Tag: teacher unions

Indian father teaching or helping the son for reading from book at home - concept of Parental Guidance, home education and Tutoring Sessions.

^{Debra J. Saunders
September 9, 2023
Unions}

If Your Kid Can’t Read This, Thank a Teachers Union

_{Debra J. Saunders
September 9, 2023
Unions}

The 2022-2023 school year, close to 10 percent of nation’s K-12 students did not attend classes on the average day, The New York Times‘ David Leonhardt reported in his newsletter. A quarter of students are chronically absent. “That’s a vastly higher share than before COVID.” Read More ›

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

Policy Focus: Education Savings Accounts

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

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 ›

^{American Center for Transforming Education
August 23, 2023
Parental Rights, Public Education}

Dr. Keri Ingraham Interviewed on Fox News at Night with Trace Gallagher

_{American Center for Transforming Education
August 23, 2023
Parental Rights, Public Education}

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Dr. Keri Ingraham was interviewed on Fox News at Night with Trace Gallagher. Read More ›

^{American Center for Transforming Education
August 23, 2023
Parental Rights, Public Education}

Defending Parental Rights on Fox News’ Lawrence Jones Cross Country Show

_{American Center for Transforming Education
August 23, 2023
Parental Rights, Public Education}

Dr. Keri Ingraham was invited as a guest on Fox News' Lawrence Jones Cross Country show to discuss the attack on parental rights taking place in K-12 public schools. Read More ›

The boy gets off the school bus and goes home. Generative AI

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 10, 2023
Education Policy, Education Reform, Public Education}

‘Public’ Schools That Aren’t Public

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 10, 2023
Education Policy, Education Reform, Public Education}

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 ›

Young parents with their daughter holding American flag in countryside at sunset. Independence Day celebration

^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 31, 2023
Education Policy, Education Reform, School Choice}

Families Want Educational Freedom

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 31, 2023
Education Policy, Education Reform, School Choice}

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 ›

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

^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 26, 2023
Unions}

Teachers Unions Pretend to Promote Freedom

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 26, 2023
Unions}

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 ›

President Stephen Douglas, Sprinfield, Illinois, USA.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 14, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

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

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 14, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

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 ›

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 ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 14, 2023
School Choice}

Georgia Fails on School Choice but Lays Groundwork for 2024

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 14, 2023
School Choice}

Though under Republican control, the Georgia legislature recently failed to do what several other red-state legislatures have done: enact universal school choice legislation. The measure didn’t fail because of a lack of commitment from its champions but because too many Republicans were persuaded by the weak arguments made by opponents of educational freedom. Read More ›