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Senior professor teaching calculus
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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 ›
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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
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 Photo by Gorodenkoff on Adobe Stock
Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2021
Charter Schools, Education Funding, Homeschool, School Choice

Competition Is Good for Customers, but Would It Benefit Schools?

Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2021
Charter Schools, Education Funding, 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 ›
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money printing process concept illustration
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Keri D. Ingraham
May 12, 2021
Education Funding

More Money Can’t Solve the K-12 Education Crisis

Keri D. Ingraham
May 12, 2021
Education Funding
Money can’t buy happiness. Nor can pumping excessive money into our K-12 public education system buy student achievement. But people will still try, and when it doesn’t produce the desired outcome, they will try again, setting the threshold of required money higher than before. And, so the insane cycle repeats itself — again and again and again. Read More ›
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Two classmates with face masks sharing hand sanitizer in the classroom.
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Keri D. Ingraham
March 23, 2021
Education Policy, Unions

A Win for Private Schools

Keri D. Ingraham
March 23, 2021
Education Policy, Unions
In a surprising move, Democrat Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, advocated for private schools to receive $2.75 billion as part of the American Rescue Plan. Schumer, motivated by the powerful New York City Orthodox Jewish Community lobby, immediately came under attack by fellow Democrats, teacher unions, and public school associations. Read More ›
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Chasm in Little Petra, Jordan
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Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2020
Charter Schools, Education Reform, School Choice

The Chasm Spanning Public and Private School COVID-19 Responses

Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2020
Charter Schools, Education Reform, 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 ›