{"id":7064,"date":"2024-06-27T22:34:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T22:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/?page_id=7064"},"modified":"2024-10-15T22:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:00:55","slug":"entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New schools and new school models should be created to offer families alternatives to traditional public education. School choice funding provides new market demand for innovative approaches such as microschools, low-cost private schools, homeschool networks, and hybrid models.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, more education avenues that prepare students for high-demand, high-growth careers should be created. These industry-specific preparation schools engage students and provide an on-ramp to post-high school success. This is especially timely as the return on investment in higher education is plummeting, and fewer employers require a college degree. Instead, they seek candidates with specialized knowledge and skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"hailed-articles grid-responsive hide-center hide-footer hide-date hide-byline hide-subtitle\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\"><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"ai artificial-intelligence bobby-iaccino department-of-education education-freedom education-innovation futures-edge indiana industry-specific-high-schools jim-iuorio k-12 k-12-education keri-d-ingraham keri-ingraham microschools school-choice students teachers\" data-categories=\"entrepreneurship future-of-work innovation\" category=\"Innovation\" category-slug=\"innovation\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/11\/Futures-Edge-Nov-24-2025-Favorite-1200x691.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/11\/25\/keri-d-ingraham-talks-education-freedom-on-the-futures-edge-show\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/11\/Futures-Edge-Nov-24-2025-Favorite-1200x691.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/11\/25\/keri-d-ingraham-talks-education-freedom-on-the-futures-edge-show\/\"> Keri D. Ingraham Talks Education Innovation on the Futures Edge Show<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">American Center for Transforming Education <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">November 25, 2025<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">1<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Innovation<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">On Monday, November 24, Keri D. Ingraham appeared live with Jim Iuorio and Bobby Iaccino on their Futures Edge Show. Together, they first discussed last week&#8217;s major announcement that the Department of Education would be delegating various responsibilities to other federal departments. They then delved into the reforms required to incentivize teachers to excel in their field, the strengths of industry-specific high schools and microschools, how Indiana is reforming education, the role of AI in education, and more. We are LIVE on the Futures Edge Show. https:\/\/t.co\/IfAFb00q6x&mdash; Bob Iaccino (@Bob_Iaccino) November 24, 2025 <span class=\"more\"> &hellip; <\/span><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/11\/25\/keri-d-ingraham-talks-education-freedom-on-the-futures-edge-show\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"arizona artificial-intelligence cosm discovery-institute doug-ducey education education-freedom empowerment-scholarship-account free-market governor-doug-ducey high-demand-career-fields high-growth-career-fields innovative-learning jenny-clark k-12 k-12-education k-12-monopoly keri-d-ingraham keri-ingraham love-your-school modernize-education parents prepare-workers school-choice-advocate students technology\" data-categories=\"entrepreneurship future-of-work innovation school-choice\" category=\"Innovation\" category-slug=\"innovation\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/11\/COSM-Session-Nov-20251-1200x900.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/11\/20\/keri-d-ingraham-speaks-at-cosm-with-governor-doug-ducey-jenny-clark\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/11\/COSM-Session-Nov-20251-1200x900.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/11\/20\/keri-d-ingraham-speaks-at-cosm-with-governor-doug-ducey-jenny-clark\/\"> Keri D. Ingraham Speaks at COSM with Governor Doug Ducey &amp; Jenny Clark<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">American Center for Transforming Education <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">November 20, 2025<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">3<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Innovation<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">In Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 18, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham addressed the audience in a packed ballroom at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort during day one of Discovery Institute&#8217;s COSM Technology Summit, spanning three days. She referenced the countless significant accomplishments across various policy areas, including education reform, that the Honorable Doug Ducey achieved during his eight years as Governor of Arizona. Most notably, on July 7, 2022, Governor Ducey signed universal school choice into law by expanding the Empowerment Scholarship Account program to all of Arizona&#8217;s more than 1.1 million