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What does it mean to educate for liberty in 2026?

Our President & CEO, Richard Lorenc, recently joined the Free the Economy podcast for a conversation about the 250th anniversary of American independence, the ideas shaping Gen Z, education reform, and why helping young people engage with America’s founding principles still matters.

If you're interested in the future of education and the American spirit, give it a listen below ⬇️

Free the Economy podcast: Educating for liberty with Richard Lorenc - Competitive Enterprise Institute Our guest for this week’s episode is Richard Lorenc, formerly of the Foundation for Economic Education and Iron Light and now President & CEO of Lexandria, a digital education company focused on reigniting the American Spirit in the hearts of young people. We talk about the 250th anniversary of Am...

Great stories endure because each generation finds new ways to tell them. When adaptation is done with care and respect, it doesn't replace the original; it invites new audiences to discover it.

That's why we're working to make the good old stories available, intelligible, and accessible to everyone.

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To Honor an Old Story, Tell It Anew — Lexandria Some people talk about old stories like they’re fragile antiques.  Don’t touch them. Don’t move them, reinterpret them. The only thing one can do with an old story, they say, is to tell it exactly as it was the first time, or as close to it as we can get. Anything less than maximal “aut...

A summer challenge for teachers:

Before thinking about next year, take a quick look back:

Summer challenge for teachers: Choose one unit to refresh before the new school year.

Add a new primary source, rethink a lesson, or bring a fresh perspective to the material. If you're looking for ideas, start with a Lexandria resource.

What unit are you working on this summer?

"Young people deserve more than shallow content that references only itself."

In his latest blog, Sean Malone explores why stories matter, how culture is transmitted, and what we owe the next generation.

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The Stories We Teach Kids Become the Civilization They Inherit — Lexandria Nobody knows their own history or culture by magic. That may sound obvious, but it’s one of those truths that our society seems determined to forget.  Children don’t spontaneously discover Shakespeare, Homer, Bach, Beethoven, Frederick Douglass, George Washington, Jane Austen, Michela