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Daughter is reading book to her international parents
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Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice
5

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

Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice
5
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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An American flag against a blue sky on an old rusty flagpole
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Keri D. Ingraham & Jason Bedrick
October 16, 2023
School Choice, Unions
6

School Choice Is Better for Democracy Than Government Schooling

Keri D. Ingraham & Jason Bedrick
October 16, 2023
School Choice, Unions
6
As state after state embraces policies that empower parents with more options in K-12 education, opponents of school choice are claiming that it is a “threat to democracy.” But if anything, school choice is better for democracy than government-run schooling. Read More ›
Parents checking children homework
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Keri D. Ingraham
October 6, 2023
Education Policy, Hybrid Learning
8

College-Simulated Learning for K-12

Keri D. Ingraham
October 6, 2023
Education Policy, Hybrid Learning
8
Recent polling suggests that nearly half of parents would prefer a hybrid approach for their child’s education, combining on-campus and at-home learning days each week. A promising model of hybrid education exists by the name of college-simulated learning. Read More ›
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The boy gets off the school bus and goes home. Generative AI
Photo by Iryna on Adobe Stock
Keri D. Ingraham
August 10, 2023
Education Policy
3

‘Public’ Schools That Aren’t Public

Keri D. Ingraham
August 10, 2023
Education Policy
3
Teachers unions and education bureaucrats hail public schools for being open to all children while condemning private schools for limiting access. But most “public” schools aren’t public at all. Read More ›
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Young parents with their daughter holding American flag in countryside at sunset. Independence Day celebration
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Keri D. Ingraham
July 31, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice
4

Families Want Educational Freedom

Keri D. Ingraham
July 31, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice
4
Families with children in public schools are restricted to a specifically assigned school based on home address — even if another public school is a better fit. Removing that artificial barrier in order that there are “no more lines” in public education should be a priority. Read More ›
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Crowd of people at a protest rally in America against the current government with their hands in the air, view from the back, peaceful march of the country's for freedom and democracy. Generative AI
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Keri D. Ingraham
July 26, 2023
Unions
5

Teachers Unions Pretend to Promote Freedom

Keri D. Ingraham
July 26, 2023
Unions
5
With the hashtag “#TeachTruth,” the National Education Association demanded the “freedom to teach” and the “freedom to learn” at their annual Representative Assembly earlier this month. It is laughable that the representatives and leaders of the world’s largest teachers union are masquerading as champions of freedom. Read More ›
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Sad boy front of a school bus. Child School concept. Education. Home education.
Photo by Volodymyr on Adobe Stock
Keri D. Ingraham
July 6, 2023
School Choice
4

Bring School Choice to the Public System

Keri D. Ingraham
July 6, 2023
School Choice
4
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 ›
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President Stephen Douglas, Sprinfield, Illinois, USA.
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Keri D. Ingraham
June 14, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice
4

Illinois Set to Nix School Choice Program for Low-Income Children

Keri D. Ingraham
June 14, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice
4
On the heels of a historic year of school choice advancement, including legislation that enacted universal or near-universal school choice programs in seven states, Illinois is poised to go in the opposite direction, delivering a blow to low-income families. Read More ›