Category: Education Policy | Page 7 | American Center for Transforming Education

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 ›

Portrait of black family with kids relax on couch

^{Jennifer Burke
September 30, 2021
Education Policy, Private School, School Choice}

Why I Support Empowering Parents With School Choice

_{Jennifer Burke
September 30, 2021
Education Policy, Private School, School Choice}

The argument for school choice has never been stronger than it is today. 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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

^{Jennifer Burke
July 27, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination, School Choice}

How Can You Combat the Danger Lurking in Education?

_{Jennifer Burke
July 27, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination, School Choice}

The data is clear. America is drastically behind the rest of the world in the education of our children. For a nation that leads the world in education spending, more than $720 billion annually, this is simply not acceptable. Read More ›

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

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

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

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 13, 2021
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 ›

student's hand taking English test in class

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 23, 2021
Education Policy, Innovation, Technology in Education}

K-12 Redesign: Retooling Testing

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 23, 2021
Education Policy, Innovation, Technology in Education}

Our K-12 schools are organized more like a swim meet focused on recording student placement results rather than a swim lesson devoted to student learning. What value are student assessment results if all students move on to the next lesson, concept, or skill regardless of whether mastery was achieved or not? Read More ›

Bored High School Pupil Slumped On Desk In Classroom

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 18, 2021
Education Policy, Innovation}

It’s Past Time for a K-12 Redesign

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 18, 2021
Education Policy, Innovation}

K-12 public education, already in crisis pre-COVID-19, is on a steep downward trajectory — with the severe lack of instruction time, staggering learning loss, alarming dropout numbers, and serious student disengagement. With half of the schools closed nationwide a full year without providing in-person instruction, and only returning with reduced instruction hours despite heaps of additional funding, it’s overdue time for a K-12 redesign. Read More ›