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January 29, 2025

NAS Welcomes Introduction of Ohio SB 1

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The National Association of Scholars and the Civics Alliance welcome the introduction of Senate Bill 1, the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act, by Ohio State Senator Jerry Cirino.

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January 28, 2025

Iowa Legislators Introduce Bills to Reform Public Education

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At least fourteen bills, which appear to have been informed by our model legislation and our research, have been introduced by Iowa state legislators reform public K-12 and postsecondary educatio......

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January 9, 2025

NAS Urges Systematic Revision of Oklahoma's Draft Science Standards

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The National Association of Scholars deeply regrets that the Oklahoma State Department of Education has published draft science standards that largely preserve the poor model of science cont......

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December 10, 2024

NAS Welcomes Reintroduction of Ohio SB 83

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SB 83 will do an extraordinary amount to depoliticize Ohio’s public higher education system, strengthen intellectual diversity, and restore its accountability to Ohio policymakers and citizens.&......

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March 18, 2024

Indiana Senate Bill 202 Reforms DEI Policy

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Senate Bill 202 is a good first step for removing authoritarian “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies from Indiana’s public universities. We urge Indiana’s citizens and p......

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March 13, 2024

Tennessee Legislation Fights Identity-Group Policy

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We strongly endorse Amendment No. 1—as a beginning of a wider campaign to remove identity-group policy, oppressor/oppressed distinctions, and permanent and unjustified assertions of moral debt f......

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February 9, 2024

NAS Endorses Iowa House Bill 2330

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The National Association of Scholars and the Civics Alliance enthusiastically endorse Iowa House Bill 2330 (2024), which reforms Iowa’s public K-12 social studies instruction and publi......

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May 12, 2023

Applause for Florida Higher Education Bill

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The National Association of Scholars and the Civics Alliance are delighted that Florida’s legislature has just passed House Bill 931, and hope that Governor DeSantis will swiftly sign it in......

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April 24, 2023

Applause for New Virginia Social Studies Standards

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The National Association of Scholars and the Civics Alliance congratulate the Virginia Department of Education on its approval of excellent new social studies standards.

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March 22, 2023

NAS Statement on Ohio Higher Education Bill

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The National Association of Scholars and the Civics Alliance enthusiastically endorse the introduction of Ohio Senate Bill 83 as it will depoliticize Ohio’s public higher education system,......

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