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How to Raise the Status of Teachers
Supply and Demand Raising the status of teachers in America requires not only improvements on the teacher supply side, but also recognition of the parents’ preferences on the demand side. High quality usually equates to high status, so its unsurprising that a recent report on international education reforms cites Finland, ...
Business & Economics
California GOP the party of numbskulls
California Republicans love to talk about limiting government, fighting bureaucracy and keeping taxes low, but March 17 they proved that this is nothing more than a rhetorical device. Given the opportunity to rein in the size and power of government in a tangible way, Assembly Republicans – with a sole ...
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Investigate CARBifornia
In early April, UCLA will decide whether to fire epidemiologist James Enstrom, a fixture in the UCLA Department of Public Health since the 1970s. If UCLA does give him the boot, Assemblyman Dan Logue has threatened to hold hearings. Whatever happens to Enstrom, legislators have good reason to investigate. Enstrom ...
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Who Got Obamacare Waivers?
Some are just strange: Aetna received an exemption for plans that it offers to firms with more than 209,000 enrollees. So, what happens when a firm with 210,000 enrollees closes a plant and the headcount drops to 200,000? It loses its waiver, too? Also, note that these waivers are for ...
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Jindal: No Obamacare Exchange for Louisiana
As I discussed a few days ago, Georgia governor Deal also took some time to make a final decision on a Health Benefits Exchange. But he eventually made the right decision: No exchange. Read more here.
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Lance Izumi on the Jim Bohannon Show
On The Jim Bohannon Show… There has been a lot of talk about how the United States is slipping when it comes to educating our children, and a lot of hand-wringing about what to do about it. Technology promises to help improve things, and there are innovative programs being developed ...
Business & Economics
The Wisconsinonsense Award
The Oscars may be over but the prize has yet to go out for the lamest statement regarding the battle between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and government-employee unions. The competition is fierce, with filmmaker Michael Moore a leading contender. Mr. Moore sees the government-union protesters as representing “the working people ...
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Pro & Con: Is first year of health care reform law living up to promised claims?
In pressing his case for the overhaul, the president made several lofty promises and assured Americans it would expand access to health care while improving quality and reducing costs. Throughout the past year, Obamacares efforts to expand coverage have fallen flat even as it has raised the cost ...
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Piping Up: Do Waivers Make Way For A Single-Payer Health Care System?
The Senate is currently considering a new measure that would allow states to opt out of ObamaCare three years earlier than originally planned. It’s attracted support from an unlikely source: President Obama. Why would the president endorse an effort that would seemingly undermine his signature law? Because the provision would ...
Business & Economics
Carl’s Jr. chewed up by California
California has changed dramatically since 1941, when Carl and Margaret Karcher scraped together about 325 bucks to start a hot dog cart in Los Angeles – a precursor to a drive-through restaurant they opened in Anaheim and which grew into the Carl’s Jr. fast-food empire. The Karchers were household names ...
How to Raise the Status of Teachers
Supply and Demand Raising the status of teachers in America requires not only improvements on the teacher supply side, but also recognition of the parents’ preferences on the demand side. High quality usually equates to high status, so its unsurprising that a recent report on international education reforms cites Finland, ...
California GOP the party of numbskulls
California Republicans love to talk about limiting government, fighting bureaucracy and keeping taxes low, but March 17 they proved that this is nothing more than a rhetorical device. Given the opportunity to rein in the size and power of government in a tangible way, Assembly Republicans – with a sole ...
Investigate CARBifornia
In early April, UCLA will decide whether to fire epidemiologist James Enstrom, a fixture in the UCLA Department of Public Health since the 1970s. If UCLA does give him the boot, Assemblyman Dan Logue has threatened to hold hearings. Whatever happens to Enstrom, legislators have good reason to investigate. Enstrom ...
Who Got Obamacare Waivers?
Some are just strange: Aetna received an exemption for plans that it offers to firms with more than 209,000 enrollees. So, what happens when a firm with 210,000 enrollees closes a plant and the headcount drops to 200,000? It loses its waiver, too? Also, note that these waivers are for ...
Jindal: No Obamacare Exchange for Louisiana
As I discussed a few days ago, Georgia governor Deal also took some time to make a final decision on a Health Benefits Exchange. But he eventually made the right decision: No exchange. Read more here.
Lance Izumi on the Jim Bohannon Show
On The Jim Bohannon Show… There has been a lot of talk about how the United States is slipping when it comes to educating our children, and a lot of hand-wringing about what to do about it. Technology promises to help improve things, and there are innovative programs being developed ...
The Wisconsinonsense Award
The Oscars may be over but the prize has yet to go out for the lamest statement regarding the battle between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and government-employee unions. The competition is fierce, with filmmaker Michael Moore a leading contender. Mr. Moore sees the government-union protesters as representing “the working people ...
Pro & Con: Is first year of health care reform law living up to promised claims?
In pressing his case for the overhaul, the president made several lofty promises and assured Americans it would expand access to health care while improving quality and reducing costs. Throughout the past year, Obamacares efforts to expand coverage have fallen flat even as it has raised the cost ...
Piping Up: Do Waivers Make Way For A Single-Payer Health Care System?
The Senate is currently considering a new measure that would allow states to opt out of ObamaCare three years earlier than originally planned. It’s attracted support from an unlikely source: President Obama. Why would the president endorse an effort that would seemingly undermine his signature law? Because the provision would ...
Carl’s Jr. chewed up by California
California has changed dramatically since 1941, when Carl and Margaret Karcher scraped together about 325 bucks to start a hot dog cart in Los Angeles – a precursor to a drive-through restaurant they opened in Anaheim and which grew into the Carl’s Jr. fast-food empire. The Karchers were household names ...
