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This weekend, Americans celebrate Independence Day, commemorating the day in 1776 when our Founding Fathers declared the separation of the 13 colonies from the Kingdom of Great Britain and established a new nation. We all know how it works: barbecues, fireworks, parades and other festive gatherings. But what many Americans …

“Choice in education is no mere abstraction. Like its economic cousin, free enterprise, and its political cousin, democracy, it affords hope and opportunity.” – President Ronald Reagan Over the past half century, the federal government has proven that a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach to education is ineffective. During that time, the …

Say anything nice about charter schools, and you are sure to get letters full of rage, false charges and praise for unions. The attacks, often from teachers, follow a format that appears to be scripted by labor bosses and echo the class-warfare bile of Mayor de Blasio. To wit, charters …