{"id":8449,"date":"2025-03-24T12:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/?p=8449"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:19:42","slug":"a-special-white-house-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/03\/24\/a-special-white-house-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Special White House Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday, Keri D. Ingraham, Director of the American Center for Transforming Education, was at the White House at the invitation of President Trump for the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities\/\">Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities<\/a>&#8221; executive order unveiling and signing ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1932\" height=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-1932x2400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8450\" style=\"width:382px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-1932x2400.jpeg 1932w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-966x1200.jpeg 966w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-483x600.jpeg 483w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-768x954.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-1236x1536.jpeg 1236w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-1649x2048.jpeg 1649w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-50x62.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/IMG_5404-copy-1600x1988.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1932px) 100vw, 1932px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;It was an incredible honor to receive this special invitation to the White House and recognition as an education freedom champion in our country from the President of the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>While at the White House, I had the pleasure of speaking with Governors Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Kim Reynolds, Bill Lee, Jeff Landry, Mike Braun, Mike DeWine, Brad Little, and Jim Pillen, among many others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>It was a great day for the nation, taking an essential step in the right direction to effectively educate children, who are the future of our country.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>With this executive order, President Trump is delivering on his promise to the American people to dismantle the ineffective and bureaucracy-ridden U.S. Department of Education and return education to the states where it rightfully belongs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>This historic action takes us one step closer to the goal of education freedom for all families nationwide.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Keri D. Ingraham<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, Ingraham spoke about the executive order on NTD News and Newsmax National Report. Click on the images below to watch the interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full m-b-n\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/03\/22\/keri-d-ingraham-discusses-the-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education-on-ntd-news\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/NTD-News-Interview-March-21-2025-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/NTD-News-Interview-March-21-2025-2.jpeg 1440w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/NTD-News-Interview-March-21-2025-2-1200x665.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/NTD-News-Interview-March-21-2025-2-600x333.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/NTD-News-Interview-March-21-2025-2-768x426.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/NTD-News-Interview-March-21-2025-2-50x28.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2025\/03\/22\/keri-d-ingraham-appears-on-newsmax-to-discuss-dismantling-the-department-of-education\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1368\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/Newsmax-Interview-March-21-2025-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/Newsmax-Interview-March-21-2025-1.jpeg 1368w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/Newsmax-Interview-March-21-2025-1-1200x668.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/Newsmax-Interview-March-21-2025-1-600x334.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/Newsmax-Interview-March-21-2025-1-768x428.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2025\/03\/Newsmax-Interview-March-21-2025-1-50x28.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1368px) 100vw, 1368px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Keri D. Ingraham, Director of the American Center for Transforming Education, was at the White House at the invitation of President Trump for the &#8220;Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities&#8221; executive order unveiling and signing ceremony. &#8220;It was an incredible honor to receive this special invitation to the White House and recognition as an education freedom champion in our country from the President of the United States. While at the White House, I had the pleasure of speaking with Governors Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Kim Reynolds, Bill Lee, Jeff Landry, Mike Braun, Mike DeWine, Brad Little, and Jim Pillen, among many others. 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