{"id":11,"date":"2015-10-01T17:03:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T17:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discovery.org\/education\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:53:04","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of Discovery Institute\u2019s American Center for Transforming Education is to work with government policymakers, parents, educators, business leaders, and other education stakeholders to transform our nation\u2019s education system. We advocate for policies that empower parents, promote innovation, and equip&nbsp;students&nbsp;with the skills, knowledge, and character necessary to thrive as citizens in their communities and as contributors to our increasingly competitive economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"whatwedo\">What We Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advocate for parental choice of the school they believe will best serve their child, whether traditional public school, public charter school, private school, microschool, virtual school, or homeschool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote education reform through targeted legislative action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inform education policy and practices through outreach to government policymakers, parents, educators, business leaders, and other education stakeholders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conduct research and provide innovative solutions to advance the field of education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deliver thoughtful analysis of education-related policies, practices, priorities, and current news events through articles, reports, speeches, panel discussion participation, and media interviews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"team\">Our Team<\/h2>\n\n\n<span class=\"hailed-persons \" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/persons?&person=dnielsen&format=span&refresh=600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"41209\"><mark id=\"250\" class=\"hailed tease  has-description\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/persons?&person=dnielsen&format=span&refresh=600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"41209\"><\/mark><\/span>\n\n\n<span class=\"hailed-persons \" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/persons?&person=kingraham&format=span&refresh=600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"41208\"><mark id=\"441\" class=\"hailed tease  has-description\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/persons?&person=kingraham&format=span&refresh=600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"41208\"><\/mark><\/span>\n\n\n<span class=\"hailed-persons \" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/persons?&person=rgeorge&format=span&refresh=600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"41208\"><mark id=\"673\" class=\"hailed tease  has-description\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/persons?&person=rgeorge&format=span&refresh=600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"41208\"><\/mark><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission The mission of Discovery Institute\u2019s American Center for Transforming Education is to work with government policymakers, parents, educators, business leaders, and other education stakeholders to transform our nation\u2019s education system. 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