Josh Mann

Josh Mann, Ph.D., is the Managing Editor for The Lion. Prior to working for the Herzog Foundation, Josh worked for a software startup in the language-learning space. His previous work includes…

Legislation, Public Education
New book sounds alarm on America’s ‘failing’ public education system

Public schools are failing American children, even 40 years after a Ronald Reagan-appointed commission warned that a “rising tide of mediocrity” was eroding our “educational foundations.”… Read More

April 26, 2023
Legislation
MOScholars Day honors first class of ESA students in Missouri’s school choice program

Representatives of the first class of Missouri students to benefit from the state’s school choice program visited the Capitol Thursday to be honored and celebrate their educational success. Read More

April 21, 2023
Public Education
Missouri school board member took heat for telling the truth and asking questions, then was stripped of VP title weeks before election

When Springfield, Missouri residents cast their votes Tuesday in the local school board race, they will decide two of seven seats which control the district and its employed administrators. Read More

March 31, 2023
Public Education
After challenge, Virginia school district to remove 14 sexually explicit books from libraries to comply with state law

Fourteen books will be removed this week from libraries in Spotsylvania County Public Schools following a formal challenge process initiated by a parent. In a district memorandum… Read More

March 29, 2023
Legislation
‘He flip-flopped’: Missouri legislator one of three in hot water over about-face on school choice

Missouri Rep. Chris Lonsdale, R-Liberty, is taking heat for voting against an open enrollment bill last week after promising during his election campaign to support it and other school… Read More

March 15, 2023