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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

^{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 ›

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

How Can You Combat the Danger Lurking in Education?

_{Jennifer Burke
July 27, 2021
Education Reform, 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 ›

silhouette of businessman with flag on mountain

^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 27, 2021
School Choice, Unions}

Despite Union Efforts, School Choice Gains New Ground

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 27, 2021
School Choice, Unions}

The impacts of COVID-19 are far-reaching, leaving virtually no industry untouched. In the K-12 education area, school choice efforts were amplified. Read More ›

Bored High School Pupil Slumped On Desk In Classroom

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

It’s Past Time for a K-12 Redesign

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 18, 2021
Education Reform, 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 ›

money printing process concept illustration

^{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 ›

Two classmates with face masks sharing hand sanitizer in the classroom.

^{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 ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 22, 2021
Education Reform, Innovation}

K-12 Redesign: School Calendar

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 22, 2021
Education Reform, Innovation}

The United States continues to place subpar among developed nations for K-12 student performance. Not surprisingly, U.S. students receive fewer education hours over the course of a year than those they lag behind. A revamping of the K-12 school calendar is in order. Read More ›

President Joe Biden walks along the Colonnade Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, to the Oval Office of the White House.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 17, 2021
Education Policy, Unions}

$130 Billion & First 100 Days

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 17, 2021
Education Policy, Unions}

President Biden promised to reopen K-12 public schools within his first 100 days in office. His current proposal entails $130 billion of funding toward this end. Will the teacher unions determine this massive funding sufficient and get their teachers back on campus and in classrooms? Read More ›

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 Reform, Educational Leadership}

Perfect Time for a K-12 Redesign

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 3, 2021
Education Reform, 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 ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 21, 2021
Unions}

Teachers & Vaccines: Debate & Demands

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 21, 2021
Unions}

With COVID-19 vaccines in the early stages of rollout across the U.S., a debate has sparked: Should teachers reenter classrooms prior to vaccination? Demands are surfacing. Read More ›