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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…

Public Education
School choice key to attracting doctors, Vermont hospital CEO says

School choice is essential to attracting doctors to rural areas in Vermont, one hospital CEO says, as the state’s Town Tuitioning program faces more restrictions. Vermont has the nation’s oldest… Read More

May 22, 2026
Public Education
Obama-era reforms spurred learning loss long before COVID-19, report says

A new report finds student learning was declining years before COVID-19 and has failed to recover for most schools, pointing to failures stemming from the Obama era. A… Read More

May 19, 2026
Courts
Wyoming Supreme Court upholds state’s school choice program in another win for education freedom

For the second time in less than four months, a state supreme court has ruled in favor of school choice, this time in Wyoming. The highest court in… Read More

May 18, 2026
Schools
‘Disgusting’ Minnesota teachers’ union opposes private school security money

Less than a year after the Annunciation Church and school shooting in Minneapolis killed two children and wounded 17 others, Minnesota politicians are debating school… Read More

April 15, 2026
California, Government Accountability
UNBELIEVABLE: California Democrats advance ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ to make investigating fraud illegal

(The Heartlander)–California lawmakers are under fire after a committee advanced a bill to crack down on citizen journalists like Nick Shirley who expose government fraud. The measure, which… Read More

April 14, 2026