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THANK YOU for reading #HostagesNoMore and making it a national bestseller! If you haven't yet, I hope you'll consider ordering a copy and joining the discussion on how we can do better for our kids. amazon.com/Hostages-No-Mo

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The biggest differences between the haves and have nots in America is a quality education. But the Biden administration has empowered unions & bureaucrats to limit education options for students. I’m fighting against that.

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In new Title IX rules, Biden must not kick due process and free speech to the curb

Ingrid Jacques

@Ingrid_Jacques

Dec 12

I find it alarming that 19 (!) Democratic senators have asked the Biden administration to do away with the presumption of innocence in campus investigations. In new Title IX rules, Biden must not kick due process and free speech to the curb usatoday.com/story/opinion/ via

@usatoday

usatoday.com

A group of Democratic senators has asked the Biden administration to eliminate the presumption of innocence in college sexual harassment cases.

Dec 14

Charter schools are fighting for survival in the courts, where activist judges are undermining state charter laws and limiting the ability of the schools to operate independently, writes

@jasonrileywsj

Opinion | Charter Schools’ Success Makes Them a Political Target

An educational innovation that once had bipartisan support faces adversity in Washington and the courts.

Senator Ted Cruz

@SenTedCruz

Dec 2

I had the privilege to attend the

@TPPF

Empowerment Leadership Summit Dinner with former Secretary of Education

. I truly believe that school choice is THE civil-rights issue of the 21st century – and I am proud to have led the fight in the Senate for the last decade.

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Student loan relief: 5th Circuit Court rejects Biden's latest plea to reinstate program

Fox News

@FoxNews

Dec 1

REJECTED: Biden's student loan handout suffers another major legal blow

foxnews.com

The Biden administration was dealt another major blow to its proposed student loan handouts, which would forgive $10,000 per borrower.

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Red Apple Media

@RedAppleMediaUS

Dec 1

Parents learned during covid what radical left teachers are doing to their kids in schools. They are awake and demanding change.

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What Fairfax offered students during COVID was simply abysmal. Pleased to see this investigation I opened brought to a conclusion and at least some added learning opportunities provided for students with disabilities in that district. #HostagesNoMore

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ED Civil Rights

@EDcivilrights

Nov 30

OCR reached agreement with Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia’s largest school division, requiring it to take steps necessary to ensure students with disabilities receive educational services, including compensatory services, responsive to the pandemic.

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A navy blue background with white text that says, "I am relieved that the more than 25,000 students with disabilities in Fairfax County will now receive services federal law promises to them, even during a pandemic, to ensure their equal access to education." Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

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Heritage Foundation

@Heritage

Nov 28

👇 Just a reminder for

@rweingarten

in case she tries to shut down our schools (again).

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Randi Weingarten

@rweingarten

Nov 27

Our country is facing a tridemic: flu, RSV and COVID. "More than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds nationwide are occupied, seniors are hospitalized at a higher rate for respiratory illness & flu hospitalizations are at a decade-level high." pbs.org/newshour/show/

United States government organization

Nov 28

The only legal way to extend the pause is because of a national emergency. Waiting for the Supreme Court is a political emergency for the radical left.

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The White House

@WhiteHouse

Nov 22

UPDATE: The Administration is extending the pause on federal student loan repayments to allow for the Supreme Court to rule in the case on the student debt relief program. The pause will end no later than June 30, 2023. Payments will resume 60 days after the pause ends.

News: Student loan repayment pause has been extended to no later than June 30, 2023.

Payments will resume 60 days after the pause ends.

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United States government official

Nov 22

Every court that has opined has ruled your plan is illegal,

@POTUS

@JoeBiden

. Because it obviously is.

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President Biden

@POTUS

Nov 22

I'm confident that our student debt relief plan is legal. But it’s on hold because Republican officials want to block it. That's why @SecCardona is extending the payment pause to no later than June 30, 2023, giving the Supreme Court time to hear the case in its current term.

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On a podcast with Betsy DeVos, the former secretary of education.

could have done almost anything. But she threw herself into the cause of education, “education freedom" in particular. Not for the sake of her own children, but for the sake of those without advantages. |

@jaynordlinger

nationalreview.com

A Woman in the Arena

Nov 17

There is no doubt in my mind that a child’s education is made better when their parents have a say. This National Parental Involvement Day, I am grateful for the parents who work tirelessly to ensure that American students succeed.

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Nov 16

An appellate court enjoined President Biden’s $400 billion student loan write-off, its second legal defeat in days. This is what happens when the President subverts the law for election politics.

Opinion | Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Loses Again

An appellate court orders an injunction halting his unilateral order.

Parents Defending Education

@DefendingEd

Nov 15

Teachers union infuriates parents with 'astonishing' tweet: 'Trying to gaslight Americans'

foxnews.com

Teachers union infuriates parents with 'astonishing' tweet: 'Trying to gaslight Americans'

The National Education Association (NEA) appeared to play clean-up after it issued a tweet suggesting teachers 'know better than anyone' what students need

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Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child

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If you want to learn more about how we empower parents and free kids from the clutches of the big school union bosses, allow me to suggest Hostages No More 😊

amazon.com

FOX News Radio

@foxnewsradio

Nov 9

NEW #JasonInTheHouse!

@jasoninthehouse

is joined by former U.S. Education Secretary

The Jason Chaffetz Podcast

for a conversation on her commitment to reshaping the education system to prioritize parent and student involvement. Listen here:

radio.foxnews.com

Nov 14

You misspelled parents.

