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FreedomWorks Statement in Response to President Trump's Executive Order on Hispanic American School Choice

07/09/2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to President Trump signing an executive order that furthers the school choice movement, specific to Hispanic Americans, Sarah Anderson, FreedomWorks Director of Policy, commented:

"We applaud President Trump's consistent leadership and focus on school choice. As he has said, school choice is the civil rights issue of our time.

“So much of our youth's future is directly tied to having access to an education that suits their needs. These often are not the same as the needs of teachers' unions and governmental bodies that run public schools.

"This executive order furthers this simple truth that resonates with American parents across the country: Schooling should focus on the students, not the system. Americans should be grateful for elected officials willing to work towards making this noble goal a reality."

Tags Education, School Choice, Donald Trump

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FreedomWorks-Bullfinch Group Poll Shows That Conservative Policies Resonate With Hispanic Voters

BY Cesar Ybarra

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Recent polling commissioned by FreedomWorks’ Hispanic Grassroots Alliance (HGA) and conducted by The Bullfinch Group reveals that a positive, pro-liberty policy platform, which focuses on what conservatives can do for voters rather than how liberal policies have failed, resonates strongly with Hispanic voters.

03/03/2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: FreedomWorks’ BEST Hosts Days of Action at the Florida State Capitol, Jan 25-26 2022

BY Laura Zorc

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In celebration of National School Choice Week, FreedomWorks’ BEST will be bringing parent activists from across the state of Florida to Tallahassee to lobby and rally in support of legislation that expands educational freedom for parents and students. BEST will bus parent activists from southern Florida to the State Capitol, making several pickup stops along the way, to meet with legislators and engage in education committee meetings in the House and Senate. BEST will host a press conference and attend a rally with leading education freedom groups to cap off the days’ lobbying efforts.

01/21/2022

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FreedomWorks Applauds Governor Ducey’s Commitment to In-Person Learning Amid Wave of School Closures

BY Laura Zorc

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s creation of the Open for Learning Recovery Benefit program, which provides relief for parents affected by recent school closures and doubles down on his commitment to student wellbeing and in-person learning, Laura Zorc, FreedomWorks Director of Education Reform, commented:

01/04/2022

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Parents Protesting CRT Must Not Back Down As National School Boards Association calls them “Domestic Terrorists”

BY Laura Zorc

On October 4, Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI to mobilize against parents who oppose the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in schools. This came shortly after the National School Boards Association (NBSA) sent a letter to President Biden, which slandered parents expressing their concerns about leftist indoctrination as “domestic terrorists.”

10/07/2021

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On the Road to Education Freedom: BEST Academy Updates

BY Josiah Gaiter

This year, FreedomWorks’ BEST (Building Education for Students Together) program has traveled across the country to train thousands of parents on how they can take back their school board one seat at a time. It’s clear that parents are eager to take action.

08/27/2021

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Support the Stop CRT Act, H.R. 3179

BY Adam Brandon

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Stop CRT Act, H.R. 3179, introduced by Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.).

05/19/2021

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FreedomWorks Foundation and BEST Oppose the Department of Education’s Rule Regarding Federal Control of Civics Education

BY Peter Vicenzi

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the Department of Education’s new proposal, which would incentivize and provide funding for the teaching of critical race theory in America’s schools, the Regulatory Action Center (RAC) has partnered with Building Education for Students Together (BEST) to drive activist comments against the federal government’s expanding grip on our nation’s classrooms. Today, FreedomWorks Foundation submitted a formal comment to the Department of Education, which can be found here.

05/11/2021

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FreedomWorks Foundation Pushes Back Against Critical Race Theory in Schools

BY Luke Hogg

This month, FreedomWorks Foundation’s Regulatory Action Center and Building Education for Students Together (BEST) initiative have joined forces to push back against federal control of civics education. In a new proposed rule by the Department of Education (ED), the Biden administration is seeking to add new strings to educational grants that would require public schools to teach radical and contentious curriculum like critical race theory (CRT).

05/04/2021

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FreedomWorks’ Member of the Month for April 2021: Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.)

BY Sarah Anderson

FreedomWorks is proud to announce that our member of the month for April 2021 is Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.). A new member now representing Florida’s 19th Congressional District in the southwest part of the state, Rep. Donalds came to Washington as a FreedomWorks For America-endorsed candidate after years of public service representing his fellow Floridians in the Florida House of Representatives.

04/29/2021

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On the One Year anniversary of School Lockdowns, Parents Are Pushing Back Against the Hypocrisy.

BY Laura Zorc

As the United States approaches the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 lockdowns being imposed across the nation, Democrats and their allies in the teachers unions continue to falsely claim that schools can’t be reopened safely. Thankfully, millions of parents on both sides of the political spectrum are beginning to see through these lies.

03/10/2021