Tag: education spending

Joyful girls students kids celebrate successful completion of collective school work in a bright classroom

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 13, 2025
School Choice}

Policy Focus: School Choice in the States

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 13, 2025
School Choice}

Huge historical legislative victories have occurred over the past four years, advancing school choice in states nationwide. In some states, the wins have entailed the creation of new school choice programs, while in other states, it has involved expanding existing programs to reach more students. Most noteworthy has been the enactment of universal or near-universal school choice in 12 states since 2021. Introduction The public education monopoly isn’t working, and it is failing to fulfill its function to a greater degree than in years and decades past. There is a better way: education freedom, which allows parents to choose the school or other learning avenue that best fits their unique child. A few years ago, widespread school choice was nearly Read More ›

Smiling mother shopping school supplies at store.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 22, 2024
Indoctrination, Teaching}

Irresponsible School Districts Force Teachers to Create Amazon Wish Lists

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 22, 2024
Indoctrination, Teaching}

For several weeks, social media has been flooded by teachers' posts with Amazon wish lists, soliciting others to stock their classrooms with basic supplies. This raises an obvious question: Why aren't school districts providing teachers what they need? Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 1, 2024
Charter Schools, Education Policy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation}

Let’s Align High School to Workforce Needs

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 1, 2024
Charter Schools, Education Policy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation}

The perceived value of higher education has been plummeting for years, yet tuition prices continue to rise at levels outpacing the increased career earning power in several fields. Combine the financial cost and the misalignment of college courses with the labor markets, and it’s no surprise that traditional higher education is on the decline. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2022
Education Policy, School Choice}

Break the K-12 Monopoly

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2022
Education Policy, School Choice}

Combining the sheer number of unionized employees with the massive government funding of public schools produces a noncompetitive system counter to our country’s free marketing founding. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 28, 2021
Education Policy, Learning}

The Ultimate Mission Drift

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 28, 2021
Education Policy, Learning}

Operating at odds with its stated mission, the United States Department of Education is failing our children on every major front. Students aren’t receiving equal access to quality schools or a learning experience characterized by educational excellence. Read More ›

Student working on laptop in college. Preparing for exam in college. Student working on a laptop on some stairs on campus preparing for an exam.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education Policy, Unions}

The Problem With Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education Policy, Unions}

Our K-12 public schools serve as the largest employment entity in the U.S. Adult employment is prioritized at the expense of student learning. Bloated bureaucracy consumes dollars that should be spent on students. 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 ›

money printing process concept illustration

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 12, 2021
Education Policy}

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

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 12, 2021
Education Policy}

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 ›

National flags on the masts. The flags of the United States, Germany, Belgium, Italia,Israel, Turkey and other

^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 22, 2021
Education Policy, International Education}

K-12 Redesign: A Financial Overhaul

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 22, 2021
Education Policy, International Education}

The United States is a world leader in K-12 education spending yet lags behind 25 other developed nations in K-12 student achievement. An education redesign, starting with a financial overhaul, is necessary if the U.S. will have a shot at remaining competitive with China, and others, in the global economy in the future. Ultimately, we need free market principles of choice and competition as drivers to improve U.S. K-12 education. 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 Policy, Educational Leadership}

Perfect Time for a K-12 Redesign

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