Tag: K-12 monopoly

^{American Center for Transforming Education
November 20, 2025
Entrepreneurship, Future of Work, Innovation, School Choice

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Keri D. Ingraham Speaks at COSM with Governor Doug Ducey & Jenny Clark

_{American Center for Transforming Education
November 20, 2025
Entrepreneurship, Future of Work, Innovation, School Choice

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In Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 18, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham addressed the audience in a packed ballroom at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort during day one of Discovery Institute’s COSM Technology Summit, spanning three days. She referenced the countless significant accomplishments across various policy areas, including education reform, that the Honorable Doug Ducey achieved during his eight years as Governor of Arizona. Most notably, on July 7, 2022, Governor Ducey signed universal school choice into law by expanding the Empowerment Scholarship Account program to all of Arizona’s more than 1.1 million students. At the time, Governor Ducey explained: Arizona kids will no longer be locked in underperforming schools. We are unlocking Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 6, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice

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Policy Focus: Education Savings Accounts

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 6, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice

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A few years ago, the hope of providing all families within a state with funding to select the education avenues that would best serve their individual children was considered nearly unimaginable. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 16, 2023
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, School Choice

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Union Leaders & Bureaucrats Have Long Ignored Parents’ Concerns

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 16, 2023
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, School Choice

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With families wanting other options than the traditional public school and with the passage of school choice bills, the K-12 education market is experiencing a much-needed shake up. Parents are now seeing themselves as consumers of K-12 education for their children. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 3, 2022
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Learning

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The K-12 Virtual & Hybrid Education Enrollment Explosion

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 3, 2022
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Learning

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Despite the haphazard low-quality remote instruction provided by public school districts spanning the past three school years, the demand for full-time virtual and hybrid learning options has grown strong. However, there are three key differences between what the districts provided on the fly, and what is growing in popularity among K-12 students. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 16, 2022
Education Policy, School Choice

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The Fight For Educational Freedom Is Just Warming Up

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 16, 2022
Education Policy, School Choice

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The educational victories in various states are a testament to the power of the ‘parents’ party,’ which, by many accounts, is still in its infancy. In the coming years, this parent movement will continue to grow in number and influence as public schools persist in doubling down on their woke agendas and as more parents experience the tremendous benefits of educational freedom. Read More ›

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^{Donald Nielsen
September 26, 2022
Education Policy, Unions

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The Monopolies of Education

_{Donald Nielsen
September 26, 2022
Education Policy, Unions

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Monopolies are seldom efficient or effective. With three monopolies built into our current K-12 public education system, it's not hard to understand why the system is failing the majority of children. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 23, 2022
Education Policy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

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A Case for Disrupting K-12 Education in the U.S.

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 23, 2022
Education Policy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

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As other states follow Arizona’s lead in providing families with educational freedom, the market for edupreneurship will continue to grow. Now is the time for creative, innovative business minds with a passion and a vision for the future of education to step into this emerging arena. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 18, 2022
Unions

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Teachers’ Unions’ Blame Game

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 18, 2022
Unions

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American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten was instrumental in keeping kids locked out of in-person schooling as she mercilessly pushed the union’s self-serving political agenda. Now she uses the dire situation she helped create as the excuse for the teacher-shortage crisis. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 12, 2022
Innovation, School Choice

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Arizona a Bright Beacon for Educational Freedom

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 12, 2022
Innovation, School Choice

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As more edupreneurs come on the scene and parents are able to use their state-issued funding to select education for their children from an array of innovative options, quality and transparency will be demanded. Read More ›