Lance Izumi
Climate Change
Bias Embedded In The Classroom
While the antics of anti-Trump teachers, such as the recent viral video of a Southern California teacher beating a President Trump piñata, make headlines, classroom bias is much more deeply embedded, especially in the Common Core curriculum. When the Obama administration pushed states to adopt the Common Core national education ...
Education
Listen to Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss the case of a Southern California school teacher who was fired for bashing the military in the classroom on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show”. The interview begins at the 1:30:00 mark.
Blog
Ensuring Free Speech on California College Campuses
Recent polls show that many college students are worried about the declining state of free speech on campus. In California, the attacks on campus free speech have been fierce and increasing. PRI’s Steve Hayward, who is currently teaching at UC Berkeley, described his front row-seat to the current clash over ...
Business & Economics
Reading The Gorsuch Tea Leaves In Key Union Case
Lawyers recently finished arguing a potentially historic workers’ free speech case before the U.S. Supreme Court and pundits are buzzing about Justice Neil Gorsuch’s silence during the proceedings. However, Gorsuch’s views on individual liberty are clear and that’s not good news for the public employee unions. The case, Janus v. ...
Blog
Education for the Future
When the Pacific Research Institute asked business leaders about what makes California an unattractive state to locate or expand their companies, one respondent said, “Every single thing you can imagine.” And, among the many complaints from business leaders is the pitiful quality of California’s public education system. Asked about California’s ...
Charter Schools
Trump’s Education Budget Puts Students Ahead Of Special Interests
President Trump’s proposed 2019 education budget, with its elimination of 29 ineffective or duplicative programs, drew howls from special-interest groups. Despite their hyperventilation, the president rightly focuses his spending priorities on the needs of students rather than on what the Washington spending lobby wants. Trump proposes a 5 percent reduction ...
Education
Lance Izumi on The David Webb Show on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125
Listen to Lance Izumi, director of PRI’s Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, discuss his recent books The Corrupt Classroom and An American Education Agenda on “The David Webb Show” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview.
Education
Listen to Lance Izumi on The Bottom Line with Roger Marsh
Listen to Lance Izumi, director of PRI’s Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, interviewed on “The Bottom Line with Roger Marsh”, which airs on stations in California and Oregon, on “replacing corruption with choice in the classroom”.
Education
Lance Izumi: What CA Can Do to Expand School Choice
Watch PRI’s Lance Izumi discusses what California can do to expand school choice during PRI’s celebration of National School Choice Week in Sacramento.
Commentary
Governor Jerry Brown Has It All Wrong About California’s Education Funding
The recent press conference on California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed 2018-19 budget revealed that the governor wants to increase funding to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), his signature education finance program. However, there are very significant problems with LCFF. Prior to the enactment of the LCFF, funding California’s public ...
Bias Embedded In The Classroom
While the antics of anti-Trump teachers, such as the recent viral video of a Southern California teacher beating a President Trump piñata, make headlines, classroom bias is much more deeply embedded, especially in the Common Core curriculum. When the Obama administration pushed states to adopt the Common Core national education ...
Listen to Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss the case of a Southern California school teacher who was fired for bashing the military in the classroom on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show”. The interview begins at the 1:30:00 mark.
Ensuring Free Speech on California College Campuses
Recent polls show that many college students are worried about the declining state of free speech on campus. In California, the attacks on campus free speech have been fierce and increasing. PRI’s Steve Hayward, who is currently teaching at UC Berkeley, described his front row-seat to the current clash over ...
Reading The Gorsuch Tea Leaves In Key Union Case
Lawyers recently finished arguing a potentially historic workers’ free speech case before the U.S. Supreme Court and pundits are buzzing about Justice Neil Gorsuch’s silence during the proceedings. However, Gorsuch’s views on individual liberty are clear and that’s not good news for the public employee unions. The case, Janus v. ...
Education for the Future
When the Pacific Research Institute asked business leaders about what makes California an unattractive state to locate or expand their companies, one respondent said, “Every single thing you can imagine.” And, among the many complaints from business leaders is the pitiful quality of California’s public education system. Asked about California’s ...
Trump’s Education Budget Puts Students Ahead Of Special Interests
President Trump’s proposed 2019 education budget, with its elimination of 29 ineffective or duplicative programs, drew howls from special-interest groups. Despite their hyperventilation, the president rightly focuses his spending priorities on the needs of students rather than on what the Washington spending lobby wants. Trump proposes a 5 percent reduction ...
Lance Izumi on The David Webb Show on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125
Listen to Lance Izumi, director of PRI’s Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, discuss his recent books The Corrupt Classroom and An American Education Agenda on “The David Webb Show” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview.
Listen to Lance Izumi on The Bottom Line with Roger Marsh
Listen to Lance Izumi, director of PRI’s Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, interviewed on “The Bottom Line with Roger Marsh”, which airs on stations in California and Oregon, on “replacing corruption with choice in the classroom”.
Lance Izumi: What CA Can Do to Expand School Choice
Watch PRI’s Lance Izumi discusses what California can do to expand school choice during PRI’s celebration of National School Choice Week in Sacramento.
Governor Jerry Brown Has It All Wrong About California’s Education Funding
The recent press conference on California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed 2018-19 budget revealed that the governor wants to increase funding to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), his signature education finance program. However, there are very significant problems with LCFF. Prior to the enactment of the LCFF, funding California’s public ...
