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This National School Choice Week, Independent Women’s Forum joins advocates nationwide to celebrate education freedom and policy solutions that bring more school choice to more students. Offering educational options ensures that parents and students are not trapped in their residentially-assigned public schools.

In celebration of NSCW, we’ve announced the release of our newest podcast, "Students Over Systems." The show's conversations will chart a path to greater education freedom and brighter futures. Guests will include parents sharing personal stories; advocates with a relentless desire to expand education opportunities; and policymakers who have the power to make education freedom a reality.
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** Just In: Will 2023 Be Bright or Bleak for K-12 Educational Freedom? ([link removed]) Read ([link removed])
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** HURTING NOT HELPING ([link removed])
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** Colleges Should Educate Conservative Students – Not Brainwash Them ([link removed])
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Self-censorship leads to less intellectual diversity on campus and fewer views being heard, debated, and accepted. The result is often the progressive worldview that so troubled Rockwell. Leftist professors and campus cultures that are dominated by progressive views can become a recipe for disaster. Read More ([link removed])
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
America Reports | Virginia School Districts Have “Misplaced Priorities” Watch ([link removed])

Washington Times | Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Working To Undermine State’s Educational Freedom Read ([link removed])

Fox Across America | The Danger of Erasing Biological Norms Listen ([link removed])

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Virginia Families Need Education Freedom – Now More Than Ever Read ([link removed])


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** Virginia’s Proposed New Standards of Learning Embrace History ([link removed])
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Consistent with a process that saw input from groups as diverse as the African American Advisory Board and the Commission to Combat Antisemitism, the proposed standards include essential discussions of the Holocaust, the civil rights movement, the treatment of Native Americans, and the impact of religions. Learn More ([link removed])


** Spotlight: ([link removed]) Real Reform Must Involve Superintendents ([link removed]) Read ([link removed])
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** Escaping Your Government-Assigned School ([link removed])
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Corey DeAngelis, senior fellow with the American Federation for Children, joins Escaping Your Government-Assigned School to review 2022 school choice victories and discuss potential 2023 education freedom wins.
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** [link removed] Now: It’s Time To Put Kids First in Education. ([link removed]) Share Your Story ([link removed])
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** National School Choice Week ([link removed])
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Can you identify which of the following statements is not true?

A. School choice benefits the students and families who remain in public schools.
B. School choice programs drain money from public education.
C. School choice benefits teachers.
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** National School Choice Week Q&A With Virginia Walden Ford ([link removed])
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As school choice advocates, we MUST continue to teach, talk [with], and support parents. We MUST continue to reach out to families who are unsure what to do to help their children. I believe that when parents hear the stories of those who have been fighting and have experienced some success, it gives them the courage to stand firm and use their voices to become warriors for America’s children.
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** Virginia Families Need Education Freedom – Now More Than Ever ([link removed])
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The education savings account proposal would provide approximately $4,500 each year for each child. Public school and rising kindergarten students who are not already enrolled in a private school or homeschool would be eligible to leave the public school system and access ESAs.
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