It's Teacher Appreciation Week! Parents have showered their children’s teachers with treats and gifts this week in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week. The week also provides the opportunity to ask why teachers’ union leaders prioritize political activism rather than classroom teachers' significant concerns. Teachers report that they are overwhelmed by students’ misbehavior and academic needs. After years of instruction disrupted by cruel COVID-era closures, K-12 teachers are facing disengaged students, alarming learning loss, and discipline issues that are creating an unsafe environment for both teachers and students. For many, the chaos has inspired them to quit. As education freedom expands across the country, more teachers will have the opportunity to leave the public system and work in healthy environments where they can feel safe and appreciated. This Teacher Appreciation Week, parents and educators in the six states (with more to follow) that significantly expanded school choice options this year can celebrate the opportunities education freedom will provide. – Ginny Gentles, Director of the Education Freedom Center

CHAMPION MESSAGE

Last year, Payton McNabb, a North Carolina high school athlete and Independent Women’s Forum spokeswoman, was seriously injured during a volleyball game where a biological male on the opposing women's team forcefully spiked the ball into her head. The sheer impact from the volleyball knocked McNabb unconscious and exhibiting a fencing response. She continues to suffer significant physical and mental effects today. McNabb is now speaking up to keep women's sports female, so no other female athlete suffers injuries from a male athlete.

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HURTING NOT HELPING

New EPA Rule Shows Biden’s EV Push Is Just a Pipe Dream

The Biden administration released new emissions control standards for vehicles. Billed as the “most ambitious climate regulations” ever, they have captured headlines, but technical realities and high costs have both rules headed straight for a brick wall. Read More.

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

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DID YOU KNOW

April Jobs Report Hides Troubling Employment Trends

Sidelined American workers deserve new flexible opportunities that Biden’s Labor Secretary nominee would gut. Patrice Onwuka, director of IWF's Center for Economic Opportunity, issued this statement: “The labor force participation rate at 62.6% is still well below its pre-pandemic level (63.3%) as millions of workers remain out of the labor force. With high prices still outpacing pay increases — but with 9.6 million positions available — now should be the time for sidelined workers to return to the labor force to boost household finances.” Read More.

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TWO TRUTHS & A LIE

Charter Schools

National Charter School Week (May 7-13, 2023) provides an opportunity to discuss common misconceptions about charter schools.

Can you identify which of the three following statements is not true about charter schools?

A. Charter schools are public schools.
B. Charter schools are highly selective and cherry-pick the best students.
C. Charter schools have a wide variety of missions and approaches to educating students.

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

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CAPSULE REVIEW

Reading Retention Laws Point to Educational Crisis

When students go back to school in the fall, many of them will be right back in the same grade level they experienced this past school year. Reading retention laws in places like West Virginia, Florida, Mississippi, and Indiana require students to retake the third grade if they score below a certain threshold on a standardized reading test.

Inflation Still Too High? Let Them Eat EVs

Inflation rose 5% last month compared with one year prior, according to the latest consumer price index. That is the lowest level of price increases since May 2021, though it’s still not down to pre-Biden and pre-pandemic levels. Inflation’s easing may provide some relief, but it will be too late to rescue many once-thriving American households.

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