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John Dewey believed the preservation of democracy depended on education. Teachers can show students why our 250-year-old ideals still matter.

Tocqueville understood that the fate of the republic rests on civic habits and democratic norms, not politics

Presumptive socialist mayor Janeese Lewis George could cater to unions itching to end teacher merit pay in the District. President Trump would welcome a fight to stop her.

FAFSA reform was Senator Lamar Alexander’s final legislative bow. ED did as little as possible to honor it, then everything it could to save it.

Three decades after the Friedmans predicted how universal school choice would reshape the education playing field, we now can see if they were right