Category: Parental Rights

^{American Center for Transforming Education
October 3, 2024
Entrepreneurship, Indoctrination, Innovation, Parental Rights, School Choice}

Historic Education Freedom Is Happening and It Is Worthy of a Celebration!

_{American Center for Transforming Education
October 3, 2024
Entrepreneurship, Indoctrination, Innovation, Parental Rights, School Choice}

Last week, Discovery Institute welcomed guests from across the Pacific Northwest to Mercer Island for a special event hosted by the American Center for Transforming Education. The event focused on the historic education freedom that has taken place over the past four years. It was an informative evening marked by a joyous celebration with a packed room of attendees. Read More ›

concept of family. father and child daughter outdoors

^{Keri D. Ingraham
July 24, 2024
Indoctrination, Parental Rights}

Families With Schoolchildren Should Flee California

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 24, 2024
Indoctrination, Parental Rights}

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
July 19, 2024
Parental Rights}

How to Navigate Your Child’s Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
July 19, 2024
Parental Rights}

Recently, I was asked by my alma mater, Regent University, to provide guidance for parents as they navigate their child’s academic journey. As parents, it is your responsibility to protect the heart and mind of your child. You are ultimately responsible for your son’s or daughter’s education. Here is what I shared as originally published in IMPACT. Read More ›

Young beautiful teacher woman wearing sweater and glasses sitting on desk at kindergarten asking to be quiet with finger on lips. Silence and secret concept.

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2024
Indoctrination, Parental Rights}

New California Law Prohibits Schools from Telling Parents Their Child Is Trans

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2024
Indoctrination, Parental Rights}

Political progressives apparently think that school administrators and teachers should have a greater say than parents in the raising and treatment of children experiencing gender dysphoria. How else to explain Governor Gavin Newsom's signing A.B. 1955, an authoritarian law that forces schools to leave parents in the dark if their child identifies as the opposite sex or presents other issues around sexual identity and orientation. Read More ›

Colorful crayons and a symbol of a transgender

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 23, 2024
Parental Rights}

Let’s Stop Calling It Gender-Affirming Care

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 23, 2024
Parental Rights}

Twenty-two states have passed laws restricting in varying degrees the practice of the grossly inaccurately termed “gender-affirming care” for minors. The majority of those states did so in 2023. Additional bills aimed at protecting children from irreversible physical harm are being put forward this legislative cycle in states with Republican majority legislatures. Read More ›

Daughter is reading book to her international parents

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

How Texas Is Becoming the Frontlines for Parents-First School Choice

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

For far too long, K-12 public schools have been viewed as the only experts when it comes to educating children. Parents’ fundamental responsibility to serve as the primary educators of their children has been outsourced to these government institutes, where the vast majority of children remain trapped. Read More ›

^{American Center for Transforming Education
August 23, 2023
Parental Rights}

Keri D. Ingraham Interviewed on Fox News at Night with Trace Gallagher

_{American Center for Transforming Education
August 23, 2023
Parental Rights}

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Dr. Keri Ingraham was interviewed on Fox News at Night with Trace Gallagher. Read More ›

^{American Center for Transforming Education
August 23, 2023
Parental Rights}

Keri D. Ingraham Defending Parental Rights on Fox News’ Lawrence Jones Cross Country Show

_{American Center for Transforming Education
August 23, 2023
Parental Rights}

Dr. Keri Ingraham was invited as a guest on Fox News' Lawrence Jones Cross Country show to discuss the attack on parental rights taking place in K-12 public schools. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 17, 2023
Education Policy, Parental Rights, School Choice}

Governor DeSantis: The Nation’s Top Education Change Agent

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 17, 2023
Education Policy, Parental Rights, School Choice}

DeSantis has earned the rank as the nation's top education change agent among his many other achievements as governor. Other governors should emulate his example of courageous leadership and enact Florida's education model legislation. Read More ›

transgender flag in the palm of the hand.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 4, 2023
Indoctrination, Parental Rights}

Red States Ban Destructive Transgender Treatments as K-12 Schools Funnel Children to Dangerous Path

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 4, 2023
Indoctrination, Parental Rights}

Increasingly, K-12 students are peddled ideas counter to basic biological reality related to their bodies. This science-defying deception takes place in the government-funded and regulated academic institutions across our country that are tasked with effectively educating our future citizenry and workforce. Read More ›

sad girl sitting and thinking in the classroom

^{Keri D. Ingraham, Liv Finne, & Kemper Freeman Jr.
April 24, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

Parents Must Call for Reforms to K-12 Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham, Liv Finne, & Kemper Freeman Jr.
April 24, 2023
Parental Rights, School Choice}

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 ›

Dad accompanies or picks up children from school. Beginning of the school year, students go back to school

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 13, 2023
Education Policy, Parental Rights}

Give Parents Back Their Rights

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 13, 2023
Education Policy, Parental Rights}

House Republicans introduced the Parents Bill of Rights Act to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in public schools. The bill establishes that parents have the right to know what is being taught, to be heard, to see the school budget and spending, to protect their child's privacy, and to be updated on any violent activity at schools. Read More ›