Private School Tuition Is Lower in States with School Choice

• The tuition rates at private schools are lower in states with school choice programs, a study found.
• According to a review of data by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, private school tuition in states with school choice increased by 15% over the past 10 years, while tuition in states that did not have school choice increased by 28%.
• The report, which was written by Heritage Foundation education scholars Lindsey Burke, Jason Bedrick, and Jay Greene, assessed the growth of tuition in states with and without school choice programs over the past 10 years.
• "The data show that, overall, the adoption of private school choice policies does not elevate tuition rates," the authors wrote. 
• "If anything, the estimated effect shows that enacting school choice results in private schools charging lower tuitions than they otherwise would, although that effect is not statistically significant."

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It’s Time to Protect Chinese Americans Targeted by China’s Espionage Teams

• On Aug. 3, the Department of Justice indicted and arrested two U.S. sailors on separate charges of “transmitting sensitive military information to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).”
• Though the Chinese Communist Party is well versed in modern, high-tech surveillance, it still uses tried-and-true espionage tactics.
• China is obtaining U.S. naval ship blueprints that potentially allow it to close the gap with U.S. naval capabilities at a discount.
• From infiltrating our education system through Confucius Institutes and harassing students to using ostensibly civilian-run media outlets to push pro-PRC propaganda, the party is engaged in unprecedented espionage efforts across the U.S. using a variety of methods.
• The lesson for Washington is clear: Chinese espionage is no longer limited to agents lurking in the shadows. China is using advanced and innovative methods and taking full advantage of every one of our weaknesses.

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Bidenomics Is a Boot on the Neck of American Oil

• Few presidents have done more to hamstring American oil production than Joe Biden, who has vowed to outright end our fossil fuel industry.
• Throughout Trump’s presidency, oil averaged $54 a barrel and rarely surpassed $65. Under Biden, oil has averaged $81 a barrel, a 50 percent increase, and even peaked above $120.
• As a result of Biden’s war on American energy, oil production has never recovered to its pre-pandemic peak, let alone the pre-pandemic trend.
• Higher fuel costs are a surefire way to increase the cost of living for the middle class, and Bidenomics has done that in spades. No amount of sycophantic and false media coverage will change this reality nor provide any relief for American families.

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