students. At the time, Governor Ducey explained: Arizona kids will no longer be <span class=\"more\"> &hellip; <\/span><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/11\/20\/keri-d-ingraham-speaks-at-cosm-with-governor-doug-ducey-jenny-clark\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"discovery-institute education-entrepreneurship education-freedom education-innovation indoctrination k-12 k-12-education keri-d-ingraham keri-ingraham near-universal-education-freedom near-universal-school-choice parental-rights public-education-reform public-school school-choice school-closures steve-buri universal-education-freedom universal-school-choice\" data-categories=\"entrepreneurship indoctrination innovation parental-rights school-choice\" category=\"School Choice\" category-slug=\"school-choice\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/10\/IMG_3752-1-1200x761.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/10\/03\/historic-education-freedom-is-happening-and-it-is-worthy-of-a-celebration\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/10\/IMG_3752-1-1200x761.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/10\/03\/historic-education-freedom-is-happening-and-it-is-worthy-of-a-celebration\/\"> Historic Education Freedom Is Happening and It Is Worthy of a Celebration!<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">American Center for Transforming Education <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">October 3, 2024<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">3<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">School Choice<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Last week, Discovery Institute welcomed guests from across the Pacific Northwest to Mercer Island for a special event hosted by the American Center for Transforming Education. The event focused on the historic education freedom that has taken place over the past four years. It was an informative evening marked by a joyous celebration with a packed room of attendees.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/10\/03\/historic-education-freedom-is-happening-and-it-is-worthy-of-a-celebration\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"aerospace-design alabama alternative-education anti-american-worldview arizona arkansas aviation charter-school critical-race-theory education education-freedom far-left-political-agenda florida free-market-k-12 grand-rapids hands-on-learning high-school indiana innovation iowa k-12 k-12-education kelly-sadler keri-d-ingraham keri-ingraham lawmakers media-interview michigan north-carolina ohio oklahoma parents pilots-license politically-unstable-podcast private-school public-charter-school public-school radical-gender-ideology remote-schooling rewriting-history robotics school-choice school-closures stem students taxpayer-money taxpayers teachers-unions the-washington-times universal-school-choice utah west-michigan-aviation-academy west-virginia\" data-categories=\"education-policy entrepreneurship innovation school-choice\" category=\"School Choice\" category-slug=\"school-choice\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/04\/Keri-Ingraham-Politically-Unstable-Podcast-April-2024-1200x705.png)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/09\/dr-keri-d-ingraham-discusses-education-innovation-school-choice-on-the-politically-unstable-podcast\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/04\/Keri-Ingraham-Politically-Unstable-Podcast-April-2024-1200x705.png\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/09\/dr-keri-d-ingraham-discusses-education-innovation-school-choice-on-the-politically-unstable-podcast\/\"> Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Education Innovation &amp; School Choice on the Politically Unstable Podcast<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">American Center for Transforming Education <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">April 9, 2024<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">3<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">School Choice<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">There are pockets of amazing innovation happening around our country in K-12 education, but they are far too rare. One example of an innovative high school is West Michigan Aviation Academy in Grand Rapids. The school is in its 14th year, but few people know about it nationally. It should be a national headline because it is a model that deserves replication.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/09\/dr-keri-d-ingraham-discusses-education-innovation-school-choice-on-the-politically-unstable-podcast\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"advanced-placement aerospace-design air-force airlines airplane aviation biomedical character-development charter-school coast-guard college-degree dick-devos drones dual-enrollment engineering ethan-dyksterhouse flight-school gerald-r-ford-international-airport grand-rapids hands-on-learning high-expectations high-school individual-responsibility innovative-charter-school k-12-education keri-d-ingraham keri-ingraham marine-corps michigan michigan-charter-school parents pilot-shortage pilots private-pilots-license public-charter-school respect-for-others robotics sat science specialized-training stem students technology tuition-free unmanned-aerial-systems west-michigan-aviation-academy west-michigan-aviation-academy-foundation\" data-categories=\"charter-schools entrepreneurship innovation\" category=\"Charter Schools\" category-slug=\"charter-schools\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/04\/IMG_1844-1200x900.