Category: Education Policy

Boy student having a video call with his classmates

^{Keri Ingraham and Christos Makridis
April 5, 2022
Education Funding, Education Policy, Unions}

The Deterioration of K-12 Education in America

_{Keri Ingraham and Christos Makridis
April 5, 2022
Education Funding, Education Policy, Unions}

Recruiting and retaining excellent teachers is hindered by a system that rewards tenure instead of performance. Despite the extreme measures of teachers’ unions to promote teacher working conditions and compensation, research reveals that right-to-work laws positively improve worker well-being. Read More ›

Female Teacher With Two Elementary School Pupils Wearing Uniform Using Digital Tablet At Desk

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 27, 2022
Charter Schools, Education Policy}

Charters are Solid Alternatives to Traditional Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 27, 2022
Charter Schools, Education Policy}

House Bills 1591 and 1962 would address the two major weaknesses in Washington’s charter school laws. If passed, more charter schools could be created, and charter public schools would receive funding equal to traditional public schools. Read More ›

Asian tourist man walking on the old and broken wood bridge

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 17, 2022
Education Policy, Learning}

What Will It Take to Put U.S. K-12 Education on a Better Path?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 17, 2022
Education Policy, Learning}

Parents want the student learning loss remedied. They are no longer satisfied with the ineffective one-size-fits-all approach. What will it take to make up for the learning loss and set the United States’ K-12 education system on a better trajectory? Read More ›

Washington State Ferry Olympic Mountains Edmonds

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2021
Education Policy}

Misguided Mandate Will Cost Washington State

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2021
Education Policy}

Get vaccinated or get fired. This was the ultimatum issued by Washington State Governor Jay Inslee in August that took effect on October 18, impacting thousands of the state’s public servants and community heroes — doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers, schoolteachers, and beyond. Read More ›

Change of job, unemployment, resigned concept.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 12, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination}

It’s Not Only Students Taking Flight from Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 12, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination}

Over one and a half million students fled public K-12 schools this fall. The sharp decline in student enrollment has not been the only blow to public schools. Employee shortages in schools abound in all 50 states. Read More ›

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

Rethinking Teacher Certification to Employ K–12 Adjunct Teachers

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 15, 2021
Education Policy, Education Reform, 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 ›

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 ›

^{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 ›

Beautiful toddler sitting on the floor playing with building blocks toy at kindergarten

^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 13, 2021
Education Funding, Education Policy}

With Biden It’s a Free-for-All, Preschool Included

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 13, 2021
Education Funding, Education Policy}

Falling within his $1.8 trillion American Families Plans, the President is attempting to push a policy of government-provided preschool for all three- and four-year-old children. Read More ›