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Listen to Lance Izumi on Hudson Valley Live

PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi discusses his new book The Corrupt Classroom and the non-academic reasons for school choice with Tom Sipos on “Hudson Valley Focus Live.” Click here to listen to the interview.
Education

Hear Lance Izumi on the Fred Holland Show

PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi recently talked with Fred Holland on WTKI in Huntsville, AL on school choice and how Harvey Weinstein-types are hurting our public schools. Click here to listen to the interview.
Education

Lance Izumi Discusses Corrupt Classroom on Steve Gruber Show

PRI’s Senior Director of Education Studies and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Lance Izumi discusses his recent book The Corrupt Classroom and his recent column on how Harvey Weinstein and his enablers are also running our public schools on “The Steve Gruber Show,” which is syndicated across Michigan. Click here ...
Commentary

School Choice Can Protect Kids From Classroom Indoctrination

Progressive educators are launching new offensives in the nation’s culture wars. Washington State, for example, has put a sex-education curriculum, developed in part by Planned Parenthood, on its approved list, which has caused controversy in places like Spokane. Nevada’s Washoe County School District is currently debatinga sex education curriculum that would introduce ...
Blended Learning

Celebrating a Virtual “Friendsgiving”

As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, we’re also preparing for an overload of turkey, pumpkin pie, and relatives. Thanksgiving is about more than getting a food coma.  It’s about getting together with your loved ones and giving thanks for all that we are thankful for in life. ...
Education

Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show

PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi joins Lars Larson to talk about his recent Washington Examiner column on students being subjected to violence sexual assault in the classroom. In his recent book The Corrupt Classroom, Lance discusses how students subjected ...
Commentary

Advice for Secretary DeVos: Remember the Trump Base

The continuing campus protests by the Left against U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos may grab the headlines, but another real political concern for her and the president lies with her relationship with the Right. The importance of the base for President Donald Trump cannot be overstated. Mark Penn, the ...
Blog

Should We Pay Teachers the Same as Legislators?

California’s initiative process is imperfect.  We cherish the right to circulate citizen’s petitions when the Legislature refuses to act on matters of critical importance. But give any Californian the right to submit a ballot measure, and you’re sure to have some wild ideas in the bunch. The latest is a ...
Commentary

Harvey Weinsteins And Their Enablers Also Run Our Public Schools

Meet teacher Mitchell Whitehurst, the Harvey Weinstein of public education. Meet the Portland Public Schools, the education Hollywood of enablers. Meet the Portland teachers union, which like the Mafia in The Godfather, practices “omerta,” or silence when questioned. And meet the children, victims of a heinous sexual predator shielded by ...
Commentary

Students need an escape from public school violence

Recently, a fistfight between two female students at an Alabama high school erupted into a campus-wide fracas that ended in gunfire. A massive brawl at a North Carolina school resulted in multiple arrests. And in San Diego, several teenage boys were rushed to the emergency room with stab wounds after ...
Education

Listen to Lance Izumi on Hudson Valley Live

PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi discusses his new book The Corrupt Classroom and the non-academic reasons for school choice with Tom Sipos on “Hudson Valley Focus Live.” Click here to listen to the interview.
Education

Hear Lance Izumi on the Fred Holland Show

PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi recently talked with Fred Holland on WTKI in Huntsville, AL on school choice and how Harvey Weinstein-types are hurting our public schools. Click here to listen to the interview.
Education

Lance Izumi Discusses Corrupt Classroom on Steve Gruber Show

PRI’s Senior Director of Education Studies and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Lance Izumi discusses his recent book The Corrupt Classroom and his recent column on how Harvey Weinstein and his enablers are also running our public schools on “The Steve Gruber Show,” which is syndicated across Michigan. Click here ...
Commentary

School Choice Can Protect Kids From Classroom Indoctrination

Progressive educators are launching new offensives in the nation’s culture wars. Washington State, for example, has put a sex-education curriculum, developed in part by Planned Parenthood, on its approved list, which has caused controversy in places like Spokane. Nevada’s Washoe County School District is currently debatinga sex education curriculum that would introduce ...
Blended Learning

Celebrating a Virtual “Friendsgiving”

As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, we’re also preparing for an overload of turkey, pumpkin pie, and relatives. Thanksgiving is about more than getting a food coma.  It’s about getting together with your loved ones and giving thanks for all that we are thankful for in life. ...
Education

Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show

PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi joins Lars Larson to talk about his recent Washington Examiner column on students being subjected to violence sexual assault in the classroom. In his recent book The Corrupt Classroom, Lance discusses how students subjected ...
Commentary

Advice for Secretary DeVos: Remember the Trump Base

The continuing campus protests by the Left against U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos may grab the headlines, but another real political concern for her and the president lies with her relationship with the Right. The importance of the base for President Donald Trump cannot be overstated. Mark Penn, the ...
Blog

Should We Pay Teachers the Same as Legislators?

California’s initiative process is imperfect.  We cherish the right to circulate citizen’s petitions when the Legislature refuses to act on matters of critical importance. But give any Californian the right to submit a ballot measure, and you’re sure to have some wild ideas in the bunch. The latest is a ...
Commentary

Harvey Weinsteins And Their Enablers Also Run Our Public Schools

Meet teacher Mitchell Whitehurst, the Harvey Weinstein of public education. Meet the Portland Public Schools, the education Hollywood of enablers. Meet the Portland teachers union, which like the Mafia in The Godfather, practices “omerta,” or silence when questioned. And meet the children, victims of a heinous sexual predator shielded by ...
Commentary

Students need an escape from public school violence

Recently, a fistfight between two female students at an Alabama high school erupted into a campus-wide fracas that ended in gunfire. A massive brawl at a North Carolina school resulted in multiple arrests. And in San Diego, several teenage boys were rushed to the emergency room with stab wounds after ...
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