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President Joe Biden, joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, delivers remarks on student loans, Monday, October 17, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)
Keri D. Ingraham
January 21, 2025
Education
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During Miguel Cardona’s Tenure as Ed Secretary, Schools Got Worse by Every Metric

Keri D. Ingraham
January 21, 2025
Education
5
President Joe Biden's appointed secretary of education, Miguel Cardona, is out the door as President Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office. The end of Cardona's tenure couldn't come soon enough. K-12 student learning achievement is pitifully low. Chronic absenteeism has skyrocketed. Condoned college campus protests are a disgrace. Federal student aid, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (known as FAFSA) form and process, is a mess. Read More ›
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Joyful girls students kids celebrate successful completion of collective school work in a bright classroom
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Keri D. Ingraham
January 13, 2025
Education
13

Policy Focus: School Choice in the States

Keri D. Ingraham
January 13, 2025
Education
13
Huge historical legislative victories have occurred over the past four years, advancing school choice in states nationwide. In some states, the wins have entailed the creation of new school choice programs, while in other states, it has involved expanding existing programs to reach more students. Most noteworthy has been the enactment of universal or near-universal school choice in 12 states since 2021. Read More ›
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American Center for Transforming Education
December 13, 2024
Education
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A Winning Strategy

American Center for Transforming Education
December 13, 2024
Education
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Discovery Institute’s American Center for Transforming Education has been on the front lines advancing education freedom with a winning strategy and is looked to as a national thought leader on K-12 education policy. Read More ›
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Group Of Elementary School Pupils Sitting On Floor Listening To Teacher
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Walter Myers III
December 11, 2024
Education
5

Blacks Need High Quality Education, Not a DEI Agenda

Walter Myers III
December 11, 2024
Education
5
In K-12 education, equity is leading to a dumbing down of academic standards for black students. For example, the Los Angeles Unified School District has implemented new equity-based grading policies, rewarding A, B, and C grades not based on subject mastery, but good behavior in the classroom. Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools has done similarly, resulting in a decrease in D and F grades for black students that led to a 4 percent graduation rate increase. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham and Peter Biles
December 9, 2024
Education
4

Universities Need to Stop Coddling Students with Canceled Classes

Keri D. Ingraham and Peter Biles
December 9, 2024
Education
4
As just the latest example of elite universities coddling students, classes were canceled following the election result of Donald Trump’s victory, allowing students time and space to cope. It’s no wonder many employers are devaluing college “educated” job candidates. Read More ›
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Donald Nielsen
December 6, 2024
Education
4

Time to Pull the Plug on the Department of Education

Donald Nielsen
December 6, 2024
Education
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Whether ecstatic or demoralized about the recent election, Americans should all welcome a fresh review of how the federal government carries out its work. For too long, the massive federal bureaucracy has been allowed to grow while becoming less and less efficient in how it spends tax dollars. Read More ›
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Young students sitting on green grass field
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Walter Myers III
November 21, 2024
Education
5

A Remedy for California’s Destructive Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Walter Myers III
November 21, 2024
Education
5
The state of California passed a law in 2021 requiring all students graduating from high school in the 2029-2030 school year to take at least one semester of ethnic studies. The intent, per the state’s California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, is to encourage cultural understanding of the struggles of equality, equity, justice, racism, ethnicity, and bigotry that have been prevalent throughout the history of America. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham
November 18, 2024
Education
5

Why Trump Was the Candidate for “Educational Freedom”

Keri D. Ingraham
November 18, 2024
Education
5
In 2021, West Virginia passed universal school choice, followed by Arizona in 2022. In the 2023 legislative session, more than 124 school choice bills were put forth, and eight additional states — Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Utah — passed universal or near-universal school choice. This year, the legislative work continued by conservative lawmakers, with several states expanding school choice programs and Alabama and Louisiana joining the universal school choice ranks. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham
November 13, 2024
Education
5

Abbott Set to Deliver on Texas School Choice in 2025

Keri D. Ingraham
November 13, 2024
Education
5
Texas, known for freedom, has been an outlier among historically conservative states when it comes to the rights of dads and moms to have education options for their children outside of the public school system. This is despite only 37% of Texans thinking K-12 education in the local school district within Texas is headed in the right direction. Read More ›