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/04\/students-soar-at-innovative-west-michigan-aviation-academy\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/04\/IMG_1844-1200x900.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/04\/students-soar-at-innovative-west-michigan-aviation-academy\/\"> Students Soar at Innovative West Michigan Aviation Academy<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">Keri D. Ingraham <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">April 4, 2024<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">5<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Charter Schools<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">The average American annual salary is under $60,000, whereas the average annual salary of pilots is over $188,000 \u2014 $128,000 higher. Yet there is a pilot shortage. These positions do not require a college degree but instead specialized training, and the training need not wait until students complete high school.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/04\/students-soar-at-innovative-west-michigan-aviation-academy\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"advanced-manufacturing aerospace-design aerospace-industry artificial-intelligence aviation big-data biomedical-engineering business charter-school college-degree computer-science dick-devos digital-marketing education-savings-account electrical energy engineering entrepreneurship food-production gerald-r-ford-international-airport grand-rapids high-school industry-leaders industry-specific-high-schools keri-d-ingraham keri-ingraham licensed-pilot math medical-technology michigan near-universal-school-choice pharmaceuticals pilots plumbing private-schools public-charter-schools radio-controlled-flight robotics science startup-companies stem students technology tuition-free universal-school-choice west-michigan-aviation-academy workforce-shortage workforce-ready-students\" data-categories=\"charter-schools entrepreneurship innovation\" category=\"Charter Schools\" category-slug=\"charter-schools\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/04\/flight-instructor-and-student-inside-small-piper-aircraft-stockpack-adobe-stock-1200x800.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/03\/a-proven-high-school-model-to-replicate\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/04\/flight-instructor-and-student-inside-small-piper-aircraft-stockpack-adobe-stock-1200x800.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/03\/a-proven-high-school-model-to-replicate\/\"> A Proven High School Model to Replicate<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">Keri D. Ingraham <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">April 3, 2024<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">5<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Charter Schools<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">In 2010, the doors opened to a new type of tuition-free public charter high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Located adjacent to the Gerald R. Ford International Airport,\u00a0West Michigan Aviation Academy\u00a0has been turning out more than just future pilots for the past 13 school years.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/03\/a-proven-high-school-model-to-replicate\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"aerospace american-public-schools aviation bachelors-degree charter-school chronic-absenteeism college college-degree dick-devos education-spending employers employment-eligibility engineering enrollment epoch-times far-left-political-agenda future-workforce hands-on-learning higher-education innovative-high-school k-12 k-12-education keri-d-ingraham labor labor-force labor-markets learning-loss meggan-george nicole-gasper organization-for-economic-cooperation-and-development parents program-for-international-student-assessment public-school school-shutdowns science skills-based-hiring specialized-jobs stem student-debt teacher-unions technology tuition-prices wall-street-journal west-michigan west-michigan-aviation-academy workforce\" data-categories=\"charter-schools education-policy entrepreneurship innovation\" category=\"Charter Schools\" category-slug=\"charter-schools\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/04\/group-of-high-school-students-building-and-programming-electric-toys-and-robots-at-robotics-classroom-stockpack-adobe-stock-1200x785.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/01\/lets-align-high-school-to-workforce-needs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/04\/group-of-high-school-students-building-and-programming-electric-toys-and-robots-at-robotics-classroom-stockpack-adobe-stock-1200x785.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/01\/lets-align-high-school-to-workforce-needs\/\"> Let&#8217;s Align High School to Workforce Needs<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">Keri D. Ingraham <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">April 1, 2024<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">5<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Charter Schools<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">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\u2019s no surprise that traditional higher education is on the decline.