FreedomWorks’ Bill of the Month for September 2019: A PLUS Act, H.R. 3149
FreedomWorks is proud to announce that our bill of the month for September 2019 is the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success (A PLUS) Act, H.R. 3149, introduced by…
Congress Moves Forward on No Child Left Behind Reauthorization
This week, Congress is expected to begin conference on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, more commonly known as No Child Left Behind. Earlier this year,…
Key Vote YES on the Lee Amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act
As one of our over 6.9 million FreedomWorks activists nationwide, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to vote YES on the Lee amendment to the Every…
Key Vote YES on Amendments to the Student Success Act
As one of our over 6.9 million FreedomWorks activists nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote YES on the following amendments to…
Key Vote NO on the Meng Amendment to the Student Success Act
As one of our over 6.9 million FreedomWorks activists nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote NO on the Meng amendment to…
Common Core Update: State and Federal
As the Senate prepares to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a bill which could have big implications for the American education system, state legislatures and governors have…
Better Late than Never: Christie Turns on Common Core
Say what you will about Republican governors, eventually they catch on. Well, most of them do, anyway (I’m looking at you, Jeb.)The latest addition to the ever-expanding number of…
The No Child Left Behind Reauthorization Is a Mixed Bag
Sen. Lamar Alexander and Sen. Patty Murray have announced that they’ve reached a compromise on reauthorizing No Child Left Behind. When a moderate Republican and a not-so-moderate Democrat cooperate on…
Senators Demand Education Reform
Education is – both traditionally and constitutionally – a local issue. Yet for many years, the federal government through the Department of Education has been bullying states into taking certain…