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^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education Funding, School Choice}

President Trump Issues Executive Order Expanding Educational Opportunity

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education Funding, School Choice}

President Trump’s December 28 executive order expands educational opportunity by providing emergency learning scholarships to disadvantaged K-12 students to access in-person learning. These grants meet an urgent need among low-income, special needs, and minority students who have been disproportionately affected by school closures. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 22, 2020
Teaching, Unions}

The Chasm Spanning Public and Private Schools Continues in a COVID-19 Era

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 22, 2020
Teaching, Unions}

There was a stark difference between public and private schools in how they handled the launch of the school year in mid-August to early September as a response to COVID-19. The situation is no different as 2020 comes to a close. Half of all U.S. public schools are closed either entirely or partially, as opposed to private schools who scrambled last summer to open on day one of their scheduled school year and have remained in full operation since. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 14, 2020
Teaching}

The Teacher Pay Debate (Part 3): Implementing Incentives

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 14, 2020
Teaching}

The U.S. can't afford to continue to increase teacher pay in accordance with an ineffective, outdated compensation model. It's time to financially incentivize teachers who are high-performing, willing to work twelve months, and serve in high demand areas and subjects. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 7, 2020
Teaching}

The Teacher Pay Debate (Part 2): Examining Teacher Pay

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 7, 2020
Teaching}

Before jumping on the increase-teacher-pay bandwagon, several factors influencing teacher pay need to be understood. These include the seniority-based salary calculation system, the nine-month work year, and the higher demand for expertise in technical subjects. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 4, 2020
Teaching, Unions}

The Teacher Pay Debate (Part 1): Why the Debate?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 4, 2020
Teaching, Unions}

How can we pay teachers more? The premise of the question is teachers are not adequately paid, a frequently heard argument. But what is the reality? Read More ›

Elementary School Classroom: Enthusiastic Teacher Holding Tablet Computer Explains to a Brilliant Young Children How Wind Turbines Work. Kids Learning about Eco-Friendly Forms of Renewable Energy

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 25, 2020
Learning}

Differentiated Instruction — Easier Than Most Teachers Realize

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 25, 2020
Learning}

When asked by administrators to differentiate instruction within their classrooms, teachers typically feel overwhelmed at what they believe to be a daunting, if not an impossible, task. However, differentiated instruction may not be as difficult as most think. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 22, 2020
Students}

A Mass Educational Exodus

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 22, 2020
Students}

School closures began last March, and today over half of K-12 public schools remain closed to in-person learning. It is estimated that upwards of three million students have cut ties with schooling. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 12, 2020
Charter Schools, School Choice}

School Choice (Part 2): The Great Equalizer

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 12, 2020
Charter Schools, School Choice}

Those championing equity, including those promoting the notion of equality of student outcomes, notoriously oppose school choice despite its effectiveness in reducing the opportunity gap. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 11, 2020
Charter Schools, School Choice}

School Choice (Part 1): An In-Depth Look

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 11, 2020
Charter Schools, School Choice}

Over 42.2 million K-12 students do not have school choice unless their parents can afford expensive private school tuition, or at least one parent can stay at home to provide the necessary supervision and academic support for homeschool learning. Read More ›

^{Donald Nielsen
November 5, 2020
Education Reform}

Don’t Reform, Transform!

_{Donald Nielsen
November 5, 2020
Education Reform}

Reforming an obsolete system will not achieve the needed outcomes — it will simply give you a modified obsolete system. Read More ›