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Josh Mann

Josh Mann, Ph.D., is the Editor-in-Chief of The Heartlander, formerly The Lion, which he helped launch in 2021. Prior his current role, Josh worked for a software startup in the language-learning…

State Government
Missouri legislative session ends with progress on education

New funding for charter schools, expanding access to virtual school, improving childhood literacy and increasing teacher pay are among a handful of education initiatives that the Missouri legislature moved… Read More

May 18, 2022
Public Education
Texas school may have illegally pushed vote on billion-dollar school bond, revealing common problems with how bond issues work

A Texas public school district is under investigation for what Gov. Greg Abbott calls a “likely crime” – school bond electioneering. School officials may have pressured Northside Independent School… Read More

May 10, 2022
Culture, Government
Should teachers treat your children as they would their own? Maybe not, but they will

President Biden recently said something both true and disturbing. He told Teachers of the Year winners what makes them excel: they treat their students like… Read More

May 3, 2022
Christian Schools, Government
Parents and education leaders rally at ‘ground zero’ of parental rights movement

As someone born in Mao’s China, Xi Van Fleet was considered more of a ward of the government than a child to her own parents. She considers that… Read More

April 20, 2022
Christian Schools, Culture
Sunrise on a mission: The improbable story of the nation’s top-ranked high school basketball team

The No. 1 high school boys basketball team in the country plays in Kansas, at a school you’ve likely never heard of – unless you follow the best high… Read More

March 30, 2022