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Constraints on Educational Freedom Have Dems Fleeing the Party

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 8, 2022}

White suburban women, who comprise roughly 20% of the electorate, have swung right. Concerns about skyrocketing costs and crime have been top of mind for these women, and for the moms and grandmothers of this population segment, education has been a key driver of their party affiliation change.

School Choice Can Catch Students Back Up

_{Keri D. Ingraham and Max Eden
November 7, 2022}

The recent release of the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress exam score reveals the largest decline since the assessment was launched in 1990. The depth of the crisis is greater than many in the education establishment want to acknowledge.

‘Equity’ Is Eroding Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 26, 2022}

“Equity” is dominating K-12 public education. The drive for equity has bypassed the traditional goal of education in our public schools. Equity is no longer about providing equal opportunity but forcing uniform performance outcomes.

Preparing Students to Work in an Artificial Intelligence World

_{Keri D. Ingraham and Robert J. Marks II
October 26, 2022}

Technology innovations are rapidly changing the nature of work. Advancements in artificial intelligence are especially transforming the workforce landscape at an accelerating rate. Jobs of tomorrow will not resemble those of decades past, nor even those of today.

No Incentive to Provide Quality Service or Produce Results

_{The Reality of Government-Run Industries}_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 24, 2022}

One of the biggest differences between public and private K-12 schools is the incentives. Private schools are motivated to satisfy their customers, parents, and families — be responsive or risk losing them.

Underfunded & Understaffed — The Reoccurring Themes of K-12 Public Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 20, 2022}

No regard is given to the poor management of personnel nor the bloated school district bureaucracy and staff rosters. Schools operate an overstaffing model, ignoring enrollment downturns because it positions them well to claim the education system is underfunded, which pulls on the heartstrings of lawmakers and voters.

Students Exit the K-12 System With an Anti-American Worldview

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 28, 2022}

In K-12 public school classrooms, American history is nefariously repackaged today to support radical political agendas. Civics and government are pushed aside. Patriotism is viewed with hostility and even claims of racism.

A State’s Most Strategic Plan — Universal School Choice

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 27, 2022}

No other strategic plan can benefit a state more than implementing universal school choice. With Arizona making the leap first, other states will look on with watchful eyes and take notes. We may be witnessing the first step in a revolution with unlimited positive potential for states that follow suit.

A Case for Disrupting K-12 Education in the U.S.

_{Innovation has pushed other industries into the future, so why not our educational system?}_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 23, 2022}

As other states follow Arizona’s 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.

Teachers’ Unions’ Blame Game

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 18, 2022}

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten was instrumental in keeping kids locked out of in-person schooling as she mercilessly pushed the union’s self-serving political agenda. Now she uses the dire situation she helped create as the excuse for the teacher-shortage crisis.

Arizona a Bright Beacon for Educational Freedom

_{It will reap significant economic and societal benefits from breaking the K-12 monopoly}_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 12, 2022}

As more edupreneurs come on the scene and parents are able to use their state-issued funding to select education for their children from an array of innovative options, quality and transparency will be demanded.

Break the K-12 Monopoly

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2022}

Combining the sheer number of unionized employees with the massive government funding of public schools produces a noncompetitive system counter to our country’s free marketing founding.

Community Schools’ ‘Woke’ Indoctrination Agenda

_{Keri D. Ingraham and Arina Grossu Agnew
July 28, 2022}

Currently, there are 10,000 community schools nationwide, equating to roughly six to eight percent of U.S. public schools. But if the federal government has its way, that number will increase dramatically.

The Battle for the American Mind

_{Outsourcing learning has stacked the deck against parental influence}_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 21, 2022}

The progressive ideologies dominating public education classrooms — with increasing measure — are producing young people beholden to the worldview of their schooling. And in many cases at odds with the values their parents try to instill.

Landmark School Choice Ruling at Supreme Court: A Win for Parents

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 5, 2022}

In a major win for parents, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Carson v. Makin recently that Maine's tuition assistance program could not discriminate against parents who select private religious schools for their children.

Schools Are Stealing Parental Rights & Causing Irreversible Harm to Children

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 29, 2022}

Parents can lose custody if they fail to affirm their child’s desire for gender transition and try to prevent puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries aimed at making the child appear as the opposite sex.

Are You Concerned About the Direction of American Public Schools?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 27, 2022}

Now is the time for transformational change in our nation’s K-12 education system. Parents must have access to alternatives. The radical indoctrination must stop. And robust learning must occur.

Rethinking Teacher Pay to Recruit Subject Matter Experts

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 10, 2022}

Subject matter expertise is particularly valuable for teachers in technical subjects such as science and math. Unfortunately, these technical subjects are also where teacher shortages are greatest.

Democrats Are Gaslighting American Parents About School Vouchers

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 30, 2022}

Defunding public schools — even “stealing money” from them — is how the far-left and teachers’ unions term any attempt to offer parents more choice around education. For them, it’s about money and power, not children and high-quality learning.

The Homeschool Awakening Coming to Theaters

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 25, 2022}

Kirk Cameron’s The Homeschool Awakening is coming to theaters nationwide on June 13 and 14. Revealing the freedom and fun many families experience through home education, the film takes the audience on an engaging and inspiring journey with parents overcoming doubts about homeschooling to create a new vision for what education can and should be.