School Choice Week, the Independence Institute will be hosting a free, public screening of Miss Virginia on January 29 at 6PM. The movie tells the story of the school choice advocate Virginia Walden Ford, her efforts to secure better educational options for her son and others like him, and her role in the establishment
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Deadline for Teachers to Receive Up to $65 is Almost Here 0
- December 12, 2019
It’s already mid-December, which means that the deadline for teachers to request a refund of their CEA Every Member Option dollars is fast approaching. In fact, the deadline is only a few days away on December 15. Every year, a specified sum of money ($41 in 2019-20) is deducted from the paycheck of every full-time
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Deadline for Teachers to Receive Up to $65 is Almost Here 0
- December 12, 2019
It’s already mid-December, which means that the deadline for teachers to request a refund of their CEA Every Member Option dollars is fast approaching. In fact, the deadline is only a few days away on December 15. Every year, a specified sum of money ($41 in 2019-20) is deducted from the paycheck of every full-time
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ExcelinEd Holds Latest Summit on Eduction Reform 0
- November 27, 2019
Last week the Foundation for Excellence in Education (often abbreviated and styled as ExcelinEd) held its national summit that annually brings together countless education policy experts and activists. ExcelinEd was founded in 2007 by Jeb Bush shortly after he had finished his second term as Governor of Florida. While in office, Bush was a vehement
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ExcelinEd Holds Latest Summit on Eduction Reform 0
- November 27, 2019
Last week the Foundation for Excellence in Education (often abbreviated and styled as ExcelinEd) held its national summit that annually brings together countless education policy experts and activists. ExcelinEd was founded in 2007 by Jeb Bush shortly after he had finished his second term as Governor of Florida. While in office, Bush was a vehement
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Study Highlights the Need For More Information in Education Debates 0
- November 8, 2019
Last month, EdChoice released the results of the latest edition of its Schooling in America survey. Though the study’s findings were multifold, the connecting thread and the single most salient theme seems to be that concrete information about specific aspects of school choice and education reform more often than not serves to improve the respondent’s
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