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    <title>Restoration Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “School Choice”</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <itunes:author>Hayden Ludwig</itunes:author>
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  <title>The Classroom Crisis</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>More than 70% of America's 8th graders can't read or do math at grade level—and our own government admits it's failed.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>32:40</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Teachers' unions are bankrolling Democrat campaigns while black kids in Baltimore can't read. Administrator salaries keep climbing while test scores keep falling. Two centuries ago, America was the best-educated nation on earth. What happened—and who's going to fix it?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Aaron Baer, president of the Center for Christian Virtue and founder of the Christian Education Network, joins Restoration Spotlight to make the case that a revival of biblical education isn't just possible—it may be the only thing that can save the country.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Topics include:&lt;br&gt;
• How bad is American education—really?&lt;br&gt;
• Why education is upstream of culture, which is upstream of politics&lt;br&gt;
• The teachers' union machine—and who it actually serves&lt;br&gt;
• Private schools, falling SAT standards, and the flight from public education&lt;br&gt;
• Launching the Christian Education Network&lt;br&gt;
• Trump's Christian school tax credit and what it means for the movement&lt;br&gt;
This mission succeeds because of people like you. Chip in and help us expose the Left one story at a time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🔔 Subscribe to Restoration Spotlight for weekly conversations with the patriots fighting to save America. 📰 More at &lt;a href="http://www.Restoration-News.com" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;www.Restoration-News.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Teachers' unions are bankrolling Democrat campaigns while black kids in Baltimore can't read. Administrator salaries keep climbing while test scores keep falling. Two centuries ago, America was the best-educated nation on earth. What happened—and who's going to fix it?</p>

<p>Aaron Baer, president of the Center for Christian Virtue and founder of the Christian Education Network, joins Restoration Spotlight to make the case that a revival of biblical education isn't just possible—it may be the only thing that can save the country.</p>

<p>Topics include:<br>
• How bad is American education—really?<br>
• Why education is upstream of culture, which is upstream of politics<br>
• The teachers' union machine—and who it actually serves<br>
• Private schools, falling SAT standards, and the flight from public education<br>
• Launching the Christian Education Network<br>
• Trump's Christian school tax credit and what it means for the movement<br>
This mission succeeds because of people like you. Chip in and help us expose the Left one story at a time.</p>

<p>🔔 Subscribe to Restoration Spotlight for weekly conversations with the patriots fighting to save America. 📰 More at <a href="http://www.Restoration-News.com" rel="nofollow noopener">www.Restoration-News.com</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Teachers' unions are bankrolling Democrat campaigns while black kids in Baltimore can't read. Administrator salaries keep climbing while test scores keep falling. Two centuries ago, America was the best-educated nation on earth. What happened—and who's going to fix it?</p>

<p>Aaron Baer, president of the Center for Christian Virtue and founder of the Christian Education Network, joins Restoration Spotlight to make the case that a revival of biblical education isn't just possible—it may be the only thing that can save the country.</p>

<p>Topics include:<br>
• How bad is American education—really?<br>
• Why education is upstream of culture, which is upstream of politics<br>
• The teachers' union machine—and who it actually serves<br>
• Private schools, falling SAT standards, and the flight from public education<br>
• Launching the Christian Education Network<br>
• Trump's Christian school tax credit and what it means for the movement<br>
This mission succeeds because of people like you. Chip in and help us expose the Left one story at a time.</p>

<p>🔔 Subscribe to Restoration Spotlight for weekly conversations with the patriots fighting to save America. 📰 More at <a href="http://www.Restoration-News.com" rel="nofollow noopener">www.Restoration-News.com</a></p>]]>
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  <title>The Biggest Win for School Choice You’ve Never Heard Of</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Hayden Ludwig</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill brings a first-ever victory for Christian education.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>27:58</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Take back education, win back the country. But increasingly that means leading families out of failing government schools and into private, classical Christian schools. And the One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year helps parents do just that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join host Hayden Ludwig and Center for Christian Virtue president Aaron Baer as we discuss the powerful new tax credit that's helping families save their kids from the teachers unions. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Take back education, win back the country. But increasingly that means leading families out of failing government schools and into private, classical Christian schools. And the One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year helps parents do just that.</p>

<p>Join host Hayden Ludwig and Center for Christian Virtue president Aaron Baer as we discuss the powerful new tax credit that's helping families save their kids from the teachers unions.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Take back education, win back the country. But increasingly that means leading families out of failing government schools and into private, classical Christian schools. And the One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year helps parents do just that.</p>

<p>Join host Hayden Ludwig and Center for Christian Virtue president Aaron Baer as we discuss the powerful new tax credit that's helping families save their kids from the teachers unions.</p>]]>
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  <title>Countering the Liberal Narrative With Reagan Reese, Education Reporter at The Daily Caller</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Hayden Ludwig</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Reagan Reese, Education Reporter at The Daily Caller, talks about parental rights, the red wave of mama bears, and engaging young voters with media.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>20:31</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;First Right welcomes Reagan Reese, Education Reporter at The Daily Caller. Reagan pushes back on liberal policies in education by spreading truth about gender ideology, CRT, school choice, and parental rights. Listen and get her insight on how to engage young people with media and entice them to think critically.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right here: &lt;a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>First Right welcomes Reagan Reese, Education Reporter at The Daily Caller. Reagan pushes back on liberal policies in education by spreading truth about gender ideology, CRT, school choice, and parental rights. Listen and get her insight on how to engage young people with media and entice them to think critically.</p>

<p>Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right here: <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>First Right welcomes Reagan Reese, Education Reporter at The Daily Caller. Reagan pushes back on liberal policies in education by spreading truth about gender ideology, CRT, school choice, and parental rights. Listen and get her insight on how to engage young people with media and entice them to think critically.</p>

<p>Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right here: <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/</a></p>]]>
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