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^{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 ›

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October 2, 2023
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Dr. Keri D. Ingraham: Policy Focus: Education Savings Accounts | She Thinks

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October 2, 2023
Discovery Institute, Education}

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham joined the She Thinks Podcast to discuss her recently released Policy Focus: Education Savings Accounts.

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 6, 2023
Education}

Bring School Choice to the Public System

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 6, 2023
Education}

Despite this tremendous progress in empowering a growing number of parents with the freedom to move their children outside of the public education system, expanding options within public education often remains extremely limited. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham, Liv Finne, & Kemper Freeman Jr.
April 24, 2023
Education}

Parents Must Call for Reforms to K-12 Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham, Liv Finne, & Kemper Freeman Jr.
April 24, 2023
Education}

What happens when parents get involved in their children's education? Looking back we see a rich history of caring engagement and the accompanying benefits it brought to Washington State. But as the decades passed, parental input became less welcome in K-12 public education. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 14, 2023
Education}

Georgia Fails on School Choice but Lays Groundwork for 2024

_{Keri D. Ingraham
April 14, 2023
Education}

Though under Republican control, the Georgia legislature recently failed to do what several other red-state legislatures have done: enact universal school choice legislation. The measure didn’t fail because of a lack of commitment from its champions but because too many Republicans were persuaded by the weak arguments made by opponents of educational freedom. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 22, 2023
Education}

One Governor Gets Out of the Gate with Guts, Grit & Grace

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 22, 2023
Education}

Arkansas’ Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the country’s youngest serving governor and her state’s first female governor, has wasted no time attracting the national spotlight. Sanders has heads turning to see what policies she’ll enact in Arkansas next. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 16, 2023
Education}

Union Leaders & Bureaucrats Have Long Ignored Parents’ Concerns

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 16, 2023
Education}

With families wanting other options than the traditional public school and with the passage of school choice bills, the K-12 education market is experiencing a much-needed shake up. Parents are now seeing themselves as consumers of K-12 education for their children. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 14, 2023
Education}

Stop Allowing Zip Codes to Dictate Where Kids Go to School

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 14, 2023
Education}

In most of our country, geography dictates which K-12 public school a child will attend. Disregarding school performance and parental input, students are assigned a school based on the geographical boundaries of the school district in which they live. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham and Goldy Brown III
February 6, 2023
Education}

School Choice Good for Kids & for Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham and Goldy Brown III
February 6, 2023
Education}

When it comes to innovation and advancements, Washington State has historically been a national leader. Yet the state has been painfully slow to implement change in an area where it's most critically needed — improving our K-12 education system. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 30, 2023
Education}

These Two States Now Have Universal School Choice — And Yours Could Be Next

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 30, 2023
Education}

Iowa became the second state in the country to pass universal school choice, directly providing families with funds to support their children’s education. Arizona was the trendsetter for this new wave of educational freedom after Governor Doug Ducey signed universal school choice into law on July 7, 2022. Read More ›