NEWS

Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations,

GEO Prep Mid-City Academy, located in one of the poorest sections of Louisiana, did something almost unheard of in public education – it went from dying to thriving in just a few years.  

The Baton Rouge K-8 school, which is almost entirely filled with disadvantaged black students drawn from a lottery, repeatedly received a failing grade until new leadership took over in 2017. It steadily improved and landed in the top third (more…)

A group of pint-sized punks allegedly linked to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuela-based criminal organization, were involved in a violent confrontation with NYPD officers, according to the New York Post. (more…)

Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics,

As the Trump administration slashes and burns its way through Washington, D.C., in search of waste, fraud, and abuse to eliminate, one area of the federal budget remains conspicuously off limits for cuts: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The White House is leaning on a Republican Congress to spend big to preserve and rebuild the marquee center for the arts favored by a beltway elite. The administration has (more…)