Prove Charlie Right
What to know: Real Clear Media’s publisher urges Americans to “prove Charlie right,” to stand up boldly for the principles Charlie Kirk advocated.
The TPPF take: Charlie Kirk stood for truth. And so should we.
“What usually happens in America after heart-breaking political violence like this is the country is on good behavior for a week or so before politicians on both sides go back to stoking up their supporters, insisting that their political opponents will bring tyranny and an end to civilization as we know it,” says TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester. “Charlie believed talking to people who disagree with you is the only path to real change. He bet his life on it.”
For more on Charlie Kirk, click here.
Accrediting Law Schools
What to know: The American Bar Association is defending its monopoly on accrediting law schools.
The TPPF take: The ABA has strayed far from its role as an impartial arbiter of educational quality.
“The ABA’s recent controversies—condemning the Trump administration’s battles with judges and law firms, and imposing diversity mandates (now paused until August 2026)—suggest a politicization that our Founders would find antithetical to the principles of meritocracy,” says TPPF’s Tom Lindsay. “When the ABA’s standards reflect ideological agendas rather than universal merit, they risk corrupting the rational foundation of legal education.”
For more on the ABA, click here.
Grading the Graders
What to know: After lawsuits and delays, the Texas Education Agency has released school ratings for the 2024-2025 school year.
The TPPF take: Parents deserve to know how their child’s school is performing. That’s why TPPF has put together the Lone Star Ledger.
“Texas does publish a lot of data,” says TPPF’s Jorge Borrego. “That is good. But it lives in silos. Our A to F ratings sit on one site. The annual Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) comes as a lengthy PDF that most people cannot navigate. And for the last five years, school districts have kept suing the state to prevent parents from knowing how they perform. In short, taxpayers paid for transparency they still cannot use. That is why I built the Lone Star Ledger at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.”
For more on the Lone Star Ledger, click here.