Dear Colleagues,The Heritage Curriculum Library divides educational resources into 8 categories: Comprehensive Curricula, Math and Science, Reading and Writing, Special Education Resources, Theater and the Arts, College Level Courses, Civics Lessons, and Other Resources. We add new content to the Curriculum Library twice a week to ensure that families can access new education resources during the pandemic.

University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature

Families can explore more than 6,000 historic children’s books at the online library. Access to stories and their historical illustrations are available for free.

The Harvard Classics

Students can access all 51 volumes of the Harvard Classics for free which contain works such as The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Beowulf, The Confessions of St. Augustine, various Greek plays, and more.

Google Arts & Culture

In conjunction with more than 500 museums and galleries worldwide, Google created online experiences for learners.

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

In this 360° virtual tour, students can explore the museum’s Hall of the Dynasties and the Galleries of Sixteenth-Century Venetian Painting. The works of artists such as Tintoretto, Titian, and El Greco are displayed throughout the gallery.

The Exploratorium

The San Francisco museum’s website provides children with access to online learning materials so they can continue to learn about science remotely.

Warmly,
Jude Schwalbach,
Research Associate and Program Coordinator
Center for Education Policy
Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity
The Heritage Foundation







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News

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A conservative free-market group hopes to convince Amazon, the world’s largest retailer, not to rely on the Southern Poverty Law Center as a gatekeeper for its philanthropic giving. More

Commentary

Why Didn’t the FBI Record the Flynn Interview? By Hans von Spakovsky

The FBI refuses to audiotape, much less videotape, interviews of witnesses or suspects such as MIchael Flynn. That policy is counterproductive and makes no sense in 2020. More

Commentary

Why a Return to Obama’s Student Loan Forgiveness Rules Would Be a Mistake By Mary Clare Amselem

Given significant taxpayer exposure, the Obama-era borrower defense rule was rightly deemed as far too broad. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has noted: “All one had to do was raise his or her hand to be entitled to so-called free money.” More

News

White House Official Explains Trump’s Action Plan to Revitalize Underserved Communities By Virginia Allen

“COVID has put a spotlight on a lot of historic disparities that existed in the African American community, like issues of access to capital or health care disparities,” says Ja’Ron Smith. More

 

Phased Reopenings in California, Minnesota Discriminate Against Religious Services By Zack Smith

In Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz’s orders allow malls, pet groomers, restaurants, bars, and even casinos to begin reopening. But not churches. More

Commentary

As Unemployment Keeps Rising, Congress Needs to Fix What It Broke By Rachel Greszler

Most unemployed workers are receiving higher unemployment benefits than their usual paychecks. This will have devastating long-term effects for the economy. More

News

Meet the Small Business Leader Fighting to Reopen Michigan By Fred Lucas

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Commentary

The Media’s Double Standard on States’ Different Approaches to COVID-19 By Jarrett Stepman

Consider how the media have treated Georgia, with its Republican governor, Brian Kemp, and Colorado with its Democrat governor, Jared Polis. Both states moved forward with aggressive reopening plans, but only one received a torrent of criticism from legacy media outlets. More

Commentary

New York’s Mayor Goes After Jewish Residents Again By Nicole Russell

For the second time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has taken to Twitter to criticize the peaceful assembly of Jews in a city that boasts over a million Jewish residents. More

Analysis

Problematic Women: Reopening State Economies, Big-Government Bailouts, and the Drama in Between By Virginia Allen

“There's differences in states, and we can't have this one-size-fits-all policy,” says Jessica Anderson. More

Commentary

World Health Organization.....
WHO Is a Mess, but America Can’t Reform It Alone By Brett Schaefer

Trump is right to point out that, had China been more transparent and cooperative, many lives could have been saved and economic damage avoided in the U.S. and around the world. More

 

What’s the Real Data? A Look at the Relevant Statistics of the COVID-19 Pandemic By Rachel del Guidice

Heritage Foundation research fellows Drew Gonshorowski and Kevin Dayaratna join The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about the data behind the coronavirus pandemic. More

News

Is Abortions an essential service worth 2 million EACH (according to democrat pork barrel enthusiasts)
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News that Planned Parenthood applied for and received coronavirus relief funds comes after President Trump took deliberate steps to prevent the nation’s largest abortion provider from receiving such funds. More

Commentary

Scientists Are Studying Hydroxychloroquine as a Preventative Drug for COVID-19 By Kevin Pham

If politicians continue to insist on demagoguing questions of public health, including about the use of a potentially beneficial drug, they ultimately will subject the public’s health to the angry whims of partisans and politicos. More

 

Exclusive: Proxy Voting Lets '20 People Control' Congress, Warns Kevin McCarthy
....That is if the democrats even show up instead of a conference call
.......or just cashing their check if the democrats don't do anything at all
By Rachel del Guidice

“If the Democrats have 20 people, all holding 10 proxies, they can pass any bill,” says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, referring to the effect of proxy voting, passed by House Democrats in a coronavirus bill. More

Commentary

The Rule of Law and the Targeting of Mike Flynn By Sebastian Gorka

We are witnessing the revelations of a political scandal the likes of which we have never seen before. It is a scandal that involved a concerted and conspiratorial effort to exploit the incredible power of federal law enforcement and the intelligence community for political purposes. More

Commentary

Let’s Trust Americans to Be Careful About COVID-19 By Kevin Pham

Americans have shown that they can take responsibility for their own health and safety. For instance, Americans made over 50% fewer restaurant reservations by mid-March, even before most statewide lockdown orders took effect. More

 

The ACLU Loses Its Way........abandonment of the right to due process
By GianCarlo Canaparo

The ACLU’s recent abandonment of the right to due process is disappointing. For a group founded to help the powerless, this is a repudiation of its founding ideals. More

Commentary

Rotten Education Isn't Preordained except in leftist democrat districts
By Walter E. Williams

In city after city with large black populations, such as Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., less than 10% of students test proficient in reading and math. But it doesn’t have to stay this way. More

 

Tale of 2 States: New York’s COVID-19 Death Toll Far Greater Than Florida’s
and Florida is open for business........gasp! ......don't tell the leftist democrats
By Fred Lucas

New York has almost 30 times as many coronavirus-related deaths as Florida, with a heavy concentration among senior citizens, according to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More

 

A Proposed ‘Health Defense Operations’ Slush Fund Won’t Protect US From Future Pandemics By Romina Boccia

Congress considers a new slush fund to exempt certain spending from budgetary restraints in the name of combating future health crises. More

News

Grassroots Petition Urging Governors to ‘Reopen Their States’ Tops 100,000 Signatures
Most people stalling a reopening of the country are democrat governors who believe
that the prosperous states should pay all the democrats bills. By Rachel del Guidice

By Rachel del Guidice

“Millions of Americans are losing their jobs for good as businesses shut down around the country, even while the risk of COVID-19 is decreasing in many areas,” says Jessica Anderson, executive director of Heritage Action for America. More

 

Pill Pushers Exploiting COVID-19 to Promote Risky Telemedicine Abortions
Dems say abortions are necessary services and want to send Million$ to planned parenthood abortion clinics.
By Denise Burke

While telemedicine abortion might help abortion businesses maximize profits by avoiding the cost and liabilities of brick-and-mortar facilities, the highly unregulated procedure poses frightening risks for women. More