public education

An American flag against a blue sky on an old rusty flagpole

^{Keri D. Ingraham and Jason Bedrick
October 16, 2023
Education}

School Choice Is Better for Democracy Than Government Schooling

_{Keri D. Ingraham and Jason Bedrick
October 16, 2023
Education}

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. Read More ›

A transgender flag being waved at LGBT gay pride march

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 16, 2022
Education}

The Fight For Educational Freedom Is Just Warming Up

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 16, 2022
Education}

The educational victories in various states are a testament to the power of the ‘parents’ party,’ which, by many accounts, is still in its infancy. In the coming years, this parent movement will continue to grow in number and influence as public schools persist in doubling down on their woke agendas and as more parents experience the tremendous benefits of educational freedom. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 6, 2021
Education}

K-12 Schools are Not Preparing Students for the Workforce

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 6, 2021
Education}

The U.S. is on a perilous path, with global leadership in jeopardy by continuing to inadequately prepare students with the skills and knowledge needed for success in the increasingly competitive future workforce. Without a change of course, the current K-12 education crisis will result in a diminished quality of life for American society as a whole. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 22, 2021
Education}

K-12 Redesign: A Financial Overhaul

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 22, 2021
Education}

The United States leads the world in K-12 education spending yet lags behind 25 other developed nations in K-12 student achievement. Read More ›

^{Donald P. Nielsen
April 16, 2019
Education}

Every School

_{Donald P. Nielsen
April 16, 2019
Education}

How would an entrepreneur reform education? In this newly revised and updated version of Every School (2019), Don Nielsen draws on his business career and twenty-five years as a school reformer, to offer innovative solutions to the educational challenges facing our country. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Wells
August 30, 2007
Intelligent Design}

Exhuming the Peppered Mummy

_{Jonathan Wells
August 30, 2007
Intelligent Design}

A friend of mine tells me that the only things he remembers about evolution from his high school biology course are photos of black and white peppered moths resting on light and dark tree trunks. They were presented as the classic case of Darwinian evolution in action, explaining how a trait that enhances survival could be acquired through an unguided Read More ›

^{David K. DeWolf, William A. Dembski, Stephen C. Meyer, Michael J. Behe, Paul Nelson, Jonathan Wells, Walter Bradley, Phillip E. Johnson and Michael Newton Keas
November 30, 2003
Intelligent Design}

Darwinism, Design, and Public Education

_{David K. DeWolf, William A. Dembski, Stephen C. Meyer, Michael J. Behe, Paul Nelson, Jonathan Wells, Walter Bradley, Phillip E. Johnson and Michael Newton Keas
November 30, 2003
Intelligent Design}

This balanced volume contains essays by both supporters and critics debating intelligent design and whether design should be allowed in public school science classes. The scholars approach the question from the standpoints of constitutional law, philosophy, rhetoric, education, and science. Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
January 1, 2006
Intelligent Design}

Ohio Activists Chided for Trying to Dumb Down Evolution Education and Censor Science

_{The Center for Science and Culture
January 1, 2006
Intelligent Design}

SEATTLE – “Ohio critics of intelligent design now want to dumb down the teaching of evolution by censoring out scientific evidence challenging Darwinism and that is bad for students and bad for science education,” said Casey Luskin, program officer for public policy and legal affairs with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. “A lot of evidence surrounding evolution isn’t typically Read More ›

Merry go round Christmas lights background

^{Jonathan Wells
April 9, 2002
Intelligent Design}

There You Go Again

_{Jonathan Wells
April 9, 2002
Intelligent Design}

The believers in Darwinian evolution who currently dominate our educational establishment think that all students — even those headed for careers in auto mechanics or real estate — should believe, as they do, that all of us are descended from ape-like creatures through genetic accidents and survival of the fittest. Promoters of this doctrine have recently been urging the Ohio State Read More ›