Education

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Corey DeAngelis – School Choice and Covid-19

PRI’s podcast guest this week is Corey DeAngelis, executive director of the Educational Freedom Institute, director of research for the National Federation for Children, and a fellow at the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation. He is interviewed by PRI’s director of the Young Leaders Circle, Evan Harris. They discuss ...
Education

Newsday Amarillo Interviews Lance Izumi on Homeschooling

PRI’s Lance Izumi joins Newsday Amarillo in Texas to talk about the rise of homeschooling in education due to COVID-19 and the pandemic.
Education

EdChoice Interviews Lance Izumi on School Choice, Education

The EdChoice “Big Ideas” podcast interviewed Lance Izumi, senior director for the Center for Education at Pacific Research Institute, about his recent book A Kite in the Hurricane No More. Lance talks about Mia Giordano, a co-author and focus of the book, which chronicles Mia’s experiences trying to navigate school with ...
Blog

New Analysis: Social Justice Math in San Francisco Hurt Kids’ Performance

In the controversy over the proposed “woke” California math curriculum framework, which has thankfully been shelved for at least the time being, proponents often pointed to San Francisco as an example where a similar math program supposedly improved student achievement.  New research, however, shows just the opposite—woke math hurt student ...
Blog

New Research Shows Covid Impact on Student Learning Loss and Mental Health

With uncertainty over the impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant on the start of the upcoming school year, new research shows the extent of learning loss and mental health problems experienced by students during the pandemic-caused school closures.  Not coincidentally, state and federal data also show that parents are increasingly ...
Education

Watch Lance Izumi Discuss Push to Nix High School Graduation Standards on Newsy

Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discusses the push by states like Oregon to suspend high school graduation standards in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic with host Chance Seales on Newsy TV.
Book

In Advance of Recall Election, New PRI Book Offers Realistic Path to Saving California

Experts Offer Market-Based Solutions on Issues from Health Care to the Economy SACRAMENTO – With the September 14 recall on the horizon, the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today released Saving California, a new book offering realistic, market-based reforms to 10 of the state’s major policy challenges. The authors are current ...
Commentary

Critical race math meets a critical public

Recently, the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) at the California Department of Education decided to postpone the release of the controversial and ideological 2021 Mathematics Framework to December 2021 at the earliest. This unexpected retreat came in response to  mounting pressure from members of Congress and other officials, parents, educators, and even school ...
Education

Lance Izumi Discusses Politics in Education on “The Chat”

Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the problems with politics in the classroom on “The Chat” on Newschannel 10, KFDA-TV, in Amarillo, TX. Click here to watch the interview
Commentary

Biden Get a “D” on End-of-Semester Education Report Card

The 2020-21 school year has ended with failures across the education landscape. In the face of this education catastrophe, President Joe Biden earns a disappointing “D” on his end-of-semester report card. From still-not-fully-reopened schools to inadequate school-district distance learning efforts to huge student learning losses to rampant mental health problems ...
Coronavirus

Corey DeAngelis – School Choice and Covid-19

PRI’s podcast guest this week is Corey DeAngelis, executive director of the Educational Freedom Institute, director of research for the National Federation for Children, and a fellow at the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation. He is interviewed by PRI’s director of the Young Leaders Circle, Evan Harris. They discuss ...
Education

Newsday Amarillo Interviews Lance Izumi on Homeschooling

PRI’s Lance Izumi joins Newsday Amarillo in Texas to talk about the rise of homeschooling in education due to COVID-19 and the pandemic.
Education

EdChoice Interviews Lance Izumi on School Choice, Education

The EdChoice “Big Ideas” podcast interviewed Lance Izumi, senior director for the Center for Education at Pacific Research Institute, about his recent book A Kite in the Hurricane No More. Lance talks about Mia Giordano, a co-author and focus of the book, which chronicles Mia’s experiences trying to navigate school with ...
Blog

New Analysis: Social Justice Math in San Francisco Hurt Kids’ Performance

In the controversy over the proposed “woke” California math curriculum framework, which has thankfully been shelved for at least the time being, proponents often pointed to San Francisco as an example where a similar math program supposedly improved student achievement.  New research, however, shows just the opposite—woke math hurt student ...
Blog

New Research Shows Covid Impact on Student Learning Loss and Mental Health

With uncertainty over the impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant on the start of the upcoming school year, new research shows the extent of learning loss and mental health problems experienced by students during the pandemic-caused school closures.  Not coincidentally, state and federal data also show that parents are increasingly ...
Education

Watch Lance Izumi Discuss Push to Nix High School Graduation Standards on Newsy

Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discusses the push by states like Oregon to suspend high school graduation standards in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic with host Chance Seales on Newsy TV.
Book

In Advance of Recall Election, New PRI Book Offers Realistic Path to Saving California

Experts Offer Market-Based Solutions on Issues from Health Care to the Economy SACRAMENTO – With the September 14 recall on the horizon, the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today released Saving California, a new book offering realistic, market-based reforms to 10 of the state’s major policy challenges. The authors are current ...
Commentary

Critical race math meets a critical public

Recently, the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) at the California Department of Education decided to postpone the release of the controversial and ideological 2021 Mathematics Framework to December 2021 at the earliest. This unexpected retreat came in response to  mounting pressure from members of Congress and other officials, parents, educators, and even school ...
Education

Lance Izumi Discusses Politics in Education on “The Chat”

Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the problems with politics in the classroom on “The Chat” on Newschannel 10, KFDA-TV, in Amarillo, TX. Click here to watch the interview
Commentary

Biden Get a “D” on End-of-Semester Education Report Card

The 2020-21 school year has ended with failures across the education landscape. In the face of this education catastrophe, President Joe Biden earns a disappointing “D” on his end-of-semester report card. From still-not-fully-reopened schools to inadequate school-district distance learning efforts to huge student learning losses to rampant mental health problems ...
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