Tag: private schools

Smart professor ansqwering question of one of his students by blackboard

^{Keri D. Ingraham

February 25, 2021

Education Reform, Teaching}

A Fix to Teacher Shortages: The K-12 Adjunct Teacher

_{Keri D. Ingraham

February 25, 2021

Education Reform, Teaching}

What would happen if K-12 public education followed the example of colleges and universities and leveraged the benefits of adjunct teachers within their classrooms? Read More ›

National flags on the masts. The flags of the United States, Germany, Belgium, Italia,Israel, Turkey and other

^{Keri D. Ingraham

February 22, 2021

Education Reform, International Education}

K-12 Redesign: A Financial Overhaul

_{Keri D. Ingraham

February 22, 2021

Education Reform, International Education}

The United States is a world leader in K-12 education spending yet lags behind 25 other developed nations in K-12 student achievement. An education redesign, starting with a financial overhaul, is necessary if the U.S. will have a shot at remaining competitive with China, and others, in the global economy in the future. Ultimately, we need free market principles of choice and competition as drivers to improve U.S. K-12 education. Read More ›

President Joe Biden walks along the Colonnade Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, to the Oval Office of the White House.

^{Keri D. Ingraham

February 17, 2021

Education Policy, Unions}

$130 Billion & First 100 Days

_{Keri D. Ingraham

February 17, 2021

Education Policy, Unions}

President Biden promised to reopen K-12 public schools within his first 100 days in office. His current proposal entails $130 billion of funding toward this end. Will the teacher unions determine this massive funding sufficient and get their teachers back on campus and in classrooms? Read More ›

Funny girl fond of chemistry filming video while making experiment

^{Keri D. Ingraham

January 11, 2021

Education Policy, International Education}

When Remote Learning Works

_{Keri D. Ingraham

January 11, 2021

Education Policy, International Education}

It’s no secret that remote learning is not working for the majority as schools remain closed. However, are there conditions where remote learning works exceedingly well? One Canadian school has a track record of providing outstanding remote learning and can serve as a model worth replication. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham

December 30, 2020

Education Funding, School Choice}

President Trump Issues Executive Order Expanding Educational Opportunity

_{Keri D. Ingraham

December 30, 2020

Education Funding, School Choice}

President Trump’s December 28 executive order expands educational opportunity by providing emergency learning scholarships to disadvantaged K-12 students to access in-person learning. These grants meet an urgent need among low-income, special needs, and minority students who have been disproportionately affected by school closures. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham

December 22, 2020

Teaching, Unions}

The Chasm Spanning Public and Private Schools Continues in a COVID-19 Era

_{Keri D. Ingraham

December 22, 2020

Teaching, Unions}

There was a stark difference between public and private schools in how they handled the launch of the school year in mid-August to early September as a response to COVID-19. The situation is no different as 2020 comes to a close. Half of all U.S. public schools are closed either entirely or partially, as opposed to private schools who scrambled last summer to open on day one of their scheduled school year and have remained in full operation since. Read More ›

4 year old boy and smashed his piggybank

^{Keri D. Ingraham

October 8, 2020

Early Childhood Development, Education Funding}

The Great Kindergarten Recession

_{Keri D. Ingraham

October 8, 2020

Early Childhood Development, Education Funding}

Parents by the masses opt to delay kindergarten for their five and six-year-old children. What are the ramifications for the children and our nation’s education system? Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham

September 21, 2020

Charter Schools, Education Reform, School Choice}

The Chasm Spanning Public and Private School COVID-19 Responses

_{Keri D. Ingraham

September 21, 2020

Charter Schools, Education Reform, School Choice}

Public schools demand campuses stay closed while the majority of private schools do whatever it takes to open. What would happen if K-12 education became a free market with competition as the driver? Would this elicit a different response from public schools? Read More ›