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/04\/01\/lets-align-high-school-to-workforce-needs\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"college-simulated-learning hybrid-education hybrid-learning k-12 k-12-education learning parental-involvement parents parents-in-education private-schools school-model university-model-2\" data-categories=\"education-policy entrepreneurship hybrid-learning innovation\" category=\"Hybrid Learning\" category-slug=\"hybrid-learning\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-12-at-10.37.20\u202fAM-1200x676.png)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/01\/12\/dr-keri-d-ingraham-discusses-college-simulated-learning-for-k-12-on-the-making-the-leap-podcast\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-12-at-10.37.20\u202fAM-1200x676.png\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/01\/12\/dr-keri-d-ingraham-discusses-college-simulated-learning-for-k-12-on-the-making-the-leap-podcast\/\"> Keri D. Ingraham Discusses College-Simulated Learning for K-12 on the Making the Leap Podcast<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">American Center for Transforming Education <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">January 12, 2024<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">3<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Hybrid Learning<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Chris and Christine Stigall from the Herzog Foundation interview Dr. Keri D. Ingraham on the Making the Leap Podcast. The conversation discusses a school model that intentionally engages parents in their children&#8217;s education.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2024\/01\/12\/dr-keri-d-ingraham-discusses-college-simulated-learning-for-k-12-on-the-making-the-leap-podcast\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"american-center-for-transforming-education discovery-institute education-entrepreneurs education-freedom education-policy innovation k-12 k-12-education keri-d-ingraham keri-ingraham kevin-roberts school-choice teacher-unions\" data-categories=\"education-policy entrepreneurship innovation\" category=\"Education Policy\" category-slug=\"education-policy\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2023\/01\/Keri-Ingraham-Kevin-Roberts-Jan.-11-2023-Favorite-Cropped-600x429.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2023\/03\/31\/in-case-you-missed-it\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2023\/01\/Keri-Ingraham-Kevin-Roberts-Jan.-11-2023-Favorite-Cropped-600x429.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2023\/03\/31\/in-case-you-missed-it\/\"> In Case You Missed It!<\/a><\/h3><sub class=\"subtitle\">An important conversation about the future of education in America<\/sub><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">American Center for Transforming Education <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">March 31, 2023<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">1<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Education Policy<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Recently Discovery Institute Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Dr. Keri Ingraham joined The Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on his show to discuss educational freedom, education entrepreneurship, innovation, and much more.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2023\/03\/31\/in-case-you-missed-it\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"american-federation-of-teachers anti-american-worldview arizona cdc climate-change climate-hysteria closed-school covid-19 critical-race-theory customers democrats doug-ducey free-markets government-public-school governor-ducey homeschool hybrid k-12 k-12-education k-12-monopoly learning-pod microschool parents political-agenda political-power power randi-weingarten school-choice students teacher-unions traditional-public-schools tutors union-controlled-public-schools virtual-school voters\" data-categories=\"entrepreneurship innovation school-choice\" category=\"School Choice\" category-slug=\"school-choice\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/08\/school-hallway-1200x800.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2023\/03\/16\/union-leaders-bureaucrats-have-long-ignored-parents-concerns\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2024\/08\/school-hallway-1200x800.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2023\/03\/16\/union-leaders-bureaucrats-have-long-ignored-parents-concerns\/\"> Union Leaders &amp; Bureaucrats Have Long Ignored Parents&#8217; Concerns<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">Keri D. Ingraham <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">March 16, 2023<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">4<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">School Choice<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">With families wanting other options than the traditional public school and with the passage of school choice bills, the K-12 education market is experiencing a much-needed shake up. Parents are now seeing themselves as consumers of K-12 education for their children.