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^{American Center for Transforming Education
December 13, 2024
Education}

A Winning Strategy

_{American Center for Transforming Education
December 13, 2024
Education}

Discovery Institute’s American Center for Transforming Education has been on the front lines advancing education freedom with a winning strategy and is looked to as a national thought leader on K-12 education policy. Read More ›

^{Donald Nielsen
December 6, 2024
Education}

Time to Pull the Plug on the Department of Education

_{Donald Nielsen
December 6, 2024
Education}

Whether ecstatic or demoralized about the recent election, Americans should all welcome a fresh review of how the federal government carries out its work. For too long, the massive federal bureaucracy has been allowed to grow while becoming less and less efficient in how it spends tax dollars. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 13, 2024
Education}

Abbott Set to Deliver on Texas School Choice in 2025

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 13, 2024
Education}

Texas, known for freedom, has been an outlier among historically conservative states when it comes to the rights of dads and moms to have education options for their children outside of the public school system. This is despite only 37% of Texans thinking K-12 education in the local school district within Texas is headed in the right direction. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 24, 2024
Education}

Families With Schoolchildren Should Flee California

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 24, 2024
Education}

Last week, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1955, which blocks schools from requiring faculty and staff to notify parents and legal guardians when their minor child attempts to change his or her "gender identity" from that of their born biological sex. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 5, 2024
Education}

Greg Abbott Went to War for School Choice — He Appears to Have Won

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 5, 2024
Education}

Texas voters made their voices heard at the ballot box last week by ousting from the state House of Representatives Republicans who had voted with Democrats to block school choice for families in the Lone Star State. The Texas House is now positioned to successfully pass a sweeping school-choice bill on behalf of Texas families in the 2025 legislative session. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 7, 2024
Education}

College Campus Protests Are a Byproduct of K-12 Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 7, 2024
Education}

Tent encampments, violent protests, and defiant students are taking over the campuses of many of America’s most prestigious higher education institutions. In some cases, Jewish students have been forced to leave mid-semester, classes have been canceled or moved to remote only, and buildings have been barricaded by pro-Palestinian protesters. Read More ›

^{American Center for Transforming Education
April 9, 2024
Education}

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Education Innovation & School Choice on the Politically Unstable Podcast

_{American Center for Transforming Education
April 9, 2024
Education}

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. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 4, 2024
Education}

Students Soar at Innovative West Michigan Aviation Academy

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 4, 2024
Education}

The average American annual salary is under $60,000, whereas the average annual salary of pilots is over $188,000 — $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. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 21, 2024
Education}

K-12 Hybrid Schooling Is in High Demand

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 21, 2024
Education}

Polling data reveals that 49% of parents would prefer their child learn from home at least one day a week. While 10% want full-time homeschooling, the remaining 39% of parents desire their child to learn at home one to four days a week, with the remaining days attending school on-campus. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 19, 2024
Education}

Public School District Spent Quarter of a Million Dollars on ‘Woke Kindergarten’ Teacher Training

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 19, 2024
Education}

Instead of effectively equipping educators to teach students to read and do basic math, the Hayward Unified School District in the Bay Area of California reportedly spent $250,000 on ‘Woke Kindergarten’ teacher training. Read More ›