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A Lesson for School Accountability
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 7.23.2003
The New York Times recently reported that Texas state auditors have found that Houston schools have been seriously undercounting the number of dropouts. Partisan critics are using the audit results to take shots at U.S. education secretary Rod Paige, a former Houston superintendent, arguing that the city’s widely acclaimed education improvement is a myth. The critics, however, are missing the larger point that accountability systems must not create incentives for schools to cheat.
Ten Years After: Progress and Opposition in Charter Schools
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 7.16.2003
In 1993 California began allowing charter schools, deregulated schools within the government system that gain freedom from most regulations in return for meeting the goals of their founding charter. According to a Rand study released June 30, charter schools provide good news to a state that badly needs it.
Remedy for Michigan Case: State 209s
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 7.2.2003
As various commentators have rightly pointed out, the U.S. Supreme Court blew the University of Michigan race-preference cases. By making racial “diversity” a compelling state interest that justifies race-based college admissions, the Court made racial discrimination constitutional. Rather than engaging in recriminations, however, opponents of racial preferences should mobilize a nationwide campaign to enact anti-preference laws such as California’s Proposition 209 in every state.
The California Education Report Card: 2003
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D., Matt Cox on 7.1.2003
In 1997 and 2000, the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI) issued the first and second editions of its California Index of Leading Education Indicators. Both editions gathered and presented data on education topics ranging from student test scores to teacher quality to government education spending and provided fresh interpretations of those data. Since 2000, there have been many new developments in education in California.
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