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Lance Izumi Talks Education Reform with Katy Grimes on KTKZ AM 1380 Sacramento

https://soundcloud.com/phil-cowan1/2-12-18-katy-grimes-guest-hosts-for-phil Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discusses the latest topics in the education reform movement with guest host Katy Grimes on the “The Phil Cowan Show” on KTKZ AM 1380 in Sacramento. The interview begins at the 1:28 mark.
Blog

Breaking Down Barriers

Watch our new animated video to learn how breaking down barriers in state insurance adjuster licensing could speed up response times for disaster claims and everyday claims, lower costs, and provide job opportunities. It’s based off of Wayne Winegarden’s new study, “Breaking Down Barriers”. Click here to download a copy.
Business & Economics

Ned Desmond – Fighting “Fake News” and The Future of Online Media

Tech Crunch COO Ned Desmond joins us to discuss the rapid changes in the news business, the fight over so-called fake news, and the future that new online media sources will play in keeping the public informed.
Podcast

Former Speechwriters Respond to the State of the Union

PRI’s Lance Izumi, Rowena Itchon, and Tim Anaya – all former speechwriters – give their assessment of President Trump’s State of the Union Address and give a behind the scenes view of what goes into preparing “the big speech”.
Business & Economics

Tom Rogan – Issue 1 – What’s Going On in DC and the Return of “McLaughlin Group”

Political journalist and Washington Examiner columnist Tom Rogan gives his take on America’s foreign policy challenges, what’s going on in Trump’s Washington, and his new role as moderator in the return of the iconic TV debate program, “The McLaughlin Group”.
Education

Lance Izumi – What Can California Do to Expand School Choice?

As we mark National School Choice Week, Lance Izumi, Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, and Koret Senior Fellow in Education, joins us to discuss his new “American Education Agenda” and his recommendations to policymakers for how we can give California students and parents more educational choices.
Business & Economics

Kerry Jackson – Good Intentions – How We Can Alleviate Poverty in CA

Kerry Jackson, senior fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, joins us to discuss how California’s government anti-poverty programs aren’t delivering, how the private sector can do more to lift people out of poverty, and other findings from his new issue brief, “Good Intentions.”
California

Michele Steeb – Helping Turn Women’s Lives Around

Saint John’s Program for Real Change CEO Michele Steeb joins us to discuss how the Sacramento-based program is making a difference in helping homeless mothers living in crisis break the cycle of poverty and make better lives for themselves and their children.
Business & Economics

2018’s challenge: Too many jobs, not enough workers

By Danielle Paquette Employers nationwide are grappling with a problem that threatens to stall economic growth: vacancies — and lots of them. In Maine, where flurries can fall as late as April, the state transportation department is struggling to find snowplow drivers, thanks to the increasingly tight labor market. Ski resorts in ...
California

First Annual PRI Year-End Awards

Listen to a special holiday episode of PRI’s podcast as Sally Pipes, Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi, Tim Anaya, and Ben Smithwick review the year in policy in 2017, hand out their year-end awards, and make their predictions for 2018 – in the style of The McLaughlin Group.
Education

Lance Izumi Talks Education Reform with Katy Grimes on KTKZ AM 1380 Sacramento

https://soundcloud.com/phil-cowan1/2-12-18-katy-grimes-guest-hosts-for-phil Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discusses the latest topics in the education reform movement with guest host Katy Grimes on the “The Phil Cowan Show” on KTKZ AM 1380 in Sacramento. The interview begins at the 1:28 mark.
Blog

Breaking Down Barriers

Watch our new animated video to learn how breaking down barriers in state insurance adjuster licensing could speed up response times for disaster claims and everyday claims, lower costs, and provide job opportunities. It’s based off of Wayne Winegarden’s new study, “Breaking Down Barriers”. Click here to download a copy.
Business & Economics

Ned Desmond – Fighting “Fake News” and The Future of Online Media

Tech Crunch COO Ned Desmond joins us to discuss the rapid changes in the news business, the fight over so-called fake news, and the future that new online media sources will play in keeping the public informed.
Podcast

Former Speechwriters Respond to the State of the Union

PRI’s Lance Izumi, Rowena Itchon, and Tim Anaya – all former speechwriters – give their assessment of President Trump’s State of the Union Address and give a behind the scenes view of what goes into preparing “the big speech”.
Business & Economics

Tom Rogan – Issue 1 – What’s Going On in DC and the Return of “McLaughlin Group”

Political journalist and Washington Examiner columnist Tom Rogan gives his take on America’s foreign policy challenges, what’s going on in Trump’s Washington, and his new role as moderator in the return of the iconic TV debate program, “The McLaughlin Group”.
Education

Lance Izumi – What Can California Do to Expand School Choice?

As we mark National School Choice Week, Lance Izumi, Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, and Koret Senior Fellow in Education, joins us to discuss his new “American Education Agenda” and his recommendations to policymakers for how we can give California students and parents more educational choices.
Business & Economics

Kerry Jackson – Good Intentions – How We Can Alleviate Poverty in CA

Kerry Jackson, senior fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, joins us to discuss how California’s government anti-poverty programs aren’t delivering, how the private sector can do more to lift people out of poverty, and other findings from his new issue brief, “Good Intentions.”
California

Michele Steeb – Helping Turn Women’s Lives Around

Saint John’s Program for Real Change CEO Michele Steeb joins us to discuss how the Sacramento-based program is making a difference in helping homeless mothers living in crisis break the cycle of poverty and make better lives for themselves and their children.
Business & Economics

2018’s challenge: Too many jobs, not enough workers

By Danielle Paquette Employers nationwide are grappling with a problem that threatens to stall economic growth: vacancies — and lots of them. In Maine, where flurries can fall as late as April, the state transportation department is struggling to find snowplow drivers, thanks to the increasingly tight labor market. Ski resorts in ...
California

First Annual PRI Year-End Awards

Listen to a special holiday episode of PRI’s podcast as Sally Pipes, Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi, Tim Anaya, and Ben Smithwick review the year in policy in 2017, hand out their year-end awards, and make their predictions for 2018 – in the style of The McLaughlin Group.
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