Tag: teacher unions

close-up portrait of sad little child covering ears with hands and looking away

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 1, 2025
Education Policy, Unions}

Fearmongering and Falsehoods Over Education Dept. Shutdown

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 1, 2025
Education Policy, Unions}

Unsurprisingly, there is tremendous fearmongering marked by falsehoods from the opposition regarding President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Public school personnel are already claiming that special education funding has been cut and that closing the department will devastate their ability to educate students. These claims are unfounded. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 1, 2024
Charter Schools, Education Policy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation}

Let’s Align High School to Workforce Needs

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 1, 2024
Charter Schools, Education Policy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation}

The perceived value of higher education has been plummeting for years, yet tuition prices continue to rise at levels outpacing the increased career earning power in several fields. Combine the financial cost and the misalignment of college courses with the labor markets, and it’s no surprise that traditional higher education is on the decline. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 6, 2024
Classical Education}

The Surging Growth of K-12 Classical Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 6, 2024
Classical Education}

Significantly more K-12 students today are receiving a classical education than just a few years ago, and this growing trend is accelerating nationwide. Read More ›

Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery at Night

^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 21, 2024
Education Policy, School Choice}

Alabama Governor Ivey’s Top Legislative Priority Is Advancing Educational Freedom

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 21, 2024
Education Policy, School Choice}

In the State of the State Address recently, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced, “passing an education savings account bill that works for families and for Alabama is my number one legislative priority.” Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 16, 2024
Education Policy, School Choice}

It’s Time for Tennessee to Enact Universal Education Freedom

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 16, 2024
Education Policy, School Choice}

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (Republican), in his sixth State of the State address earlier this month, declared that “2024 is the year to make school choice a reality for every Tennessee family.” Gov. Lee rightly acknowledged that “parents know what’s best for their child’s education.” 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 ›

colorful waving national flag of arizona state on a american dollar money background. finance concept

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 12, 2024
Education Policy, School Choice}

Arizona Gov. Hobbs Seeks to Bury Education Freedom in Bureaucracy

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 12, 2024
Education Policy, School Choice}

After failing in her multiple attempts to block and remove Arizona’s universal school choice opportunities for families, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is now looking to layer endless bureaucracy onto the state’s thriving Empowerment Scholarship Account program. Read More ›

Parents Helping Children With Homework In Kitchen

^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 11, 2023
Charter Schools, Education Policy}

A Texas Charter School Prioritizing Parental Involvement

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 11, 2023
Charter Schools, Education Policy}

At a time when district public schools are pushing parents away and even working at odds and in secrecy, a charter school in Dallas, Texas, is operating a school model that intently prioritizes parental involvement. Read More ›

Young couple sending their children to school

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 7, 2023
School Choice}

School Choice Hypocrisy: Good for My Children, but Not Yours

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 7, 2023
School Choice}

There are five major categories of people working to block school choice for others despite taking advantage of it themselves. The most hypocritical — those who send their own children to private schools as their wealth allows but don’t want others to have that opportunity. Read More ›

Daughter is reading book to her international parents

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

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

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

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 ›

An American flag against a blue sky on an old rusty flagpole

^{Keri D. Ingraham & Jason Bedrick
October 16, 2023
School Choice, Unions}

School Choice Is Better for Democracy Than Government Schooling

_{Keri D. Ingraham & Jason Bedrick
October 16, 2023
School Choice, Unions}

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 ›

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 ›