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^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2021
Education}

Public School Tactics Feed Private School Enrollment

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2021
Education}

After enrollment declining significantly nationwide over the past few decades due to rising tuition prices and economic recession periods, private schools are currently experiencing a season of unanticipated growth. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 10, 2021
Education}

Dumbing Down K-12 Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 10, 2021
Education}

While 25 other nations outperform U.S. K-12 public school students academically, we tout data that ranks our students against other American students. States boast about outperforming other states. Districts flaunt two percent gains in graduation rates. Read More ›

Student working on laptop in college. Preparing for exam in college. Student working on a laptop on some stairs on campus preparing for an exam

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education}

The Problem With Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education}

Our K-12 public schools serve as the largest employment entity in the U.S. Adult employment is prioritized at the expense of student learning. Bloated bureaucracy consumes dollars that should be spent on students. Read More ›

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^{Walter Myers III
August 5, 2021
Education}

Critical Race Theory – The Marxist Trojan Horse

_{Walter Myers III
August 5, 2021
Education}

I think parents finally understand why so many of their children who go off to college full of hope leave those institutions with a disdain for America and our capitalist system. Read More ›

Elementary School Science Teacher Uses Interactive Digital Whiteboard to Show Classroom Full of Children how Software Programming works for Robotics. Science Class, Curious Kids Listening Attentively

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2021
Education}

Competition Is Good for Customers, but Would it Benefit Schools?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 4, 2021
Education}

Competition benefits consumers and is viewed as advantageous to them within the marketplace. However, when it comes to K-12 education in our country, competition is the outlier. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 28, 2021
Education}

‘Equity’ in Education: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 28, 2021
Education}

It is not uncommon for the word equity to be in a public school mission statement or core values. However, while it sounds good in theory, what is the underlining philosophy, and is it one in which most Americans agree? Read More ›

Beautiful toddler sitting on the floor playing with building blocks toy at kindergarten

^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 13, 2021
Education}

With Biden It’s a Free-for-All, Preschool Included

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 13, 2021
Education}

Falling within his $1.8 trillion American Families Plans, the President is attempting to push a policy of government-provided preschool for all three- and four-year-old children. Read More ›

student's hand taking English test in class

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 23, 2021
Education}

K-12 Redesign: Retooling Testing

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 23, 2021
Education}

Our K-12 schools are organized more like a swim meet focused on recording student placement results rather than a swim lesson devoted to student learning. What value are student assessment results if all students move on to the next lesson, concept, or skill regardless of whether mastery was achieved or not? Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 9, 2021
Education}

The Radical Reshaping of K-12 Public Education (Part 3): Critical Race Theory & Woke Academics

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 9, 2021
Education}

A form of reverse racism is not only dominating the national conversation but is now a bedrock of teacher training and student academics. Critical Race Theory and woke education are sweeping schools labeling white teachers and students racist and requiring them to denounce their white supremacy — even basic mathematics is under attack for its so-called racism. Read More ›

close up of United States constitution document burning in flames

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 4, 2021
Education}

The Radical Reshaping of K-12 Public Education (Part 2): Civics & History

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 4, 2021
Education}

The indoctrination of our future electorate, instead of presenting historical facts and fostering higher-order thinking skills in students (analysis, synthesis, etc.), is producing generations who will blindly support ideologies they have yet to evaluate for themselves based on fact. Read More ›