Tag: charter schools

A long line of students walking down a hallway. Digital image. Back to school concept illustration.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 15, 2024
Future of Work, Indoctrination}

How School Indoctrination Is Sabotaging the U.S. Economy

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 15, 2024
Future of Work, Indoctrination}

The U.S. economy is headed in the wrong direction. Gross government overreach is regulating private companies out of business. Inflation is hitting Americans from all angles. It is no surprise that economic confidence is dismal at best. Read More ›

A boy is going to school for the first time. A boy with a bag goes to primary school. Child open gate to school. Back to school.

^{Donald Nielsen
May 23, 2024}

Closing Schools Should Be the Last Resort, Not the First

_{Donald Nielsen
May 23, 2024}

Earlier this month, the Seattle Public Schools (SPS) announced plans to close 20 elementary schools. According to the district, SPS simply has too many schools for too few students. This is not a new problem, as enrollment has been declining for several years. Between 2019 and 2023, the district lost over 5,000 students, most due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 16, 2024
Charter Schools}

More Public Charter Schools Are Needed Nationwide

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 16, 2024
Charter Schools}

Parents, children, and supporters of school choice have cause to celebrate this National Charter Schools Week. Charter schools earned the top two spots on a list of the best high schools in America. Yet these tuition-free public schools open to all students are far too few nationwide. Read More ›

African american father doing homework with his daughter. Black dad helping kid to learn and study for school. Family portrait.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 21, 2024
Hybrid Learning, School Choice}

K-12 Hybrid Schooling Is in High Demand

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 21, 2024
Hybrid Learning, School Choice}

Polling data reveals that 49% of parents would prefer their child learn from home at least one day a week. While 10% want full-time homeschooling, the remaining 39% of parents desire their child to learn at home one to four days a week, with the remaining days attending school on-campus. Read More ›

It is an open doors day in a school. We see a big queue of adults and children near to a school. Children and their parents – all together welcome to school!

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 25, 2024
School Choice}

Parental Pursuit of School Choice Is Skyrocketing

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 25, 2024
School Choice}

It is National School Choice Week, and parental demand for educational options for their children is surging. A January parent survey revealed that 72% of parents “considered new schools for their children last year–a 35% increase over 2022.” Sixty-three percent searched for a new school, and 44% chose one. Read More ›

^{Walter Myers III
September 9, 2022
Charter Schools}

Tackling Misconceptions About Charter Schools

_{Walter Myers III
September 9, 2022
Charter Schools}

What many don’t understand is that charter schools are public schools – funded by federal and state funds – but privately run. The advantage of charter schools is that they are exempt from state and local regulations to a substantial degree, giving them the flexibility and autonomy to innovate and meet the needs of students. Read More ›

Two student reading textbook for test together in library.

^{Walter Myers III
June 28, 2022
Charter Schools}

The Need for Classical Education Beyond Charter Schools

_{Walter Myers III
June 28, 2022
Charter Schools}

A classical education, particularly within the context of charter schools, is the remedy for the failure of our current K-12 education system to produce well-rounded, well-educated individuals who exhibit true moral virtue and respect for others. Read More ›

Burning sheet of paper in the male hand.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 30, 2022
Education Policy, School Choice}

Democrats Are Gaslighting American Parents About School Vouchers

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 30, 2022
Education Policy, School Choice}

Defunding public schools — even “stealing money” from them — is how the far-left and teachers’ unions term any attempt to offer parents more choice around education. For them, it’s about money and power, not children and high-quality learning. Read More ›

President Joe Biden walks along the Colonnade of the White House Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, en route to the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

^{Andrew McDiarmid
April 30, 2022
School Choice}

Biden Undermines Parents in Remarks to Teachers

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 30, 2022
School Choice}

Do kids in America’s classrooms belong to the teachers? President Joe Biden seems to think so. In remarks to teachers this week at a White House event honoring national and state teachers of the year, Biden told educators that their students “are not somebody else’s children. Read More ›

Teacher reading book to elementary school children in class

^{Walter Myers III
April 27, 2022
Education Policy}

What do Critical Race Theorists Think of the Current State of K-12 Education?

_{Walter Myers III
April 27, 2022
Education Policy}

What critical race theorist Derrick Bell saw as the primary barrier to equal education, which will be surprising to many, is teacher unions and others who have vested interests in maintaining the status quo of public education. Bell was a proponent of charter schools, tuition voucher programs, and independent schools. Read More ›

Young African American school boy with piggybank and backpack on black background

^{Jennifer Burke
March 28, 2022
School Choice}

Choice in Education Funds Students Not Systems

_{Jennifer Burke
March 28, 2022
School Choice}

Join the growing national movement to make educational freedom available to all families, not just to the elite and wealthy. 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 ›