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New Report Shows Federal System of Grants and Conditional Waivers Will Result in National K-12 Curriculum
By: Co-sponsored by Pacific Research Institute on 3.2.2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Obama administration has placed the nation on the road to a national curriculum, according to a new report written by a former general counsel and former deputy general counsel of the United States Department of Education.
Obama's Education Takeover
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 2.24.2012
President Obama has laid the groundwork for an unprecedented centralization of education policy under the guise of promoting educational innovation, accountability, and improved student achievement. In reality, Obama’s new national standards, curricula, and testing shift the policy-making power from individuals and communities to the federal bureaucracy.
Short-Circuited: The Challenges Facing the Online Learning Revolution in California
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D., Vicki E. Murray on 12.13.2011
This video documentary examines the online learning movement in education in California.
For parents, school choice is easier than ballot initiatives
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 10.10.2011
There’s a grass-roots parent revolt surging in California. Parents statewide and at the local level are pushing ballot measures to overturn unpopular government education policies. While the initiative process may be Democracy 101 in action, it would be easier for parents if they were simply given vouchers to choose the school that best meets the needs of their children.
California Ignores Parents, Empowers Reactionaries
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 7.13.2011
Many states are passing progressive legislation to empower parents and students with choice in education. California, on the other hand, is considering legislation that ignores the needs of students and makes the most powerful anti-choice force in the state even more powerful.
Teacher Union “Mo’ Money” Show
By: Katy Grimes on 5.17.2011
Last week teacher union activists descended upon the Capitol but education reform was not on their agenda. The priority was lobbying legislators to vote in favor of Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax extensions‚ and avoid a vote of the people on the tax increases.
Choice Foes, Including President Obama, Seek to Block DC Students from SOARing to Better Schools
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 3.30.2011
Today the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act. Last month a strong bi-partisan coalition in Congress introduced the act reauthorizing the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, which bolsters a burgeoning movement for education choice nationwide. Powerful opponents of school choice, unfortunately, don’t want embattled students in the nation’s capital to SOAR.
Let Education Choice SOAR Coast to Coast
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 2.23.2011
Last month a strong bi-partisan coalition in Congress introduced the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act. The program would reauthorize the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program and adds to a burgeoning movement for education choice across the country.
NEW BOOK! Short-Circuited: The Challenges Facing the Online Learning Revolution in California
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D., Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 2.3.2011
Government red tape and inertia, plus union opposition, have prevented widespread student access to K-12 online learning according to the new book now available on amazon.com!
Lessons for California from National School Choice Week
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 1.18.2011
National School Choice Week kicks off on January 23, and California should be leading the country in student-centered, parent-driven reform. In the Golden State, unfortunately, system-centered education prevails, and parents empowered to choose their children’s schools are the exception, not the rule.
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