School Choice
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Classroom Bias Rampaging Across America
Political bias continues to increase in America’s classrooms and curricula. Giving parents school-choice tools is the only real solution. In the current school year, there have been disturbing cases across the country of teachers imposing their anti-Donald Trump political views on their students. In Cherokee County, Georgia, a high school ...
Charter Schools
Are #RedForEd Supporters Hurting Their Own Cause?
Teachers have been striking and walking out in a number of states this spring, including West Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and now North Carolina. But Arizona—the third state to protest teacher pay and conditions—is remarkable for what it reveals about the internal workings of the organizers. Although the pay and funding ...
Charter Schools
Lance Izumi Discusses Charter Schools Week on The David Webb Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss National Charter Schools Week and the need for school choice on “The David Webb Show” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview
Commentary
Put military families first, not school bureaucracies
Recently, a coalition of military associations came out against legislation supported by the Trump administration, that would give greater school-choice options to military service members and their children. Their letter to lawmakers, sadly, puts the concerns of school district bureaucracies above the clear needs and preferences of military families. The bill, the ...
Education
Education Scholar: School Choice For Military Kids ‘Is A National Security Concern’
An education scholar believes school choice for the children of military members “is a national security concern,” he said Wednesday. School choice is imperative to retaining military members, Pacific Research Institute Senior Director of Education Studies Lance Izumi explained while speaking with The Daily Caller News Foundation. The scholar was ...
Education
School Choice Could’ve Spelled The End For Teacher Who Called Soldiers ‘Dumbsh*ts’ Much Sooner
An education scholar said Friday he believes school choice could have prevented students from having to put up with Gregory Salcido, the California teacher fired after calling soldiers “dumbsh*ts.” The El Rancho Unified School District fired Salcido, a former Pico Rivera mayor, Tuesday after he went on an anti-military rant in class. He ...
Business & Economics
CAPITAL IDEAS: What Executives in High-Demand Industries are Saying About Moving to California
DOWNLOAD THE PDF California has a deserved reputation for losing businesses to states where companies believe their commercial prospects are more promising. At the same time, businesses that stay are too often reluctant to expand in-state while many outside are unwilling to relocate or extend their operations into California. Executives ...
Education
Lance Izumi: What CA Can Do to Expand School Choice
Watch PRI’s Lance Izumi discusses what California can do to expand school choice during PRI’s celebration of National School Choice Week in Sacramento.
Education
Lance Izumi Discusses National School Choice Week on Ed Tyll Show
Listen to PRI’s Senior Director of the Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies Lance Izumi discuss National School Choice Week, and his new book outlining ways that school choice can be expanded across the country, An American Education Agenda, on “The Ed Tyll Show”. Click here to ...
Education
Watch Lance Izumi’s Speech on The Corrupt Classroom on C-Span
Watch Lance Izumi’s recent speech on school choice to the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley, which was recently broadcast to a national audience on C-Span’s “Book TV.” Click here to watch the video
Classroom Bias Rampaging Across America
Political bias continues to increase in America’s classrooms and curricula. Giving parents school-choice tools is the only real solution. In the current school year, there have been disturbing cases across the country of teachers imposing their anti-Donald Trump political views on their students. In Cherokee County, Georgia, a high school ...
Are #RedForEd Supporters Hurting Their Own Cause?
Teachers have been striking and walking out in a number of states this spring, including West Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and now North Carolina. But Arizona—the third state to protest teacher pay and conditions—is remarkable for what it reveals about the internal workings of the organizers. Although the pay and funding ...
Lance Izumi Discusses Charter Schools Week on The David Webb Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss National Charter Schools Week and the need for school choice on “The David Webb Show” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview
Put military families first, not school bureaucracies
Recently, a coalition of military associations came out against legislation supported by the Trump administration, that would give greater school-choice options to military service members and their children. Their letter to lawmakers, sadly, puts the concerns of school district bureaucracies above the clear needs and preferences of military families. The bill, the ...
Education Scholar: School Choice For Military Kids ‘Is A National Security Concern’
An education scholar believes school choice for the children of military members “is a national security concern,” he said Wednesday. School choice is imperative to retaining military members, Pacific Research Institute Senior Director of Education Studies Lance Izumi explained while speaking with The Daily Caller News Foundation. The scholar was ...
School Choice Could’ve Spelled The End For Teacher Who Called Soldiers ‘Dumbsh*ts’ Much Sooner
An education scholar said Friday he believes school choice could have prevented students from having to put up with Gregory Salcido, the California teacher fired after calling soldiers “dumbsh*ts.” The El Rancho Unified School District fired Salcido, a former Pico Rivera mayor, Tuesday after he went on an anti-military rant in class. He ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: What Executives in High-Demand Industries are Saying About Moving to California
DOWNLOAD THE PDF California has a deserved reputation for losing businesses to states where companies believe their commercial prospects are more promising. At the same time, businesses that stay are too often reluctant to expand in-state while many outside are unwilling to relocate or extend their operations into California. Executives ...
Lance Izumi: What CA Can Do to Expand School Choice
Watch PRI’s Lance Izumi discusses what California can do to expand school choice during PRI’s celebration of National School Choice Week in Sacramento.
Lance Izumi Discusses National School Choice Week on Ed Tyll Show
Listen to PRI’s Senior Director of the Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies Lance Izumi discuss National School Choice Week, and his new book outlining ways that school choice can be expanded across the country, An American Education Agenda, on “The Ed Tyll Show”. Click here to ...
Watch Lance Izumi’s Speech on The Corrupt Classroom on C-Span
Watch Lance Izumi’s recent speech on school choice to the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley, which was recently broadcast to a national audience on C-Span’s “Book TV.” Click here to watch the video
