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Letter to Governor by Bill Leonard, State Board of Equalization
Submitted by Bill Leonard on 11.30.2007
This week, I offer my list of reform ideas to bring the state budget back into alignment with revenues, along with names of some of the people or groups I think would be helpful.
School Choice is the Cure for Over-priced, Underperforming Public Schools
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 11.30.2007
For too long, families in California and across the country have assumed that poor-quality schools are an inner-city problem plaguing low-income parents who cannot afford to move near supposedly superior suburban schools. At more than one in 10 California public schools in neighborhoods with median home price approaching, and even exceeding, $1 million, less than half of students in at least one grade are below proficiency levels in English or math on state tests. Hundreds more affluent, suburban high schools statewide are graduating students who are not college-ready.
The Myth of the Middle-Class School
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 11.29.2007
As middle-class suburban homeowners cling precariously to their dwellings in the midst of the current housing slump, many comfort themselves, as they write out their high mortgage payment checks, that at least their children can attend good neighborhood public schools. Unfortunately for these parents, all too often these supposedly “good” public schools have bad records when it comes to student achievement.
CNBC TV: Rid America of Public Schools?
Submitted on 11.27.2007
PRI's Lance Izumi discusses his new book “Not as Good as You Think: Why the Middle Class Needs School Choice.”
California’s Expensive ZIP Codes Deliver Cut-Rate Education Results
Submitted by Dr. Matthew Ladner on 11.19.2007
Opinion polls have long shown stronger than average support for school choice among Hispanics and African-Americans. Suburban complacency could explain much of this gap. If so, this fascinating book by a team of Pacific Research Institute scholars comes as an alarming wake-up call to well-to-do Californians who believe America's education crisis is someone else's problem.
Middle Class Melt Down
Submitted by Dan Lips on 11.7.2007
New book highlights failure of public schools to educate middle class students
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