Education

mom meets her son from elementary school. joyful child runs into the arms of his mother. a happy schoolboy runs towards his mother holding a school bag in his hands.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 2, 2026
Education

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Parents Are Gaining More Control in Education and the Results are Hard to Ignore

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April 2, 2026
Education

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Across the country, policymakers have long assumed that boosting K-12 funding is the surest path to better student outcomes. Yet decades of rising spending have proven otherwise. The missing ingredient is not money — it’s meaningful choice. Read More ›

President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 31, 2026
Education

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One-Year Anniversary of a Historic Executive Order

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 31, 2026
Education

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 25, 2026
Education

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Attending the White House St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

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March 25, 2026
Education

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^{American Center for Transforming Education
March 23, 2026
Education

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Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Shrinking the Department of Education on The Tony Kinnett Cast

_{American Center for Transforming Education
March 23, 2026
Education

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Keri D. Ingraham appeared on The Tony Kinnett Cast to discuss how the Trump administration has shrunk the Department of Education, returning authority to states and to parents. Dr. Ingraham explained how removing red tape, funding programs such as charter schools, and creating interagency partnerships have reduced federal bureaucracy and improved education opportunities for children nationwide.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 20, 2026
Education}

The Education Department Is Shrinking

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 20, 2026
Education}

The U.S. Department of Education has spent more than $3 trillion since 1980, with little to show for it. Reading and math scores have barely budged, achievement gaps remain, and too many families are trapped in a system that fails their children. On March 20, 2025, President Trump took decisive action by signing an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the department and return authority to the states. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 17, 2026
Education

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Parents—Not Schools—Must Be in Charge of Their Children

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 17, 2026
Education

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Earlier in March, the U.S. Supreme Court had to step in and reaffirm the basic reality that parents, not schools, must be the primary decision-makers for their children. In the Mirabelli v. Bonta ruling, the Court determined that the California law, which barred schools from telling parents about their child’s claimed gender identity, violated parents’ constitutional rights—both their First Amendment free exercise rights and their Fourteenth Amendment rights to make decisions about their children’s upbringing. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 13, 2026
Education

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A School Choice Breakthrough That Costs Taxpayers Nothing

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 13, 2026
Education

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What if you could help a child receive a better education at no cost to yourself? Beginning in 2027, Americans will be able to do exactly that. Under the Education Freedom Tax Credit, taxpayers can contribute up to $1,700 annually to approved scholarship-granting organizations and, in return, receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit. Read More ›

Group of patriotic multi-ethnic children standing in circle and raising us stick flags together

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 2, 2026
Education

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A Renewed Vision for American Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 2, 2026
Education

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American public education has lost sight of its purpose. Too often, progressive political agendas take time away from teaching core academic learning to children. A glaring example is the anti-ICE agenda that has infiltrated classrooms, where students are encouraged — and even instructed — during learning time to make signs and stand on street corners to protest during the school day. Read More ›

^{American Center for Transforming Education
February 19, 2026
Education

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COSM Session: Educating the Tech Workforce

_{American Center for Transforming Education
February 19, 2026
Education

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COSM, a technology summit held in Scottsdale, included an important main stage session with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the American Center for Transforming Education Keri D. Ingraham, former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, and Founder of Love Your School and school choice advocate Jenny Clark.

^{American Center for Transforming Education
January 29, 2026
Education

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White House Invites Keri D. Ingraham to Important School Choice Roundtable

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January 29, 2026
Education

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As part of National School Choice Week, the White House hosted an important school choice roundtable event today with U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon. Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri Ingraham was in attendance. Read More ›