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  • Public school dollars do not belong in private schools

    Cody Schuler|Oct 7, 2024

    Opportunity in education. Effective education options for every child. Stimulating educational environments. This is what we want for every North Dakota student. And that’s what our elected leaders want, too. But restructuring North Dakota’s K-12 public education system to a “school choice” model, as the Legislature’s interim Education Committee and a separate school choice task force have been discussing, is a bad idea. In communities across the country, private school advocates have been push... Full story

  • The danger of Christian nationalism

    Cody Schuler, North Dakota Monitor|Jul 8, 2024

    The right to practice religion, or no religion at all, is among the most fundamental of the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. As enshrined in the First Amendment, religious freedom includes two complementary protections: the right to religious belief and expression and a guarantee that the government neither prefers religion over non-religion nor favors particular faiths over others. These dual protections are supposed to work hand in hand, allowing religious liberty to thrive and...