Keri D. Ingraham

Senior Fellow and Director, American Center for Transforming Education

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School Choice Is Better for Democracy Than Government Schooling

Keri D. Ingraham & Jason Bedrick
October 16, 2023
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.

College-Simulated Learning for K-12

Keri D. Ingraham
October 6, 2023
Recent polling suggests that nearly half of parents would prefer a hybrid approach for their child’s education, combining on-campus and at-home learning days each week. A promising model of hybrid education exists by the name of college-simulated learning.

Educational Freedom

Keri D. Ingraham
September 25, 2023
As of two years ago, statewide school choice wasn't a reality. Today, 10 states have signed universal or near-universal school choice into law.

Policy Focus: Education Savings Accounts

Keri D. Ingraham
September 6, 2023
A few years ago, the hope of providing all families within a state with funding to select the education avenues that would best serve their individual children was considered nearly unimaginable.

‘Public’ Schools That Aren’t Public

Keri D. Ingraham
August 10, 2023
Teachers unions and education bureaucrats hail public schools for being open to all children while condemning private schools for limiting access. But most “public” schools aren’t public at all.

Families Want Educational Freedom

Keri D. Ingraham
July 31, 2023
Families with children in public schools are restricted to a specifically assigned school based on home address — even if another public school is a better fit. Removing that artificial barrier in order that there are “no more lines” in public education should be a priority.

Teachers Unions Pretend to Promote Freedom

Keri D. Ingraham
July 26, 2023
With the hashtag “#TeachTruth,” the National Education Association demanded the “freedom to teach” and the “freedom to learn” at their annual Representative Assembly earlier this month. It is laughable that the representatives and leaders of the world’s largest teachers union are masquerading as champions of freedom.

Bring School Choice to the Public System

Keri D. Ingraham
July 6, 2023
Despite this tremendous progress in empowering a growing number of parents with the freedom to move their children outside of the public education system, expanding options within public education often remains extremely limited.

Timing Is Everything

My Talk With Tucker After His Last Show on Fox News
Keri D. Ingraham
June 26, 2023
In our work at the American Center for Transforming Education we are committed to, calmy and without embarrassment, speaking the truth because we know there is hope.

The EdTech Overtake

Keri D. Ingraham & Erik Twist
May 12, 2023
By the end of 2023, it is estimated that the education technology market, commonly referred to as EdTech, will reach a value of $270.5 billion. But what is the rate of return in terms of improved student learning for all this spending?

Parents Must Call for Reforms to K-12 Education

Keri D. Ingraham, Liv Finne, & Kemper Freeman Jr.
April 24, 2023
What happens when parents get involved in their children's education? Looking back we see a rich history of caring engagement and the accompanying benefits it brought to Washington State. But as the decades passed, parental input became less welcome in K-12 public education.