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Trump-backed Project Esther is Next Chapter in Student Speech Suppression — Saphron Initiative Heritage’s Project 2025 successor threatens all-out war on students free speech

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 successor threatens an all-out war on students' free speech. Learn more in the latest from Saphron's Zakareya Hamed.

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Fake Voucher Schools, a Sudden Party Switch, and an Unenforced Court Ruling in North Carolina — Saphron Initiative How exactly did North Carolina get to be last in the country for funding public schools?

North Carolina’s public school funding wasn’t always this bleak. So how did we get to this point?

Read the latest from Saphron's Siri Manneri in Edisco.

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Despite Trump’s Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters In several Republican-led states, popular sentiment on the voucher issue has been overridden by the efforts of special interest groups and powerful governors who have enacted sweeping voucher programs...

“They’re not going to stop,” I told @propublica.org

Emboldened by Trump, the voucher lobby is plowing ahead with new schemes at both the state and federal level—despite massive voter rejection of those bills 3 states on Election Day.
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Education doesn’t favor fascism.

Looking at the Growing Relationship between the Opioid Crisis and Education — Saphron Initiative The Opioid Crisis continues to worsen educational inequality across the United States. But schools can better combat the effects of this epidemic.

107,941 reported drug overdose deaths in the U.S. annually.

Here's how K-12 schools and policymakers can better tackle the roots of the opioid pandemic at the intersection of education. Read the latest from Saphron's Anuj Dasgupta.

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