Tag: political indoctrination

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 18, 2024
Education Policy, School Choice}

Why Trump Was the Candidate for “Educational Freedom”

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 18, 2024
Education Policy, School Choice}

In July, just a few days after President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten boasted that the union under her charge was the first to endorse Kamala Harris for president. Weingarten pledged: “The AFT has 1.8 million members—including 450,000 in battleground states. Between now and Election Day, we’re going to give our all to make sure our voices are heard and our members are mobilized. Because when we fight, we win.” No question, Weingarten is a fighter. She fought to keep schools closed, which spanned three school years in some states. However, election night was far from a win for Harris, losing in a landslide to former president Donald Trump, who will Read More ›

education and school concept little student girl studying at school

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2024
School Choice}

School Choice Creates Enormous Savings for a State

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2024
School Choice}

Democrat lawmakers employ fear tactics claiming school choice will bankrupt their states. It's a massive lie, and they know it. As a recent Wall Street Journal report notes, school choice programs provide enormous savings for a state's budget — savings to the tunes of millions of dollars each year. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham, EJ Antoni
August 2, 2024
Future of Work, Higher Education}

How College Wrecked Productivity and How to Fix It

_{Keri D. Ingraham, EJ Antoni
August 2, 2024
Future of Work, Higher Education}

New survey results reveal that Americans' satisfaction with their customer experiences today has fallen to the lowest level in at least a decade. This decline can be traced to two things: a stagnating level of worker productivity, and an education system failing to impart practical skills to the workforce. Read More ›

It is an open doors day in a school. We see a big queue of adults and children near to a school. Children and their parents – all together welcome to school!

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 25, 2024
School Choice}

Parental Pursuit of School Choice Is Skyrocketing

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 25, 2024
School Choice}

It is National School Choice Week, and parental demand for educational options for their children is surging. A January parent survey revealed that 72% of parents “considered new schools for their children last year–a 35% increase over 2022.” Sixty-three percent searched for a new school, and 44% chose one. 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 ›

Patriotic man, woman, and child waving American flags in the air.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 21, 2022
Education Policy, School Choice}

We Must Build on Educational Freedom Election Wins

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 21, 2022
Education Policy, School Choice}

The highly anticipated "red wave" didn’t materialize in the midterm elections. Despite that disappointment, however, there were valuable victories for educational freedom. Credit is due to the parents who spoke out against school closures and political indoctrination taking precedence over academic learning. Read More ›

Closeup of a replica of U.S. Constitution document

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 28, 2022
Curriculum, Indoctrination}

Students Exit the K-12 System With an Anti-American Worldview

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 28, 2022
Curriculum, Indoctrination}

In K-12 public school classrooms, American history is nefariously repackaged today to support radical political agendas. Civics and government are pushed aside. Patriotism is viewed with hostility and even claims of racism. Read More ›

Mom and her daughter, a schoolgirl, are on the doorstep

^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 2, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination}

It’s Time for Parents to Reclaim Authority Over Their Children

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 2, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination}

McAuliffe’s candor about his desire to keep parental influence out of the classroom during a September 29 debate against Glenn Youngkin set parents on fire, and likely cost him the election. But more broadly, it symbolized the struggle over who should have authority over children — parents or the government and teacher unions. Read More ›

Medieval battle scene with cavalry and infantry. Silhouettes of figures as separate objects, fight between warriors on dark toned foggy background with medieval castle.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 27, 2021
Indoctrination, Unions}

Two Visions for America at Hostile Odds

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 27, 2021
Indoctrination, Unions}

Parents are witnessing their children being bred in extreme far-left radical ideologies, starting as young as age five, against their parental authority and at the expense of academic education. Read More ›