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The Race for CA’s Top Ed Official: A Study in Contrasts

While much of the media is focused on which party will control Congress, one of the most important races in California is for state superintendent of public instruction, the state’s top education official. In one corner is education reformer Marshall Tuck, who lost a close race four years ago to ...
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Teachers, Rock Stars, and Millionaires, Oh yes!

John Cox, GOP candidate for California’s gubernatorial race, made headlines the other day when he said that he’d like to see teachers paid like “rock stars and baseball players.” Later in a statement, he sheepishly walked it back: “Of course our teachers will never approach the pay of a Beyoncé ...
Education

Lance Izumi in Sacramento Bee: Should Teachers Be Paid Like Rock Stars?

Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, was asked by the Sacramento Bee for his comments on a statement by California gubernatorial candidate John Cox that teacher should be “paid like rock stars and baseball players.”  Read his comments below and click ...
Education

Rebecca Friedrichs – Janus Before Janus

Rebecca Friedrichs of For Kids and Country joins us to talk about the victory for worker freedom in the Janus decision, and her experiences as lead plaintiff in a prior case that ended in a 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court.  We discuss what’s next for disaffected union members after ...
Business & Economics

Harry Crocker – What Would Have Happened if George Armstrong Custer Had Lived?

Regnery Publishing Vice President and Executive Editor Harry Crocker joins us to talk about his new book Armstrong, which imagines what would have if George Armstrong Custer survived the Battle of Little Big Horn. We discuss his inspiration for writing the book, the challenges faced today by the conservative book ...
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What We’re Watching – September 21

Tim Anaya – Boy Asks President Trump for a Hug Our friends in North and South Carolina are busy today getting back on track in the aftermath of last week’s destructive Hurricane Florence.  The aftermath of this devastating storm was not all tragic.  President Trump and several Cabinet officials toured ...
School Choice

What We’re Watching – September 14

Tim Anaya – Dave Rubin interviews Peter Thiel Watch this fascinating interview with past PRI gala speaker Peter Thiel. In a wide-ranging discussion (more than 2 hours long!) with Dave Rubin on “The Rubin Report,” Thiel discusses his work creating PayPal and being the first outside investor in Facebook, his ...
Education

Lance Izumi Discusses Student Free Speech and Washington State Teacher Strikes on Lars Larson Show

Listen to Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discuss the ongoing Washington state teacher strikes, and his recent op-ed on the victory of an Oregon student in a student free speech case on “The Lars Larson Show”.  The interview begins at the ...
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Clear Distinctions in Race for State Schools Chief

If the recent PPIC debate is any indication, expect this year’s race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction to be a close race with clear differences between the two candidates. Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, wins the contest for most compelling personal story.  His father abandoned his family when he was ...
Commentary

At Last, Schools Paying for Suppressing Students’ Free Speech

While anti-Trump bias continues to reign in America’s schools, courageous students are standing up for their First Amendment free-speech rights, and the courts are starting to back them up. In Oregon, a high school outside Portland suspended student Addison Barnes because he refused to cover up his “Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.” t-shirt.  An ...
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The Race for CA’s Top Ed Official: A Study in Contrasts

While much of the media is focused on which party will control Congress, one of the most important races in California is for state superintendent of public instruction, the state’s top education official. In one corner is education reformer Marshall Tuck, who lost a close race four years ago to ...
Blog

Teachers, Rock Stars, and Millionaires, Oh yes!

John Cox, GOP candidate for California’s gubernatorial race, made headlines the other day when he said that he’d like to see teachers paid like “rock stars and baseball players.” Later in a statement, he sheepishly walked it back: “Of course our teachers will never approach the pay of a Beyoncé ...
Education

Lance Izumi in Sacramento Bee: Should Teachers Be Paid Like Rock Stars?

Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, was asked by the Sacramento Bee for his comments on a statement by California gubernatorial candidate John Cox that teacher should be “paid like rock stars and baseball players.”  Read his comments below and click ...
Education

Rebecca Friedrichs – Janus Before Janus

Rebecca Friedrichs of For Kids and Country joins us to talk about the victory for worker freedom in the Janus decision, and her experiences as lead plaintiff in a prior case that ended in a 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court.  We discuss what’s next for disaffected union members after ...
Business & Economics

Harry Crocker – What Would Have Happened if George Armstrong Custer Had Lived?

Regnery Publishing Vice President and Executive Editor Harry Crocker joins us to talk about his new book Armstrong, which imagines what would have if George Armstrong Custer survived the Battle of Little Big Horn. We discuss his inspiration for writing the book, the challenges faced today by the conservative book ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – September 21

Tim Anaya – Boy Asks President Trump for a Hug Our friends in North and South Carolina are busy today getting back on track in the aftermath of last week’s destructive Hurricane Florence.  The aftermath of this devastating storm was not all tragic.  President Trump and several Cabinet officials toured ...
School Choice

What We’re Watching – September 14

Tim Anaya – Dave Rubin interviews Peter Thiel Watch this fascinating interview with past PRI gala speaker Peter Thiel. In a wide-ranging discussion (more than 2 hours long!) with Dave Rubin on “The Rubin Report,” Thiel discusses his work creating PayPal and being the first outside investor in Facebook, his ...
Education

Lance Izumi Discusses Student Free Speech and Washington State Teacher Strikes on Lars Larson Show

Listen to Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discuss the ongoing Washington state teacher strikes, and his recent op-ed on the victory of an Oregon student in a student free speech case on “The Lars Larson Show”.  The interview begins at the ...
Blog

Clear Distinctions in Race for State Schools Chief

If the recent PPIC debate is any indication, expect this year’s race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction to be a close race with clear differences between the two candidates. Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, wins the contest for most compelling personal story.  His father abandoned his family when he was ...
Commentary

At Last, Schools Paying for Suppressing Students’ Free Speech

While anti-Trump bias continues to reign in America’s schools, courageous students are standing up for their First Amendment free-speech rights, and the courts are starting to back them up. In Oregon, a high school outside Portland suspended student Addison Barnes because he refused to cover up his “Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.” t-shirt.  An ...
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