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2023\/03\/16\/union-leaders-bureaucrats-have-long-ignored-parents-concerns\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"admissions-fit adult-online-learning advantages education-provider educational-freedom edupreneurs engagement enrollment hybrid-learning hybrid-school k-12 k-12-education k-12-hybrid k-12-monopoly k-12-online k-12-virutal mckinsey-company motivation onboarding online-learning pandemic remote-instructions remote-learning return-to-school return-to-the-office return-to-work school-from-home staffing teachers-unions virtual-school work-from-home\" data-categories=\"entrepreneurship innovation learning\" category=\"Innovation\" category-slug=\"innovation\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2022\/12\/education-school-and-technology-concept-girl-with-tablet-pc-computer-and-hologram-projection-of-earth-planet-or-globe-learning-geography-online-at-home-stockpack-adobe-stock-600x400.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2022\/12\/03\/the-k-12-virtual-hybrid-education-enrollment-explosion\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2022\/12\/education-school-and-technology-concept-girl-with-tablet-pc-computer-and-hologram-projection-of-earth-planet-or-globe-learning-geography-online-at-home-stockpack-adobe-stock-600x400.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2022\/12\/03\/the-k-12-virtual-hybrid-education-enrollment-explosion\/\"> The K-12 Virtual &amp; Hybrid Education Enrollment Explosion<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">Keri D. Ingraham <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">December 3, 2022<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"medium\">6<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Innovation<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Despite the haphazard low-quality remote instruction provided by public school districts spanning the past three school years, the demand for full-time virtual and hybrid learning options has grown strong. However, there are three key differences between what the districts provided on the fly, and what is growing in popularity among K-12 students.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2022\/12\/03\/the-k-12-virtual-hybrid-education-enrollment-explosion\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/signal\/articles?&count=12&category=entrepreneurship&format=div&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"33042\" data-format=\"standard\" data-type=\"post\" data-tags=\"arizona closed-school competition covid-19 disruption education-disruption education-freedom educational-freedom edupreneurs edupreneurship future-of-education homeschool horace-mann hybrid-learning hybrid-school industry-disruption innovative-business k-12 k-12-education k-12-monopoly market-disruption microschool new-school-models online-school private-schools public-schools school-choice school-closures\" data-categories=\"education-policy entrepreneurship innovation\" category=\"Innovation\" category-slug=\"innovation\" ><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2022\/08\/group-of-young-pupils-of-elementary-school-using-virtual-reality-glasses-during-computer-coding-class-stockpack-adobe-stock-600x401.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2022\/08\/23\/a-case-for-disrupting-k-12-education-in-the-u-s\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2022\/08\/group-of-young-pupils-of-elementary-school-using-virtual-reality-glasses-during-computer-coding-class-stockpack-adobe-stock-600x401.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2022\/08\/23\/a-case-for-disrupting-k-12-education-in-the-u-s\/\"> A Case for Disrupting K-12 Education in the U.S.<\/a><\/h3><sub class=\"subtitle\">Innovation has pushed other industries into the future, so why not our educational system?<\/sub><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\">Keri D. Ingraham <\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">August 23, 2022<\/dd><dd class=\"ert\" data-length=\"short\">5<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Innovation<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">As other states follow Arizona\u2019s lead in providing families with educational freedom, the market for edupreneurship will continue to grow. Now is the time for creative, innovative business minds with a passion and a vision for the future of education to step into this emerging arena.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2022\/08\/23\/a-case-for-disrupting-k-12-education-in-the-u-s\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New schools and new school models should be created to offer families alternatives to traditional public education. School choice funding provides new market demand for innovative approaches such as microschools, low-cost private schools, homeschool networks, and hybrid models.&nbsp; Also, more education avenues that prepare students for high-demand, high-growth careers should be created. These industry-specific preparation schools engage students and provide<a class=\"ellipsis article-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/entrepreneurship\/\"><span> Read More &rsaquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266,"featured_media":7386,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":true,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2367],"coauthors":[1079],"class_list":["post-7064","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-__float-header"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7064"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7064"}],"wp:action-assign-author":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page\/7064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}