Bush Institute announces social media partnership with Facebook WASHINGTON— President George W. Bush today praised the courage of dissidents around the world and called on America to stand with them by choosing the side of freedom. Joined by leading voices of liberty, President Bush delivered his remarks at the Celebration of Freedom, a special event in Washington, D.C., to showcase the Freedom Collection, ...

This op-ed has appeared in the Two River Times  (Red Bank, NJ), Bagley Farmers Independent (Bagley, MN), Wilson County News (Floresville, TX), The Compass (Claremont, NH), Columbia County News-Times (Evans, GA), Dillon Tribune (Dillon, MT), The Caroline Progress (Bowling Green, VA) and New York Post (New York, NY). President Obama recently re-launched his crusade to wipe out the “tax breaks” afforded to Ame ...

On Tuesday, May 15, the Bush Center's Human Freedom Initiative will hold a special event to celebrate the brave efforts of dissidents and activists around the world in their fight to be free. Joined by leading voices of liberty, President Bush will deliver remarks on the current struggle for freedom being waged across the globe. The program will also include a conversation with Nobel Peace Prize winner and ...

Insight – Afghan women fade from White House focus as exit nears: As recent as 2001, Afghan women weren’t allowed to attend school or leave their homes without being accompanied by a male.  Today, they are back in school and represent a quarter of parliament.  However, some fear that such hard earned progress is at risk.  Even with the recent spike in violence against women, one Afghan woman declares, "we w ...

Bush Institute Executive Director James K. Glassman discussed next week’s Celebration of Freedom event and the Freedom Collection at the Heritage Foundation’s Bloggers Briefing this week. On Tuesday, May 15, the George W. Bush Presidential Center will hold a special event to celebrate the brave efforts of dissidents and activists around the world in their fight to be free. At the briefing Glassman pointed o ...

*This article originally published in Education Week. The data are clear: Teachers matter. In fact, teachers account for one-third of a school's total impact on student achievement. Especially startling is the fact that students with three consecutive years of effective teachers outperform students with ineffective teachers by 50 percentage points. This research on teacher quality has spurred a national eff ...

Today’s classroom performance affects tomorrow’s job readiness and we know now that the warning signs for dropping out start as early as middle school. As part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s American Graduate initiative, Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman took an in-depth look at nationwide efforts toward ending America’s dropout crisis in its one-hour documentary, A Matter of Leadership. A Mat ...

Fellow in Human Freedom Joel D. Hirst appeared on Voice of America's talk show “Inter-American Forum” to discuss Venezuela’s political situation on May 4, 2012.  In response to the speculations of President Chavez’s health, as well as his recent announcement of establishing a “Council of Government” and withdrawing from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Hirst emphasized the importance of respec ...

*This blog was originally posted on www.freedomcollection.org The 21st Century could be seen as a time where instant gratification has become a preeminent value in society.  Now is more important than later; easy is seen as superior to hard; and fast is better than slow.  These principles have seeped into many areas of society; nowhere more obvious than the fight for liberty.  We think in slogans, debate in ...

According to the Global Report Card, more than a third of the 30 school districts with the highest math achievement in the United States are actually charter schools.  This is particularly impressive considering that charters constitute about 5% of all schools and about 3% of all public school students.  And it is even more amazing considering that some of the highest performing charter schools, like Roxbur ...