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Back to school. Cute asian pupil girl with backpack holding her mother hand and going to school in vintage color tone

^{Donald Nielsen
April 19, 2022
Education}

Challenging the Educational Establishment

_{Donald Nielsen
April 19, 2022
Education}

Private schools view parents as their customers. But, as a whole, public schools operate as if parents are an unwanted intrusion into their ability to deliver education. Read More ›

Boy student having a video call with his classmates

^{Keri Ingraham and Christos Makridis
April 4, 2022
Education}

The Deterioration of K-12 Education in America

_{Keri Ingraham and Christos Makridis
April 4, 2022
Education}

New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent announcement for overhauling the K-12 education system in New York rightly recognizes the teacher shortage, which has become a crisis. Read More ›

Colorful crayons and a symbol of a transgender

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 23, 2022
Education}

How Replacing Biological Sex with Gender Identity Harms Children

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 23, 2022
Education}

The blatant promotion of transgenderism has infiltrated schools without parental consent. Curricula, books, videos, and activities promoting the transgender ideology are used with students as young as age five. Read More ›

^{Walter Myers III
January 19, 2022
Education}

Critical Race Theory: Intriguing, But Wrong for K-12 Education

_{Walter Myers III
January 19, 2022
Education}

Critical Race Theory (CRT), a relatively young legal theory that has been circulating in legal academic circles since the 1980s, suddenly burst on the scene of public consciousness in the past year. It continues to be a topic of controversy due to its being advocated for inclusion in K-12 instruction. Read More ›

Kid with school backpack look on schoolyard towards an open entrance or exit door. Schools and preschools remain locked for children during lockdown, coronavirus pandemic and second wave of covid-19.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 17, 2022
Education}

Despite the Known Harm, Schools Shutdown Yet Again

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 17, 2022
Education}

At least 5,506 schools opted not to provide in-person learning when schools resumed the week of January 3. With closures primarily occurring in large urban districts, the number of students and families negatively impacted by this latest disruption to education is enormous. Read More ›

Asian tourist man walking on the old and broken wood bridge

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 17, 2022
Education}

What Will It Take to Put U.S. K-12 Education on a Better Path?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 17, 2022
Education}

Parents want the student learning loss remedied. They are no longer satisfied with the ineffective one-size-fits-all approach. What will it take to make up for the learning loss and set the United States’ K-12 education system on a better trajectory? Read More ›

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

The Ultimate Mission Drift

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

Operating at odds with its stated mission, the United States Department of Education is failing our children on every major front. Students aren’t receiving equal access to quality schools or a learning experience characterized by educational excellence. Read More ›

Medieval battle scene with cavalry and infantry. Silhouettes of figures as separate objects, fight between warriors on dark toned foggy background with medieval castle.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 26, 2021
Education}

Two Visions for America at Hostile Odds

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 26, 2021
Education}

Parents are witnessing their children being bred in extreme far-left radical ideologies, starting as young as age five, against their parental authority and at the expense of academic education. Read More ›

Change of job, unemployment, resigned concept.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 12, 2021
Education}

It’s Not Only Students Taking Flight from Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 12, 2021
Education}

Over one and a half million students fled public K-12 schools this fall. The sharp decline in student enrollment has not been the only blow to public schools. Employee shortages in schools abound in all 50 states. Read More ›

Portrait of focused schoolgirl wearing protective face mask working at lesson in classroom, writing exercise

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 26, 2021
Education}

The Truth About School Mask Mandates

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 26, 2021
Education}

Past generations of healthy, young Americans willingly risked their lives for our freedom. Today many people are willingly succumbing to government dictates that control their basic everyday decisions through stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, limited religious gatherings, and most recently through forced vaccinations. Read More ›