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Children, books, and hanging out in the park with friends. Learning or diversity in reading at the school playground. Children, study or education

^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 8, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

Educational Freedom Expansion Will Continue in 2024

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 8, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

Ten states have passed legislation to grant all, or nearly all, families statewide with K-12 education freedom. It is time for all of the other Republican trifecta states to get the job done. Read More ›

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^{American Center for Transforming Education
November 29, 2023
Education Reform, School Choice}

Our Unique Approach Gains National Attention

_{American Center for Transforming Education
November 29, 2023
Education Reform, School Choice}

Discovery Institute’s American Center for Transforming Education has gained increasing national attention with our unique two-prong approach. We work to transform public education while also empowering parents with the freedom to select the K-12 educational avenue for their children. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 16, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

Texas Lawmakers Finally Get Serious About School Choice for Families

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 16, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

Texas State Rep. Cody Harris, a Republican from rural Palestine, Texas, was one of several Republicans who initially opposed school choice. Yet, once he began serving on the House Public Education Committee earlier this year, his position changed. Read More ›

Daughter is reading book to her international parents

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

How Texas Is Becoming the Frontlines for Parents-First School Choice

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

For far too long, K-12 public schools have been viewed as the only experts when it comes to educating children. Parents’ fundamental responsibility to serve as the primary educators of their children has been outsourced to these government institutes, where the vast majority of children remain trapped. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 6, 2023
Public Education, School Choice}

Bring School Choice to the Public System

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 6, 2023
Public Education, School Choice}

Despite this tremendous progress in empowering a growing number of parents with the freedom to move their children outside of the public education system, expanding options within public education often remains extremely limited. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 17, 2023
Education Policy, Parental Rights, School Choice}

Governor DeSantis: The Nation’s Top Education Change Agent

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 17, 2023
Education Policy, Parental Rights, School Choice}

DeSantis has earned the rank as the nation's top education change agent among his many other achievements as governor. Other governors should emulate his example of courageous leadership and enact Florida's education model legislation. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 15, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

School Choice Takes State Houses by Storm in 2023 Legislative Sessions

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 15, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

Wins keep pouring in for school choice in red states. Currently, seven states have enacted universal or near-universal school choice into law: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Utah, and West Virginia. Read More ›

transgender flag in the palm of the hand.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 4, 2023
Indoctrination, Parental Rights}

Red States Ban Destructive Transgender Treatments as K-12 Schools Funnel Children to Dangerous Path

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 4, 2023
Indoctrination, Parental Rights}

Increasingly, K-12 students are peddled ideas counter to basic biological reality related to their bodies. This science-defying deception takes place in the government-funded and regulated academic institutions across our country that are tasked with effectively educating our future citizenry and workforce. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham, Liv Finne, & Kemper Freeman Jr.
April 24, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

Parents Must Call for Reforms to K-12 Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham, Liv Finne, & Kemper Freeman Jr.
April 24, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

What happens when parents get involved in their children's education? Looking back we see a rich history of caring engagement and the accompanying benefits it brought to Washington State. But as the decades passed, parental input became less welcome in K-12 public education. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 14, 2023
School Choice}

Georgia Fails on School Choice but Lays Groundwork for 2024

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 14, 2023
School Choice}

Though under Republican control, the Georgia legislature recently failed to do what several other red-state legislatures have done: enact universal school choice legislation. The measure didn’t fail because of a lack of commitment from its champions but because too many Republicans were persuaded by the weak arguments made by opponents of educational freedom. Read More ›