The Bottom Line | Page 16 | American Center for Transforming Education

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2021
Indoctrination, Private School, School Choice}

Public School Tactics Feed Private School Enrollment

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2021
Indoctrination, Private School, School Choice}

After enrollment declining significantly nationwide over the past few decades due to rising tuition prices and economic recession periods, private schools are currently experiencing a season of unanticipated growth. Read More ›

Sad mixed-race teenager sitting on sidewalk, relationship problems, awkward age

^{Walter Myers III
September 16, 2021}

The Rise in Black Unemployment Is About More Than Race

_{Walter Myers III
September 16, 2021}

AFL-CIO chief economist William Spriggs argued that the primary cause for disappointing black employment numbers is discrimination. While there may be some correlation, the primary factor inhibiting black economic attainment is the failure of urban public schools to adequately prepare students for post-secondary education. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 15, 2021
Education Policy, Teaching}

Rethinking Teacher Certification to Employ K–12 Adjunct Teachers

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 15, 2021
Education Policy, Teaching}

Current teacher certification laws create a rigid and deficient process for selecting and employing teachers. Reforming teacher certification laws would provide districts with more flexibility in how they hire teachers, including employing adjunct teachers for K–12 classrooms. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 10, 2021
Learning}

Dumbing Down K-12 Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 10, 2021
Learning}

While 25 other nations outperform U.S. K-12 public school students academically, we tout data that ranks our students against other American students. States boast about outperforming other states. Districts flaunt two percent gains in graduation rates. Read More ›

^{Walter Myers III
September 2, 2021
Curriculum, Indoctrination}

Orange County Seeks to Slip Critical Race Theory into Ethnic Studies Curriculum

_{Walter Myers III
September 2, 2021
Curriculum, Indoctrination}

My greatest worry is a California public school system that promotes a divisive ideology discouraging black and brown children from aiming high, and further fails to educate them to give them a fighting chance to be successful regardless of the obstacles they may face in life. Read More ›

Portrait of focused schoolgirl wearing protective face mask working at lesson in classroom, writing exercise

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 26, 2021
Education Policy}

The Truth About School Mask Mandates

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 26, 2021
Education Policy}

Past generations of healthy, young Americans willingly risked their lives for our freedom. Today many people are willingly succumbing to government dictates that control their basic everyday decisions through stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, limited religious gatherings, and most recently through forced vaccinations. Read More ›

Female nurse with mask giving vaccine to patient in clinic.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education Policy, Higher Education}

Vaccine Mandates & Bribery Are Headed for K-12 Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education Policy, Higher Education}

Trends in higher education often trickle down to K-12 schools. The coronavirus vaccine fiat is heading toward the primary and secondary academic setting in record time. Read More ›

Student working on laptop in college. Preparing for exam in college. Student working on a laptop on some stairs on campus preparing for an exam.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education Policy, Unions}

The Problem With Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education Policy, Unions}

Our K-12 public schools serve as the largest employment entity in the U.S. Adult employment is prioritized at the expense of student learning. Bloated bureaucracy consumes dollars that should be spent on students. Read More ›

Piggy bank with graduation hat and jar with money for education on table. Tuition fees concept

^{Debra J. Saunders
August 22, 2021
Higher Education}

Who Wants Higher Tuition?

_{Debra J. Saunders
August 22, 2021
Higher Education}

President Joe Biden and Democrats want to lower the cost of higher education by increasing Pell Grants and forgiving student debt. Biden wants to forgive $10,000 per student. Progressives want to up the ante to $50,000 per individual. Here’s a novel idea: Maybe the better way to cut the cost of college is to cut the cost of college. Read More ›

People raising fist with unfocused background in a pacifist protest against racism demanding justice

^{Walter Myers III
August 5, 2021
Indoctrination}

Critical Race Theory – The Marxist Trojan Horse

_{Walter Myers III
August 5, 2021
Indoctrination}

I think parents finally understand why so many of their children who go off to college full of hope leave those institutions with a disdain for America and our capitalist system. Read More ›

Elementary School Science Teacher Uses Interactive Digital Whiteboard to Show Classroom Full of Children how Software Programming works for Robotics. Science Class, Curious Kids Listening Attentively

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2021
Charter Schools, Education Policy, Homeschool, School Choice}

Competition Is Good for Customers, but Would It Benefit Schools?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2021
Charter Schools, Education Policy, Homeschool, School Choice}

Competition benefits consumers and is viewed as advantageous to them within the marketplace. However, when it comes to K-12 education in our country, competition is the outlier. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 28, 2021
Education Policy, Learning}

‘Equity’ in Education: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 28, 2021
Education Policy, Learning}

It is not uncommon for the word equity to be in a public school mission statement or core values. However, while it sounds good in theory, what is the underlining philosophy, and is it one in which most Americans agree? Read More ›