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  • Education

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    California Considers Deep Education Cuts

    California school officials and education reformers are wrestling with the specter of multibillion-dollar education budget cuts in 2009. But as Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democrat-controlled state legislature look for spending reductions to cover the budget shortfall, leading state educators are pleading for leniency. Early proposals floated by lawmakers ...
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    Survey: Va. Parents Support All Forms of School Choice

    Voters throughout Virginia’s lowest-income neighborhoods are strong supporters of school choice, a new poll reports. In mid-January the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy and the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) announced the results of their Parental Choice Survey, given to residents throughout Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond, Virginia. At ...
    Charter Schools

    Oakland Charter Schools “Do What Works,” and Outperform Their Peers

    Charter School Business – Providence Financial, Inc., March 1, 2009 President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have stated their support for strong, successful charter schools in the United States. In fact, the new motto for the U.S. Department of Education is “Do what works.” The president and his ...
    California

    The Obama Stimulus, Education, and California

    Now that President Obama has signed the three-quarter-of-a-trillion-dollar stimulus package, which contains $100 billion for public schools, many observers on the left and the right are concluding that the package won’t change very much in America’s underperforming government education system. The stimulus package contains various pots of money for public ...
    Education

    Jeb Bush cites research done in PRI study “Demography is Not Destiny: Reform Lessons from Florida on Overcoming Achievement Gaps”

    Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush talks to Bill Bennett on ” Morning in America”about education issues in America. Jeb Bush mentions research done in Vicki E. Murray’s study Demography Is Not Destiny: Reform Lessons from Florida on Overcoming Achievement Gaps .
    Commentary

    California Students Should be Free to Choose

    Two years ago Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed January 29 Milton Friedman Day to honor the late Nobel laureate, his “intellectual hero,” whose Free to Choose book and documentary proved “life changing.” The governor and the legislature, unfortunately, have not allowed Milton Friedman’s ideas to change the lives of California parents ...
    Education

    KFMB-TV 8: Are We Already Spending Too Much On Education?

    California’s budget mess is taking a toll on many programs and education is no exception. But some say we may be spending more than enough for students to learn. Right now, the state is spending nearly $70 billion on public education. That’s an average of $12,000 per student kindergarten through ...
    Commentary

    The Weekly Education Round-Up: Lessons on Liberal Education Policies

    American Issues Project, January 29, 2009 Editor’s note: AIP’s weekly feature is back. If you have suggestions for education news that should be included in this weekly update, please post a comment to the post below or send us a message via Twitter (@AmericanIssues). From court rulings to overspending, the ...
    Business & Economics

    Governor’s Entrepreneurship Conference offers recommendations

    To find out which state policies California’s small-business owners would like to change, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently convened a two-day conference in Los Angeles. Greater government dependency and intervention will reduce innovation, economic growth and job creation. Or, as Albert Einstein said, “Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.” ...
    Commentary

    Honor Friedman by allowing students to be ‘free to choose’

    Orange County Register – California Focus, January 29, 2009 William E. Simon Foundation, February 11, 2009 The late economist believed in schools competing for students. On this date two years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed Milton Friedman Day in California to honor the late Nobel Prize-winning economist and the governor’s ...
    Commentary

    California Considers Deep Education Cuts

    California school officials and education reformers are wrestling with the specter of multibillion-dollar education budget cuts in 2009. But as Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democrat-controlled state legislature look for spending reductions to cover the budget shortfall, leading state educators are pleading for leniency. Early proposals floated by lawmakers ...
    Commentary

    Survey: Va. Parents Support All Forms of School Choice

    Voters throughout Virginia’s lowest-income neighborhoods are strong supporters of school choice, a new poll reports. In mid-January the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy and the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) announced the results of their Parental Choice Survey, given to residents throughout Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond, Virginia. At ...
    Charter Schools

    Oakland Charter Schools “Do What Works,” and Outperform Their Peers

    Charter School Business – Providence Financial, Inc., March 1, 2009 President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have stated their support for strong, successful charter schools in the United States. In fact, the new motto for the U.S. Department of Education is “Do what works.” The president and his ...
    California

    The Obama Stimulus, Education, and California

    Now that President Obama has signed the three-quarter-of-a-trillion-dollar stimulus package, which contains $100 billion for public schools, many observers on the left and the right are concluding that the package won’t change very much in America’s underperforming government education system. The stimulus package contains various pots of money for public ...
    Education

    Jeb Bush cites research done in PRI study “Demography is Not Destiny: Reform Lessons from Florida on Overcoming Achievement Gaps”

    Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush talks to Bill Bennett on ” Morning in America”about education issues in America. Jeb Bush mentions research done in Vicki E. Murray’s study Demography Is Not Destiny: Reform Lessons from Florida on Overcoming Achievement Gaps .
    Commentary

    California Students Should be Free to Choose

    Two years ago Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed January 29 Milton Friedman Day to honor the late Nobel laureate, his “intellectual hero,” whose Free to Choose book and documentary proved “life changing.” The governor and the legislature, unfortunately, have not allowed Milton Friedman’s ideas to change the lives of California parents ...
    Education

    KFMB-TV 8: Are We Already Spending Too Much On Education?

    California’s budget mess is taking a toll on many programs and education is no exception. But some say we may be spending more than enough for students to learn. Right now, the state is spending nearly $70 billion on public education. That’s an average of $12,000 per student kindergarten through ...
    Commentary

    The Weekly Education Round-Up: Lessons on Liberal Education Policies

    American Issues Project, January 29, 2009 Editor’s note: AIP’s weekly feature is back. If you have suggestions for education news that should be included in this weekly update, please post a comment to the post below or send us a message via Twitter (@AmericanIssues). From court rulings to overspending, the ...
    Business & Economics

    Governor’s Entrepreneurship Conference offers recommendations

    To find out which state policies California’s small-business owners would like to change, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently convened a two-day conference in Los Angeles. Greater government dependency and intervention will reduce innovation, economic growth and job creation. Or, as Albert Einstein said, “Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.” ...
    Commentary

    Honor Friedman by allowing students to be ‘free to choose’

    Orange County Register – California Focus, January 29, 2009 William E. Simon Foundation, February 11, 2009 The late economist believed in schools competing for students. On this date two years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed Milton Friedman Day in California to honor the late Nobel Prize-winning economist and the governor’s ...
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