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The Overton Window
By: Kelly Gorton
6.21.2010
Joseph Overton, former senior vice president at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, developed the Overton Window as a model to explain public policy change.
Overton Window, Mackinac
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National Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade
7.19.2010
Adopting the final draft of proposed national education standards in English language arts (ELA) would result in a significant weakening of the intellectual demands placed on Massachusetts and California students in language and literature, according to a review published jointly by the Pacific Research Institute and Pioneer Institute.
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How California Can Improve Its Plunging High School Graduation Rates
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 7.13.2010
The average national high school graduation rate, from 1997 to 2007, rose 3.1 percentage points to 68.8 percent, according to a recent report from Education Week. California’s graduation rate, meanwhile, dropped 4.7 percentage points to 62.7 percent. Only Nebraska and Nevada posted worse declines, and the problem is not limited to California high-schoolers.
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That sucking sound is LAUSD doing business as usual
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 9.1.2010
When the Los Angeles Unified School District unveiled its opulent $578 million Robert F. Kennedy High School, the most expensive government-run K-12 school in this nation's history, it was the latest evidence that the floundering district is like a vacuum cleaner with its hose wedged firmly in the back pocket of taxpayers.
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Educating illegal immigrants is costly
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 8.17.2010
As the debate on illegal immigration rages in Washington and state capitals, it’s troubling to see both sides rely on emotional rhetoric to the detriment of facts. The impact of illegal immigration on public education is a case in point.
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