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Adam Wittenberg

Adam Wittenberg is a Staff Writer for Heartlander News. He worked as a reporter and editor in newspapers in New England in the 2000s before moving to the Midwest to write and teach for a Christian…

Christian Schools
New research finds private schools accessible to most Mississippi students, showing viability of school choice

Private schools are accessible to most Mississippi students, even in rural areas, according to new research from EdChoice, a leading school choice advocacy group. Although Mississippi… Read More

December 29, 2025
Government
Education Secretary warns Minnesota of ‘impending enforcement action’ over transgender policies allowing boys in girls’ sports, spaces

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is keeping the pressure on Minnesota, issuing a letter Monday of “impending enforcement action” for ongoing civil rights violations related to the state’s transgender policies. “@GovTimWalz continues to… Read More

December 23, 2025
Government
Influential senator accuses nation’s largest teachers’ union of ‘deeply troubling’ rise in antisemitism

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, accused the nation’s largest teachers’ union of encouraging antisemitism, saying it had abandoned its original purpose to focus on politics. Cassidy, chairman of the Senate’s Health,… Read More

December 23, 2025
School Choice
Schools must improve to compete with school choice, says Texas superintendent facing enrollment crisis

(Heartlander News)–A Dallas-area school district is cutting more than 500 jobs amid a budget crunch and declining enrollment, but the superintendent says more profound changes are needed. The Mesquite Independent… Read More

December 22, 2025
Government
States can opt into new federal school choice program as soon as next month

The federal government is allowing states that want to participate in the new federal school choice program to opt in as early as next month, giving their scholarship-granting organizations a… Read More

December 19, 2025