PRI Webinar – Reforms to Help Southern California Recover Faster
In the aftermath of January’s destructive Southern California wildfires, media reports, whistleblowers, and elected officials are providing much needed oversight in the role misguided government policies have played in worsening the tragedy. Affected residents are now seeing firsthand how bad policies and unnecessary government bureaucracy are hindering the rebuilding process. Join PRI’s scholars and policy experts for an informative webinar exploring how policy influenced the tragedy on issues ranging from planning to insurance, get the ...
Watch Videos from PRI’s 2025 California Ideas in Action Conference
Watch Videos from PRI’s 2025 California Ideas in Action Conference The 2025 PRI California Ideas in Action Conference featured conversations and panel discussions with leading state policy makers, real life changemakers, and top free market thinkers on some of California’s top challenges, including what’s next for stronger criminal justice policy reform after the passage of Prop. 36, how to improve student achievement in the classroom through better reading instruction, why bad government prescription drug policy ...
CAPITAL IDEAS – Dim View: New PRI Poll Shows Just 4 out of 10 Voters Rate their Local School Boards Positively
As school boards grapple with issues ranging from poor student achievement scores in reading and math on state and national tests to widespread student behavior and discipline problems to ideological controversies, the public is less than happy with the performance of their school boards in the face of these challenges. The results of a 2024 national survey conducted by Echelon Insights for the Pacific Research Institute on American voters’ opinion of local school boards are ...
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