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…

Christian Schools, Legislation
Popular podcast helps families ‘make the leap’ from public education to better alternatives

Parents don’t have to be stuntman Evel Knievel to make the leap from traditional public education to something better. It just takes a little courage.  So says… Read More

September 8, 2022
Christian Schools, Legislation
Herzog Foundation catapults 215 students into over 40 Missouri schools with ESA scholarships in just two months

If the Herzog Foundation is an aircraft carrier, its ESA program is a 30-ton aircraft launched into flight with just 300 feet of runway.   Since July 1,… Read More

August 29, 2022
Public Education
Report: Missouri students continue to lag behind pre-COVID academic levels; less than half are proficient

Missouri students haven’t caught up to their pre-pandemic proficiency levels and less than half are proficient, according to the most recent data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and… Read More

August 17, 2022
Public Education
Fargo school board scraps Pledge of Allegiance over ‘under God’ in the name of diversity

Why did a North Dakota school board drop the Pledge of Allegiance six months after voting to start each meeting with it?  Because the phrase “under God”… Read More

August 12, 2022
Opinion, Public Education
Teachers’ union president calls for members to ‘fight’ for abortion and LGBT agenda, against prayer in schools and gun rights for Americans

With all the sophistication and pep of a high school graduation speech, the president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union called on her gathered members “to build our power”… Read More

July 6, 2022