Lance Izumi
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 ...
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 ...