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NEA

@NEAToday

Nov 13

Educators love their students and know better than anyone what they need to learn and to thrive.

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The Court didn't mince words: “In this country, we are not ruled by an all-powerful executive with a pen and a phone. Instead, we are ruled by a Constitution that provides for three distinct and independent branches of government.”

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America's Newsroom

@AmericaNewsroom

Nov 11

(1/2) TX JUDGE BLOCKS @POTUS STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS: @Grady_Trimble reporting LIVE - another one of the many legal challenges now revolving around this issue: @BillHemmer @DanaPerino

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Tommy Schultz

@Tommy_USA

Nov 11

The hardest thing to do in politics is to beat a sitting legislator. We targeted 69 anti-school choice incumbents in state legislatures this year. We beat 40 of them. 2022 was a School Choice Wave.

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FOX News Radio

@foxnewsradio

Nov 9

Former U.S. Education Secretary

joins the latest

@JasonintheHouse

podcast to share anecdotes from her new book, "Hostages No More" & to discuss her immense dedication to reshaping the American education system: buff.ly/3PtTkqR

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This Election Day, make every Democrat who harmed our kids' education...

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: "Every Democrat who listened to Weingarten as if she were some kind of authority and not just a thug using a calamity to collect riches for her members should be held responsible Tuesday."

nypost.com

Election Day Tuesday is the first real opportunity to hold accountable all the people who caused so much damage to everyone, all across society — but to children in particular.

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This Election Day, make every Democrat who harmed our kids' education...

Nov 7

We cannot continue with a “one-size-fits-all” approach to education. Students deserve the opportunity to succeed no matter their needs or background.

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: "Every Democrat who listened to Weingarten as if she were some kind of authority and not just a thug using a calamity to collect riches for her members should be held responsible Tuesday."

nypost.com

Election Day Tuesday is the first real opportunity to hold accountable all the people who caused so much damage to everyone, all across society — but to children in particular.

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I was a Democrat who worked for a teachers' union but I'm voting Republican for education freedom

Fox News

@FoxNews

Nov 7

OPINION: I was a Democrat who worked for a teachers' union but I'm voting Republican for education freedom

foxnews.com

I was a Democrat who worked for a teachers' union and education is a reason why Hispanics are voting for Republicans this midterm. We want educational freedom.

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: "Our schools have failed kids by almost every metric: notably, recently, their physical safety and academic outcomes... Michigan parents are right to be paying attention."

detroitnews.com

Buss: Parents bring focus to the education fight

Parents are speaking out against material in schools and for their rights to direct their kids' education, a major gubernatorial campaign theme.

Education Is Making Gretchen Whitmer Sweat in Gubernatorial Race - The American Spectator | USA...

"Whitmer is still the teachers union candidate who favors school closures and opposes freedom for families. The National Education Association is spending a million dollars on her behalf for a reason."

spectator.org

By September, her opponent, Michigan incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, had raised $32 million — 16 times more than Dixon.

Rick W. Allen

@RepRickAllen

America's students are suffering, and parents are frustrated after the uncertainty of the last few years – and Democrats have no plan to fix it.

@HouseGOP

will advance the Parents’ Bill of Rights and expand parental choice to make sure every student can succeed.

Study: Damage from NAEP Math Losses Could Total Nearly $1 Trillion

Democrats' school closures resulted in the largest decline in math scores ever recorded for American students. That could cost kids $1T in lifetime earnings. We must get our students back on track.

the74million.org

Federal test scores released last week illustrated the extent of COVID’s impact on K-12 learning, revealing the largest-ever math declines in the history of the National Assessment of Educational...

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Corey A. DeAngelis

@DeAngelisCorey

Nov 2

Based Governor Sununu: "If you are for the teachers union – if you're for the system – you should vote for Tom Sherman. He's got the backing of the teachers union and I couldn't be more excited that they're not supporting me. Kids first. Parents first. Families first."

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Families know EXACTLY where the blame lies: America's school-closer-in-chief

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Randi Weingarten now wants parents—especially if they’re voters next week—to forgive her and her political allies without holding them accountable. Sorry, that lets them off way too easy. on.wsj.com/3WhwDL7

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House Ed & Labor Republicans

@EdLaborGOP

Nov 1

Republicans will: 🇺🇸 Expand parental choice 🇺🇸 Advance the Parents Bill of Rights 🇺🇸 Work to recover lost learning

Nov 1

"Perhaps the gravest injustice of our time is the imprisonment of minority kids in substandard public schools... The real culprits are union collective-bargaining agreements and state laws that put teachers unions’ interests ahead of students’."

Opinion | Why Randi Weingarten Supports Harvard’s Discrimination

Racial preferences help offset the inequities in K-12 education that teachers unions have created.

"You almost have to admire the chutzpah of the teachers unions. Even as they fight to keep poor minority kids trapped in failing public schools, they plead that racial preferences in college admissions are necessary to compensate for these students’ inferior K-12 education."

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Amid the bad NAEP news, Catholic schools were a bright spot, reflecting how these schools are making a difference in students’ lives, writes

@kportermagee

Opinion | Amid the Pandemic, Progress in Catholic Schools

Enrollment and student achievement are rising, thanks in part to parents.

Tudor Dixon and Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Corey A. DeAngelis

@DeAngelisCorey

Oct 31

"Ms. Whitmer says children were out of classrooms only three months, but she may be suffering from her own math deficit."

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