Back to School and Education Freedom Event

President Donald Trump’s recent White House “Back to School and Education Freedom Event” showcased the extraordinary progress his administration has made in just a year and a half to replace federal overreach with parental empowerment and education freedom. As President Trump declared in his remarks, “We’re systematically ending every single one of these radical left betrayals, and we’re putting the parents back in charge. They’re the ones that love our children. They’re the ones that should be in charge.” President Trump and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon understand the fundamental truth that parents, not distant government bureaucrats, belong in the driver’s seat of their children’s education. One of the Trump administration’s most consequential achievements is the nation’s first Education Freedom Tax Credit scholarship program, Read More ›

Keri D. Ingraham joined White House Correspondent Daniel Baldwin on One America News on Tuesday to discuss her participation in President Trump’s “Back to School and Education Freedom Event” at the White House on August 24. Ingraham explained how the Education Freedom Tax Credit works, the federal government’s ongoing efforts to return education to the states and empower parents, and the importance of restoring academic excellence in K-12 education.

On August 24, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham participated in the “Back to School and Education Freedom Event,” hosted at the White House by invitation of President Trump. The event brought together students, parents, educators, policymakers, and education leaders from across the country to celebrate historic wins for education freedom, the protection of parental rights, and working to move K-12 education control out of Washington and back to the states where it rightfully belongs. From the steps outside the Oval Office, President Trump greeted guests seated in the Rose Garden and delivered remarks. He noted that our country’s education has been “weaponized against the goals that we all stand for.” More Read More ›