Classroom Ideology
Classroom Ideology
66% of US 4th graders are below proficient in reading
Why Can’t Children Read? Blame the Failed Way We Teach Reading
As the reading abilities of America’s children plummet, the question arises: why? Contrary to popular belief, the COVID pandemic is not the main cause. The real answer lies in the failure of most teacher training programs to instruct aspiring teachers in the most efficient and scientifically proven methods of teaching ...
Lance Izumi
June 29, 2023
Blog
Ultimate Solution to CRT: Parental Choice
ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO CRT: PARENTAL CHOICE By Lance Izumi January 25, 2023 In the new Pacific Research Institute book The Great Parent Revolt: How Parents and Grassroots Leaders are Fighting Critical Race Theory in America’s Schools, which I co-authored with Wenyuan Wu and McKenzie Richards, we tell the stories of ...
Lance Izumi
January 25, 2023
Classroom Ideology
Parents revolted against critical race theory. Here’s how they won
The recent action by a California school board to ban the use of critical race theory in instruction highlights the uprising of parents over political indoctrination in the classroom. As in many school districts, a pro-parent slate of candidates recently won a majority on the school board in Temecula in ...
Lance Izumi
January 18, 2023
Classroom Ideology
Lance Izumi – The Great Parent Revolt
Our guest this week is PRI Senior Director of Education Lance Izumi, who along with co-authors Wenyuan Wu and McKenzie Richards, launched PRI’s latest book The Great Parent Revolt: How Parents and Grassroots Leaders Are Fighting Critical Race Theory in America’s Schools.
Pacific Research Institute
January 17, 2023
Classroom Ideology
Watch PRI’s Lance Izumi Discuss The Great Parent Revolt on Fox and Friends
Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss his new book The Great Parent Revolt on “Fox and Friends” on Fox News Channel. Asra Nomani, one of the parents profiled in the book, joins Lance in the interview.
Pacific Research Institute
January 17, 2023
Classroom Ideology
The Critical Race Theory debate is turning parents into unlikely activists
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is among the most divisive doctrines to ever threaten America’s schoolchildren, and it has sparked an unprecedented grassroots uprising of parents whose stories of ideological resistance have been detailed in our new book The Great Parent Revolt. A multidisciplinary education philosophy that places race at the center ...
Lance Izumi
January 14, 2023
Book
New PRI Book Explores The Great Parent Revolt Against Classroom Indoctrination
SACRAMENTO – Exploring the instruction of critical race theory in public schools – which has been popularized through controversial curriculum such as the 1619 Project – the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today released The Great Parent Revolt, a new book that profiles ordinary people who have taken on the extraordinary ...
Pacific Research Institute
January 9, 2023
Classroom Ideology
The Harvard-UNC SCOTUS Case: Asians May Finally Bury Race Discrimination in America
For years, as government-sanctioned racial discrimination was eliminated in most spheres of American life, race-based discrimination continued to fester in university admissions. However, a case involving alleged racial discrimination against Asian Americans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, which is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, may finally ...
Pacific Research Institute
November 5, 2022
Classroom Ideology
Why Are Student Test Scores Plunging? Look at Politicized Education
By Lance Izumi & Wenyuan Wu Recent national student test scores showed a massive decline in learning in reading and math. This achievement implosion has several explanations – one is the increasing politicization of classroom instruction, which is reducing rigor and diverting attention from improving students’ foundational knowledge and skills. ...
Pacific Research Institute
October 14, 2022
Blog
How Congress Can Improve Education
Whatever the results of the midterm elections, the new Congress will face many old problems, especially in education. Yet, despite the seemingly intractable nature of these problems, there are important actions that Congress can take to meet the needs and concerns of parents and their children. Improving student achievement, ...
Lance Izumi
October 14, 2022
66% of US 4th graders are below proficient in reading
Why Can’t Children Read? Blame the Failed Way We Teach Reading
As the reading abilities of America’s children plummet, the question arises: why? Contrary to popular belief, the COVID pandemic is not the main cause. The real answer lies in the failure of most teacher training programs to instruct aspiring teachers in the most efficient and scientifically proven methods of teaching ...
Ultimate Solution to CRT: Parental Choice
ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO CRT: PARENTAL CHOICE By Lance Izumi January 25, 2023 In the new Pacific Research Institute book The Great Parent Revolt: How Parents and Grassroots Leaders are Fighting Critical Race Theory in America’s Schools, which I co-authored with Wenyuan Wu and McKenzie Richards, we tell the stories of ...
Parents revolted against critical race theory. Here’s how they won
The recent action by a California school board to ban the use of critical race theory in instruction highlights the uprising of parents over political indoctrination in the classroom. As in many school districts, a pro-parent slate of candidates recently won a majority on the school board in Temecula in ...
Lance Izumi – The Great Parent Revolt
Our guest this week is PRI Senior Director of Education Lance Izumi, who along with co-authors Wenyuan Wu and McKenzie Richards, launched PRI’s latest book The Great Parent Revolt: How Parents and Grassroots Leaders Are Fighting Critical Race Theory in America’s Schools.
Watch PRI’s Lance Izumi Discuss The Great Parent Revolt on Fox and Friends
Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss his new book The Great Parent Revolt on “Fox and Friends” on Fox News Channel. Asra Nomani, one of the parents profiled in the book, joins Lance in the interview.
The Critical Race Theory debate is turning parents into unlikely activists
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is among the most divisive doctrines to ever threaten America’s schoolchildren, and it has sparked an unprecedented grassroots uprising of parents whose stories of ideological resistance have been detailed in our new book The Great Parent Revolt. A multidisciplinary education philosophy that places race at the center ...
New PRI Book Explores The Great Parent Revolt Against Classroom Indoctrination
SACRAMENTO – Exploring the instruction of critical race theory in public schools – which has been popularized through controversial curriculum such as the 1619 Project – the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today released The Great Parent Revolt, a new book that profiles ordinary people who have taken on the extraordinary ...
The Harvard-UNC SCOTUS Case: Asians May Finally Bury Race Discrimination in America
For years, as government-sanctioned racial discrimination was eliminated in most spheres of American life, race-based discrimination continued to fester in university admissions. However, a case involving alleged racial discrimination against Asian Americans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, which is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, may finally ...
Why Are Student Test Scores Plunging? Look at Politicized Education
By Lance Izumi & Wenyuan Wu Recent national student test scores showed a massive decline in learning in reading and math. This achievement implosion has several explanations – one is the increasing politicization of classroom instruction, which is reducing rigor and diverting attention from improving students’ foundational knowledge and skills. ...
How Congress Can Improve Education
Whatever the results of the midterm elections, the new Congress will face many old problems, especially in education. Yet, despite the seemingly intractable nature of these problems, there are important actions that Congress can take to meet the needs and concerns of parents and their children. Improving student achievement, ...