Lance Izumi
California
Killing fair play for charter schools
Recently, the enemies of school choice won a significant victory. A small, but very important, amendment to the California Education Code, Assembly Bill 2225 by Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach, died in the Assembly education committee voted down by Democrats in a party-line vote. This bill merely said that ...
Education
Not as Good as You Think
Why Middle-Class Parents in Illinois Should Be Concerned about Their Local Public Schools Parents know how important good schools are when deciding where to live. Thats why many are willing to stretch their budgets for a home near a good school. But parents should not be convinced by tree-line ...
Commentary
A New Strategy to Improve Math and Science Learning
Governor Jerry Browns new budget proposes an additional $10 billion for K-14 education, but he also wants public school districts to increase and improve services for low-income students, foster youth, and other at-risk children. While commendable, there is bill in the State Assembly that seeks to address the needs of ...
California
Educational Impact of the Khan Academy and Provides Recommendations for Greater Adoption in California
The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report today highlighting the successes of the Khan Academy, including improved learning and significant cost savings. The report also discusses the bureaucratic obstacles that hold back its expansion in California and makes recommendations for removing ...
Education
Next-Gen Education
San Francisco, CA December 12, 2012 The Pacific Research Institute is pleased to co-sponsor the study Education Savings Accounts: A Path to Give All Children an Effective Education and Prepare Them for Life by Jonathan Butcher, Education Director at the Goldwater Institute. Education savings accounts provide an innovative solution ...
Commentary
Audit Shows State Employee Posted Nearly 5,000 Comments While At Work
from the Sacramento Bee https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8057830
Commentary
Republican Rx: Parental Choice in Education
In the aftermath of Mitt Romneys defeat, Republicans are scrambling to find a winning electoral formula. While the punditry class advises the GOP to cave in on immigration and social issues, the bigger and better opportunity for Republicans to increase their voter base and divide the Democrats would be to ...
California
Prop. 30 hikes taxes without fixing K-12 systemic flaws
As Gov. Jerry Brown scurries around the state to save Proposition 30, his ballot measure to increase state sales and income taxes, voters are expressing skepticism that the tax revenues raised by the initiative will be spent wisely. They have reason to worry because Prop. 30 includes no reform of ...
Killing fair play for charter schools
Recently, the enemies of school choice won a significant victory. A small, but very important, amendment to the California Education Code, Assembly Bill 2225 by Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach, died in the Assembly education committee voted down by Democrats in a party-line vote. This bill merely said that ...
Not as Good as You Think
Why Middle-Class Parents in Illinois Should Be Concerned about Their Local Public Schools Parents know how important good schools are when deciding where to live. Thats why many are willing to stretch their budgets for a home near a good school. But parents should not be convinced by tree-line ...
A New Strategy to Improve Math and Science Learning
Governor Jerry Browns new budget proposes an additional $10 billion for K-14 education, but he also wants public school districts to increase and improve services for low-income students, foster youth, and other at-risk children. While commendable, there is bill in the State Assembly that seeks to address the needs of ...
Educational Impact of the Khan Academy and Provides Recommendations for Greater Adoption in California
The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report today highlighting the successes of the Khan Academy, including improved learning and significant cost savings. The report also discusses the bureaucratic obstacles that hold back its expansion in California and makes recommendations for removing ...
Next-Gen Education
San Francisco, CA December 12, 2012 The Pacific Research Institute is pleased to co-sponsor the study Education Savings Accounts: A Path to Give All Children an Effective Education and Prepare Them for Life by Jonathan Butcher, Education Director at the Goldwater Institute. Education savings accounts provide an innovative solution ...
Audit Shows State Employee Posted Nearly 5,000 Comments While At Work
from the Sacramento Bee https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8057830
Republican Rx: Parental Choice in Education
In the aftermath of Mitt Romneys defeat, Republicans are scrambling to find a winning electoral formula. While the punditry class advises the GOP to cave in on immigration and social issues, the bigger and better opportunity for Republicans to increase their voter base and divide the Democrats would be to ...
Prop. 30 hikes taxes without fixing K-12 systemic flaws
As Gov. Jerry Brown scurries around the state to save Proposition 30, his ballot measure to increase state sales and income taxes, voters are expressing skepticism that the tax revenues raised by the initiative will be spent wisely. They have reason to worry because Prop. 30 includes no reform of ...
