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Op-Ed November 23, 2021 RealClearPolicy How to get parents on board with vaccinating kids by John P. Bailey The CDC’s recent approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11 is an important milestone in the fight against COVID-19. But the most important group’s approval of the vaccine still hangs in the balance: the parents. In order to convince them to vaccinate their children, parents need to have their concerns heard and addressed not by […] EDUCATIONK-12 SCHOOLING Podcast November 18, 2021 American Enterprise Institute What’s more important: the college or the major? by Nat Malkus | Carlo Salerno | Preston Cooper EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION Op-Ed November 18, 2021 Newsweek Biden’s act of child care sacrifice by Max Eden EDUCATIONK-12 SCHOOLING Op-Ed November 16, 2021 Newsweek Education is progressive; schools are conservative by Robert Pondiscio EDUCATIONK-12 SCHOOLING The Return to Learn Tracker The Return to Learn Tracker (R2L) is a tool developed by the American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) Education Policy Studies department, in partnership with The College Crisis Initiative (C2i) of Davidson College, that captures how over 8,500 US public school districts’ instructional models change during the coronavirus pandemic. VISIT THE R2L TRACKER DASHBOARD Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Education Critical race theory in K-12 public education has emerged as one of the most salient and divisive issues of 2021. Television and social media have been flush with accounts of CRT curriculum and practices. Several AEI fellows have sought to go beyond the outrage cycle to explain the deeper ways in which CRT ideology perverts pedagogy and subverts the purpose of public education. Read More Articles Here Conservative Education Reform Network This network will cultivate a national community of conservative leaders in education, spanning a broad array of issue areas, positions, regions, and viewpoints. At its launch, the network boasts more than 75 members, hailing from more than half the states, working in a variety of roles, and offering a far-flung range of expertise. 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