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? Read

CHAMPION MESSAGE

HURTING NOT HELPING

Colleges Should Educate Conservative Students – Not Brainwash Them

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

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

America Reports | Virginia School Districts Have “Misplaced Priorities” Watch

Washington Times | Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Working To Undermine State’s Educational Freedom Read

Fox Across America | The Danger of Erasing Biological Norms Listen

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Virginia Families Need Education Freedom – Now More Than Ever Read

DID YOU KNOW

Virginia’s Proposed New Standards of Learning Embrace History

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

Spotlight: Real Reform Must Involve Superintendents Read

IN THE NETWORK

Escaping Your Government-Assigned School

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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Trending Now: It’s Time To Put Kids First in Education. Share Your Story

TWO TRUTHS & A LIE

National School Choice Week

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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CAPSULE REVIEW

National School Choice Week Q&A With Virginia Walden Ford

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.

Virginia Families Need Education Freedom – Now More Than Ever

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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