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California high school dropout rate recalculated
California’s high school dropout rate has been recalculated and the results are surprising. For several years, California’s Department of Education has been reporting a high school dropout rate ranging between three and 13 percent. However, Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute says the rate has been recalculated and found ...
Commentary
Remedial Education Costs Californians from $4 Billion to $14 Billion Annually According to PRI Report
San Francisco – The poor performance of California’s public schools costs Californians up to $14 billion in remedial education programs, rivaling the state’s current budget deficit of $17 billion. The High Price of Failure in California: How Inadequate Education Costs Schools, Students, and Society, released today by the Pacific Research ...
Education
The High Price of Failure in California: How Inadequate Education Costs Schools, Students, and Society
More than a decade ago, in 1996, the California State University (CSU) trustees adopted a policy to reduce the need for remediation to no more than 10 percent of incoming freshmen by 2007. In 1998, the state outlawed K12 social promotion, requiring schools to retain any student performing below grade-level ...
Commentary
The Dropout Disaster: We Told You So
In 1997, the Pacific Research Institute released the first of its ongoing California Index of Leading Education Indicators, which included a chapter on California’s dropout rate. The Index warned that the state Department of Education missed legions of dropouts who weren’t accounted for in the Department’s crude calculating methods. The ...
Commentary
The Costs of California’s “Promote Now, Pay Later” Plan
SACRAMENTO—Last month students across California graduated from high school eager to start college in the fall. How many will wind up in remedial classes repeating work they should have already mastered? The numbers—and the price tag—are probably a lot more than you think. The failure to prepare a single cohort ...
Commentary
Education reform ‘blueprint’ leaves out choice
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared 2008 would be “The Year of Education Reform.” Now, more than halfway through the year, California parents continue to wait for promised relief. If the governor’s blueprint for reform is any indication, they may be waiting for a long time. Gov. Schwarzenegger unveiled “Students First: Renewing ...
California
California Schools: America’s Future
Note: PRI’s Director of Education Studies, Lance T. Izumi, is featured as a panel participant in this documentary chronicling the decline of California’s education system which is currently being shown on public television stations in Callifornia. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is scrambling to avoid $4.8 billion in potential cuts to ...
Commentary
Blueprint for Education Reform Leaves out Choice
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared 2008 “The Year of Education Reform,” and more than halfway through the year, California parents continue to wait for promised relief. If the governor’s blueprint for reform is any indication, they may be waiting for a long time. Governor Schwarzenegger unveiled Students First: Renewing Hope for ...
Commentary
Remedies tackle California’s remedial education program
Every year poorly prepared college students cost Californians some $14 billion in remedial education programs, according to a new report published by the Pacific Research Institute or PRI. The report “The High Price of Failure in California: How Inadequate Education Costs Schools, Students, and Society,” argues that these direct and ...
Business & Economics
Impact – June 2008
PRI Ideas in Action – June 2008 Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report PRI continues to impact public policy in California, the nation, and abroad. Click below to view PRI’s recent contributions. Read PDF
California high school dropout rate recalculated
California’s high school dropout rate has been recalculated and the results are surprising. For several years, California’s Department of Education has been reporting a high school dropout rate ranging between three and 13 percent. However, Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute says the rate has been recalculated and found ...
Remedial Education Costs Californians from $4 Billion to $14 Billion Annually According to PRI Report
San Francisco – The poor performance of California’s public schools costs Californians up to $14 billion in remedial education programs, rivaling the state’s current budget deficit of $17 billion. The High Price of Failure in California: How Inadequate Education Costs Schools, Students, and Society, released today by the Pacific Research ...
The High Price of Failure in California: How Inadequate Education Costs Schools, Students, and Society
More than a decade ago, in 1996, the California State University (CSU) trustees adopted a policy to reduce the need for remediation to no more than 10 percent of incoming freshmen by 2007. In 1998, the state outlawed K12 social promotion, requiring schools to retain any student performing below grade-level ...
The Dropout Disaster: We Told You So
In 1997, the Pacific Research Institute released the first of its ongoing California Index of Leading Education Indicators, which included a chapter on California’s dropout rate. The Index warned that the state Department of Education missed legions of dropouts who weren’t accounted for in the Department’s crude calculating methods. The ...
The Costs of California’s “Promote Now, Pay Later” Plan
SACRAMENTO—Last month students across California graduated from high school eager to start college in the fall. How many will wind up in remedial classes repeating work they should have already mastered? The numbers—and the price tag—are probably a lot more than you think. The failure to prepare a single cohort ...
Education reform ‘blueprint’ leaves out choice
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared 2008 would be “The Year of Education Reform.” Now, more than halfway through the year, California parents continue to wait for promised relief. If the governor’s blueprint for reform is any indication, they may be waiting for a long time. Gov. Schwarzenegger unveiled “Students First: Renewing ...
California Schools: America’s Future
Note: PRI’s Director of Education Studies, Lance T. Izumi, is featured as a panel participant in this documentary chronicling the decline of California’s education system which is currently being shown on public television stations in Callifornia. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is scrambling to avoid $4.8 billion in potential cuts to ...
Blueprint for Education Reform Leaves out Choice
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared 2008 “The Year of Education Reform,” and more than halfway through the year, California parents continue to wait for promised relief. If the governor’s blueprint for reform is any indication, they may be waiting for a long time. Governor Schwarzenegger unveiled Students First: Renewing Hope for ...
Remedies tackle California’s remedial education program
Every year poorly prepared college students cost Californians some $14 billion in remedial education programs, according to a new report published by the Pacific Research Institute or PRI. The report “The High Price of Failure in California: How Inadequate Education Costs Schools, Students, and Society,” argues that these direct and ...
Impact – June 2008
PRI Ideas in Action – June 2008 Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report PRI continues to impact public policy in California, the nation, and abroad. Click below to view PRI’s recent contributions. Read PDF
