Education
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Speech: Washington Doesn’t Know Best: The Perils of Federal Control of Education
Lance T. Izumi delivered a speech on Federal control of education on October 6, 2010 at St. Vincent’s College in Latrobe, PA. Download a full transcript of the speech here. In order to appreciate the full dangers of the Obama administration’s attempt to centralize education policymaking and decisionmaking in Washington, ...
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SQ 744 would cut services, add administrators
State Question 744 would disastrously reduce state services, consuming almost 15 percent of the current budget in its third year. Will it improve student test scores? Almost certainly not: 10 years of annual increases in education funding have accompanied declining test scores. Money won’t buy high test scores. The Pacific ...
Education
Back Stories to Waiting for Superman
Waiting for Superman, touted by Oprah, Bill Gates and other celebrities, is now playing California theatres. Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim directed the film, best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Several back stories, and the star, will not be apparent on the big screen. Waiting for Superman follows five ...
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‘Superman’ has a backstory you won’t see on the big screen
‘Waiting for ‘Superman,’” touted by Oprah, Bill Gates and other celebrities, is now playing in California theatres. Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim directed the film, best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Several back stories, and the star, will not be apparent on the big screen. “Waiting for ‘Superman’” follows ...
Commentary
Prop. 209 back in spotlight
The November elections have been dominating the news, obscuring a story of great interest to those who find little merit in most government policies on women’s or gender issues. Sometimes, however, a government measure can have a positive effect. That even holds true in, of all places, California. Officials in ...
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Is Arizona Waiting for “Superman”?
Waiting for Superman follows several students seeking to escape underperforming inner city schools in New York, Los Angeles, and elsewhere. The filmmakers weave heartbreaking personal drama into an overall presentation of the flaws of the nation’s education system. Together, these themes are incredibly powerful and mutually reinforcing. To their credit, ...
Education
New Study Finds GI Junior Scholarships Would Expand Education Options for CA Military Children
New policy brief finds that providing military families with school vouchers to allow parents to choose schools that best fit their children’s needs would raise educational achievement and save the state money. Sacramento— Today, the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a California-based public policy think tank, released a policy brief on ...
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GI Junior Scholarships Would Expand Education Options for California Military Children
GI Junior Scholarships Would Expand Education Options for California Military Children By Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D., associate director of Education Studies Military personnel are in the service of their country more so than any federal bureaucrat or state regulator. It is entirely reasonable that military parents, who are not allowed ...
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School Finance Center database shows high-achieving school districts can withstand budget constraints
School Finance Center database shows high-achieving school districts can withstand budget constraints —Many school districts deliver a greater ROI in student achievement for the funding they receive— Sacramento—Today the Pacific Research Institute and Educational Results Partnership launched the updated California School Finance Center database, online at www.schoolfinancecenter.org. This online resource ...
Education
Back-to-School Lessons from LAUSD
Vol. 16 No. 32, September 8, 2010 Back-to-School Lessons from LAUSD By K. Lloyd Billingsley, editorial director After 15 years of legal and environmental battles, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) recently opened the Robert F. Kennedy High School, which cost $578 million—more than half a billion dollars—and now ...
Speech: Washington Doesn’t Know Best: The Perils of Federal Control of Education
Lance T. Izumi delivered a speech on Federal control of education on October 6, 2010 at St. Vincent’s College in Latrobe, PA. Download a full transcript of the speech here. In order to appreciate the full dangers of the Obama administration’s attempt to centralize education policymaking and decisionmaking in Washington, ...
SQ 744 would cut services, add administrators
State Question 744 would disastrously reduce state services, consuming almost 15 percent of the current budget in its third year. Will it improve student test scores? Almost certainly not: 10 years of annual increases in education funding have accompanied declining test scores. Money won’t buy high test scores. The Pacific ...
Back Stories to Waiting for Superman
Waiting for Superman, touted by Oprah, Bill Gates and other celebrities, is now playing California theatres. Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim directed the film, best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Several back stories, and the star, will not be apparent on the big screen. Waiting for Superman follows five ...
‘Superman’ has a backstory you won’t see on the big screen
‘Waiting for ‘Superman,’” touted by Oprah, Bill Gates and other celebrities, is now playing in California theatres. Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim directed the film, best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Several back stories, and the star, will not be apparent on the big screen. “Waiting for ‘Superman’” follows ...
Prop. 209 back in spotlight
The November elections have been dominating the news, obscuring a story of great interest to those who find little merit in most government policies on women’s or gender issues. Sometimes, however, a government measure can have a positive effect. That even holds true in, of all places, California. Officials in ...
Is Arizona Waiting for “Superman”?
Waiting for Superman follows several students seeking to escape underperforming inner city schools in New York, Los Angeles, and elsewhere. The filmmakers weave heartbreaking personal drama into an overall presentation of the flaws of the nation’s education system. Together, these themes are incredibly powerful and mutually reinforcing. To their credit, ...
New Study Finds GI Junior Scholarships Would Expand Education Options for CA Military Children
New policy brief finds that providing military families with school vouchers to allow parents to choose schools that best fit their children’s needs would raise educational achievement and save the state money. Sacramento— Today, the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a California-based public policy think tank, released a policy brief on ...
GI Junior Scholarships Would Expand Education Options for California Military Children
GI Junior Scholarships Would Expand Education Options for California Military Children By Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D., associate director of Education Studies Military personnel are in the service of their country more so than any federal bureaucrat or state regulator. It is entirely reasonable that military parents, who are not allowed ...
School Finance Center database shows high-achieving school districts can withstand budget constraints
School Finance Center database shows high-achieving school districts can withstand budget constraints —Many school districts deliver a greater ROI in student achievement for the funding they receive— Sacramento—Today the Pacific Research Institute and Educational Results Partnership launched the updated California School Finance Center database, online at www.schoolfinancecenter.org. This online resource ...
Back-to-School Lessons from LAUSD
Vol. 16 No. 32, September 8, 2010 Back-to-School Lessons from LAUSD By K. Lloyd Billingsley, editorial director After 15 years of legal and environmental battles, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) recently opened the Robert F. Kennedy High School, which cost $578 million—more than half a billion dollars—and now ...
