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Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: The Hydra
The world of K–12 education policy has long been dominated by philanthropic foundations. Much of the education “reform” sweeping across America has been financed and pushed by elite, well-heeled foundations.
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Equity Initiatives
The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 2019 New York Times series turned grade school curriculum, might never have seen the light of day if not for the MacArthur Foundation. In 2014,…
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Education
The world of K–12 education policy has long been dominated by philanthropic foundations. It was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that pushed for Common Core, the national education standards…
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Youth Activism
The foundations’ goals are political, and schools give them easy access to society’s most impressionable. But foundations relentlessly seek to shape children’s politics both inside and outside of the classroom.
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Two Steps Ahead
K–12 schools are run by thirteen thousand independent school districts, but foundations have also perfected the art of implementing national political agendas through local government. Financially, this is a brilliant…
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #195: How Teachers Unions Affect Elections
Liberal special interests have effective control of many municipal governments and government arms. The most notable case: school boards. Thanks to “three exploits” of block voting, nonpartisan races, and off-cycle…
by Michael Watson on November 12, 2021

Organization Trends
Federally Funded Groups Targeting Republican Governors over School Mask Policies
In a profound display of Orwellian doublespeak, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently announced a lawsuit in favor of restricting civil liberties. The lawsuit was filed against the state…
by Parker Thayer on August 31, 2021

Dangerous Documentaries
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Public Education
In the eighth episode of The Politically Incorrect Guide, Tom Woods and Michael Malice demolish America's public education system. Public schools constantly claim they need more money yet receive record-breaking…
by CRC Staff on August 18, 2021

Labor Watch
It’s Time to Get Mad
When schools across the nation closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, few would have predicted that large swathes of the United States, almost alone among nations in…
by Michael Watson on January 28, 2021

Labor Watch
School Choice: Now More than Ever
Americans are beginning to wake up to the Biden administration’s obsequiousness to its paymasters in organized labor, and they are watching with growing alarm as teachers unions vow never to…
by Michael Watson on January 27, 2021