Education
California
LAUSD Election, New Data Provide Momentum For Charter Schools
Los Angeles Unified recently experienced a huge earthquake – a political seismic shift – when school board candidates supportive of charter schools defeated incumbents backed by the powerful local teachers union. And in a one-two punch, new research shows that charter schools are improving the achievement of the predominantly minority ...
California
Even Blue California Warms To School Choice
A new poll by the respected Public Policy Institute of California found that a large majority of Californians support school-choice vouchers, which would grant parents public funding to pay for private-school tuition for their children. While that finding may seem shocking in blue California, that shock quickly dissipates given the ...
Commentary
Politicized Teachers Push Radical Leftist Agenda
Typically, school choice advocates rely on school and student performance data to show that public schools are academically failing or underperforming compared to other schooling options. But as I have documented in my soon-to-be-released book, The Corrupt Classroom, parents in California and many other states have an even more-compelling reason ...
Charter Schools
Black Lives Matter Is Not Inclusive
Black Lives Matter Philadelphia made a good bit of news this week because its invitation for its April 15 strategy meeting stated, “Please note that BLM Philly is a Black only space.” They followed up by tweeting out, “If you identify as a person of the African Diaspora. You can ...
Education
Interview with Lance Izumi on KFBK
https://player.fm/series/the-cowboy-libertarian-169948/katie-grimes-fills-in-for-pat-to-talk-about-infrastructure-in-california-and-politics-in-washington-dc
Commentary
Neil Gorsuch Could Help Religious Schools Get Public Funding
Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, is known for his commitment to religious freedom and preventing government from discriminating against religious organizations and individuals. If confirmed, the new justice could help sway a case that could be a landmark in American education, paving the way for public funds to ...
Commentary
How Far Left To Go? The Quest For Viewpoint Diversity In American Higher Education.
Watch Video from our panel of experts
Commentary
PRI Observes National School Choice Week At State Capitol
Watch State Senator Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, present a Senate Member’s Resolution on National School Choice Week to PRI’s Lance Izumi at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Sen. Gaines talks with Lance about the importance of school choice in his own children’s upbringing.
California
A Choice For Kids With No Options Left
January 22nd to 28th will mark National School Choice Week, which promotes efforts to empower parents to choose the best education option for their children. There is probably no better example of why children need choices in education than Life Learning Academy (LLA) public charter school. Opponents of charter schools, ...
Common Core
Capital Ideas: Lots Of Reasons To Celebrate National School Choice Week
Download the Brief This week marks National School Choice Week (NSCW) and efforts to empower parents to choose the best public or private education option for their children. NSCW comes at perfect time given recent news about student performance and politics in the classroom. In December, scores for the 2015 ...
LAUSD Election, New Data Provide Momentum For Charter Schools
Los Angeles Unified recently experienced a huge earthquake – a political seismic shift – when school board candidates supportive of charter schools defeated incumbents backed by the powerful local teachers union. And in a one-two punch, new research shows that charter schools are improving the achievement of the predominantly minority ...
Even Blue California Warms To School Choice
A new poll by the respected Public Policy Institute of California found that a large majority of Californians support school-choice vouchers, which would grant parents public funding to pay for private-school tuition for their children. While that finding may seem shocking in blue California, that shock quickly dissipates given the ...
Politicized Teachers Push Radical Leftist Agenda
Typically, school choice advocates rely on school and student performance data to show that public schools are academically failing or underperforming compared to other schooling options. But as I have documented in my soon-to-be-released book, The Corrupt Classroom, parents in California and many other states have an even more-compelling reason ...
Black Lives Matter Is Not Inclusive
Black Lives Matter Philadelphia made a good bit of news this week because its invitation for its April 15 strategy meeting stated, “Please note that BLM Philly is a Black only space.” They followed up by tweeting out, “If you identify as a person of the African Diaspora. You can ...
Interview with Lance Izumi on KFBK
https://player.fm/series/the-cowboy-libertarian-169948/katie-grimes-fills-in-for-pat-to-talk-about-infrastructure-in-california-and-politics-in-washington-dc
Neil Gorsuch Could Help Religious Schools Get Public Funding
Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, is known for his commitment to religious freedom and preventing government from discriminating against religious organizations and individuals. If confirmed, the new justice could help sway a case that could be a landmark in American education, paving the way for public funds to ...
How Far Left To Go? The Quest For Viewpoint Diversity In American Higher Education.
Watch Video from our panel of experts
PRI Observes National School Choice Week At State Capitol
Watch State Senator Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, present a Senate Member’s Resolution on National School Choice Week to PRI’s Lance Izumi at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Sen. Gaines talks with Lance about the importance of school choice in his own children’s upbringing.
A Choice For Kids With No Options Left
January 22nd to 28th will mark National School Choice Week, which promotes efforts to empower parents to choose the best education option for their children. There is probably no better example of why children need choices in education than Life Learning Academy (LLA) public charter school. Opponents of charter schools, ...
Capital Ideas: Lots Of Reasons To Celebrate National School Choice Week
Download the Brief This week marks National School Choice Week (NSCW) and efforts to empower parents to choose the best public or private education option for their children. NSCW comes at perfect time given recent news about student performance and politics in the classroom. In December, scores for the 2015 ...
