Category: Education Policy | Page 9 | American Center for Transforming Education

The used medical face mask hangs on the wood lecture chairs in the empty classroom. Concept during the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 outbreak and pandemic in the 2020s. Back to school concept.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 3, 2021
Education Policy, Educational Leadership}

Perfect Time for a K-12 Redesign

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 3, 2021
Education Policy, Educational Leadership}

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, just six weeks shy of a full year of no in-person instruction, it's the perfect time for a K-12 redesign. Read More ›

coronavirus fears close schools worldwide amid the virus pandemic outbreak, school closed or shutdown concept

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 28, 2021
Education Policy, School Choice}

Time to Expand Our Reach

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 28, 2021
Education Policy, School Choice}

The American Center for Transforming Education is positioned to leverage this unique opportunity to prepare students to live, work, and thrive in tomorrow’s world. It’s time to expand our reach. Read More ›

Funny girl fond of chemistry filming video while making experiment

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 11, 2021
Education Policy, International Education}

When Remote Learning Works

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 11, 2021
Education Policy, International Education}

It’s no secret that remote learning is not working for the majority as schools remain closed. However, are there conditions where remote learning works exceedingly well? One Canadian school has a track record of providing outstanding remote learning and can serve as a model worth replication. Read More ›

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

President Trump Issues Executive Order Expanding Educational Opportunity

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education Policy, 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 ›

^{Donald Nielsen
November 5, 2020
Education Policy}

Don’t Reform, Transform!

_{Donald Nielsen
November 5, 2020
Education Policy}

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

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2020
Education Policy}

Election Implications for Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2020
Education Policy}

Although other issues, such as the economy, coronavirus, law and order (or the lack thereof), healthcare, and a host of climate-related topics, have taken center stage, the election has implications for education. Read More ›

4 year old boy and smashed his piggybank

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 8, 2020
Education Policy}

The Great Kindergarten Recession

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 8, 2020
Education Policy}

Parents by the masses opt to delay kindergarten for their five and six-year-old children. What are the ramifications for the children and our nation’s education system? Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 28, 2020
Education Policy, Teaching}

Factory Model Education Ignores Varied Learning Readiness

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 28, 2020
Education Policy, Teaching}

Take 25 adults the same age, from a range of different backgrounds, into an Apple Store and give them the same amount of time to learn the same device with the same directions. Obviously, learning outcomes will vary. Why do we ignore this reality for K-12 students? Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2020
Charter Schools, Education Policy, School Choice}

The Chasm Spanning Public and Private School COVID-19 Responses

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2020
Charter Schools, Education Policy, School Choice}

Public schools demand campuses stay closed while the majority of private schools do whatever it takes to open. What would happen if K-12 education became a free market with competition as the driver? Would this elicit a different response from public schools? Read More ›

^{Donald Nielsen
June 15, 2020
Education Policy}

The Source of the Problem

_{Donald Nielsen
June 15, 2020
Education Policy}

Racism and police brutality are one source of the problems we are facing today, but those problems have been exacerbated by government’s failure to demand excellence in the performance of their employees and their leadership. Read More ›

Teenageer Boy having trouble with complicated math formulas on black board

^{Bailey Takacs
May 15, 2020
Education Policy, Innovation}

Achievement-Based Education System

_{Bailey Takacs
May 15, 2020
Education Policy, Innovation}

Moving to an achievement-based system of learning would force a complete change in how we organize the school day and school year, as well as how the classroom is operated. Read More ›

Schoolboy stands in front of the school door

^{Bailey Takacs
May 11, 2020
Education Policy}

Children Need Education—Re-Open Now

_{Bailey Takacs
May 11, 2020
Education Policy}

Debra J. Saunders is right to say, “there’s an antidote to this problem. Schools.” The specific problem she is referring to in the Public school closures may be a big Mistake is that caused by school closures. Namely, some children lack supervision and others are simply not participating in online alternatives. Just last month the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that 21 percent of students enrolled in Clark County schools had no contact with the district after schools were shutdown. We cannot expect students to come back with the knowledge required to be successfully in today’s world. Even before the coronavirus mayhem arrived at our front door, the U.S. ranked 27th of all developed nations in overall education proficiency of our Read More ›