Education
Commentary
The Wisdom of Trump’s Plan to Merge the Departments of Education and Labor
While his efforts in these regard haven’t received many headlines, President Trump has put forward proposal after proposal to make the federal government’s work on education policy less costly, less intrusive, more logical, and more effective. His latest idea — a proposal to merge the U.S. Departments of Education and ...
Climate Change
How the media got the Janus decision wrong
In their stories on the Supreme Court’s historic Janus decision striking down compelled fees for non-union public employees to public-sector unions, the liberal media fumbled badly in reporting the basic reasoning behind the ruling. The case, Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), involved Mark Janus, a non-union Illinois state employee, who ...
Blog
Classroom Bias Rampaging Across America
Political bias continues to increase in America’s classrooms and curricula. Giving parents school-choice tools is the only real solution. In the current school year, there have been disturbing cases across the country of teachers imposing their anti-Donald Trump political views on their students. In Cherokee County, Georgia, a high school ...
Charter Schools
Charter Schools are Using Innovation to Help Kids with Special Needs
This month, as many Americans celebrated National Charter School Week, charter school opponents continued to claim that charter schools discriminate against students with special needs. Yet in fact, all across the country there are charter schools that are leading the way in helping children with special needs. Charter schools are ...
Charter Schools
Are #RedForEd Supporters Hurting Their Own Cause?
Teachers have been striking and walking out in a number of states this spring, including West Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and now North Carolina. But Arizona—the third state to protest teacher pay and conditions—is remarkable for what it reveals about the internal workings of the organizers. Although the pay and funding ...
Education
Pete Peterson – Free Market Ideas on Campus
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy dean Pete Peterson joins us to discuss the quest for ideological diversity in America’s universities, how free market ideas are treated on college campuses, and the current clash over campus free speech.
Charter Schools
Lance Izumi Discusses Charter Schools Week on The David Webb Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss National Charter Schools Week and the need for school choice on “The David Webb Show” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview
Charter Schools
Lance Izumi discusses National Charter Schools Week on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss National Charter Schools Week and the importance of charter schools on “The Lars Larson Show”.
Commentary
Put military families first, not school bureaucracies
Recently, a coalition of military associations came out against legislation supported by the Trump administration, that would give greater school-choice options to military service members and their children. Their letter to lawmakers, sadly, puts the concerns of school district bureaucracies above the clear needs and preferences of military families. The bill, the ...
Climate Change
Bias Embedded In The Classroom
While the antics of anti-Trump teachers, such as the recent viral video of a Southern California teacher beating a President Trump piñata, make headlines, classroom bias is much more deeply embedded, especially in the Common Core curriculum. When the Obama administration pushed states to adopt the Common Core national education ...
The Wisdom of Trump’s Plan to Merge the Departments of Education and Labor
While his efforts in these regard haven’t received many headlines, President Trump has put forward proposal after proposal to make the federal government’s work on education policy less costly, less intrusive, more logical, and more effective. His latest idea — a proposal to merge the U.S. Departments of Education and ...
How the media got the Janus decision wrong
In their stories on the Supreme Court’s historic Janus decision striking down compelled fees for non-union public employees to public-sector unions, the liberal media fumbled badly in reporting the basic reasoning behind the ruling. The case, Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), involved Mark Janus, a non-union Illinois state employee, who ...
Classroom Bias Rampaging Across America
Political bias continues to increase in America’s classrooms and curricula. Giving parents school-choice tools is the only real solution. In the current school year, there have been disturbing cases across the country of teachers imposing their anti-Donald Trump political views on their students. In Cherokee County, Georgia, a high school ...
Charter Schools are Using Innovation to Help Kids with Special Needs
This month, as many Americans celebrated National Charter School Week, charter school opponents continued to claim that charter schools discriminate against students with special needs. Yet in fact, all across the country there are charter schools that are leading the way in helping children with special needs. Charter schools are ...
Are #RedForEd Supporters Hurting Their Own Cause?
Teachers have been striking and walking out in a number of states this spring, including West Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and now North Carolina. But Arizona—the third state to protest teacher pay and conditions—is remarkable for what it reveals about the internal workings of the organizers. Although the pay and funding ...
Pete Peterson – Free Market Ideas on Campus
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy dean Pete Peterson joins us to discuss the quest for ideological diversity in America’s universities, how free market ideas are treated on college campuses, and the current clash over campus free speech.
Lance Izumi Discusses Charter Schools Week on The David Webb Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss National Charter Schools Week and the need for school choice on “The David Webb Show” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview
Lance Izumi discusses National Charter Schools Week on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss National Charter Schools Week and the importance of charter schools on “The Lars Larson Show”.
Put military families first, not school bureaucracies
Recently, a coalition of military associations came out against legislation supported by the Trump administration, that would give greater school-choice options to military service members and their children. Their letter to lawmakers, sadly, puts the concerns of school district bureaucracies above the clear needs and preferences of military families. The bill, the ...
Bias Embedded In The Classroom
While the antics of anti-Trump teachers, such as the recent viral video of a Southern California teacher beating a President Trump piñata, make headlines, classroom bias is much more deeply embedded, especially in the Common Core curriculum. When the Obama administration pushed states to adopt the Common Core national education ...
