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February 25, 2026

Iowa House File 2510 Offers Second Path to Reform State Social Studies Standards

National Association of Scholars

Iowa policymakers now have produced two excellent bills for social studies standard reform. We urge that these two groups of reformers make common cause, and agree on a particular approach to use.

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February 18, 2026

Invisible Networks? What the SAFE Research Act Reveals About US–China Academic Competition

Lilla Nora Kiss

The SAFE Research Act aimed to protect American research from Chinese exploitation. But it left open a critical vulnerability: a class of U.S. educational institutions that fall outside traditional re......

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February 17, 2026

VIDEO: Rescuing Science

National Association of Scholars

Listen in on the release of the new NAS report Rescuing Science. Recovering Science as Civic Virtue.

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February 17, 2026

Beyond Big Science: A Reform Agenda for American Science

Kali Jerrard

Scholars publish a comprehensive plan to rescue science from widespread corruption.

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February 17, 2026

Press Release: How Government Funding Broke American Science—and How to Fix It

National Association of Scholars

Rescuing Science. Recovering Science as Civic Virtue offers a path to restoring the academic sciences to an ethic of discovery.

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