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Warm Springs, Muscoy elementary schools file plans
Submitted by Adam C. Hartman on 2.26.2007
SAN BERNARDINO - Two more San Bernardino City Unified School District elementary schools seeking to shed their state-monitored status have new, detailed improvement plans in place.
California's Education Report Card: Lots of Fs and Ds
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 2.16.2007
What is the real state of education in California? Although many people may have a feeling that the public education system is not operating well, the reality is that things are much worse than they can imagine. Pacific Research Institute’s recently released California Education Report Card examines 17 different education categories and the results are dismal, with six Fs, five Ds, four Cs, one B, and one A. This is a report card that no one would want to bring home to mom and dad, let alone the California public which is paying for this mostly non-performing system.
Report Card of California’s Education System
Submitted on 2.15.2007
SACRAMENTO -The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free market think tank based in California, today announced the results of its 2007 California Education Report Card: Index of Leading Education Indicators. It is the fourth edition of a report that began in 1997.
Pacific Research Institute Applauds School Choice in Utah
Submitted on 2.14.2007
Saving state's weak schools: Where's the cavalry?
Submitted by Peter Schrag on 2.14.2007
There's a lot of research where, as somebody once said, what's true isn't new and what's new isn't true. Take two recent reports from two very different organizations that agreed on but one thing: In education, California isn't doing well.
Pacific Research Institute Announces Results of 2007 California Education Report Card at State Capitol
Submitted on 2.12.2007
SAN FRANCISCO -Lance T. Izumi, the Pacific Research Institute’s director of Education Studies, will announce the results of the 2007 California Education Report Card, an evaluation of California’s education system, on Thursday, February 15, 2007, from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m., at the State Capitol Room 1190.
Education Innovator, Vol. III, No. 36
Submitted on 2.9.2007
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced that Louisiana has been awarded a $20.9 million grant through the Charter Schools Program to help reopen charter schools damaged by the hurricanes, help create 10 new charter schools, and expand existing charter schools to accommodate students displaced by hurricane damage. (Sept. 30)
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