Tag: student achievement

sad girl sitting and thinking in the classroom

^{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 ›

Money for the game Monopoly by Hasbro on a white background.

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

The Monopolies of Education

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

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 ›

classroom of a daycare center without children and teacher

^{Debra J. Saunders
February 23, 2022
Uncategorized}

Don’t Go to the Head of the Class

_{Debra J. Saunders
February 23, 2022
Uncategorized}

If there’s one group the education establishment wants to stop, it is parents, many of them Asians, who push their students to excel. Read More ›

Female Teacher With Two Elementary School Pupils Wearing Uniform Using Digital Tablet At Desk

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 27, 2022
Charter Schools, Education Policy}

Charters Are Solid Alternatives to Traditional Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 27, 2022
Charter Schools, Education Policy}

House Bills 1591 and 1962 would address the two major weaknesses in Washington’s charter school laws. If passed, more charter schools could be created, and charter public schools would receive funding equal to traditional public schools. Read More ›

Group graduate.University graduates line up hold degree award in graduation ceremony rear view

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

K-12 Redesign: Graduation Requirements

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

Today’s high school graduation requirements remain based on a seat-time measurement implemented in 1904. While our world has drastically changed over the past hundred and seventeen years, our K-12 schools maintain an antiquated approach to measuring student achievement. Read More ›

Bored High School Pupil Slumped On Desk In Classroom

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 18, 2021
Education Policy, Innovation}

It’s Past Time for a K-12 Redesign

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 18, 2021
Education Policy, Innovation}

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 a full year without providing in-person instruction, and only returning with reduced instruction hours despite heaps of additional funding, it’s overdue time for a K-12 redesign. 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 ›

Portrait of teenage African-American boy doing homework or studying at home while sitting at desk with father helping him

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 19, 2021
Homeschool}

Homeschool Explosion

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 19, 2021
Homeschool}

In years past, homeschool families were the target of jokes. This year, however, they became the envy of traditional school families, who watched them seamlessly cruise through the COVID-19 pandemic with little disruption to their family schedule or student learning. Read More ›

School club education. Chemistry themed club. Discover and explore properties of substances together. Interests and topic club. Teacher and pupils test tubes in classroom. Older kids help younger

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 12, 2021
Education Policy, Innovation, Learning}

K-12 Redesign: Achievement Instead of Time

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 12, 2021
Education Policy, Innovation, Learning}

The U.S. K-12 education system is designed based on time, not student achievement. Today too many students exit the system logging the required time but not meeting learning proficiencies. A redesign is warranted that promotes students based on their competency, not the school calendar. 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 ›

portrait of a group of asian elementary school children

^{Donald Nielsen
October 29, 2020
Educational Leadership, International Education, Teaching}

Why Do Singapore Students Outperform the Rest of the World?

_{Donald Nielsen
October 29, 2020
Educational Leadership, International Education, Teaching}

Research reveals that the most significant influence on student academic achievement is the quality of the teacher in the classroom. Singapore has the highest performing children in the world. Is it possible they have the best teachers? What is Singapore doing dramatically different that the U.S. can emulate? Read More ›