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Republican Rx: Parental Choice in Education
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 11.27.2012
In the aftermath of Mitt Romney’s defeat, Republicans are scrambling to find a winning electoral formula.
Even if Prop. 30 had failed, our schools don't have to
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 11.14.2012
Voters accepted Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's tax-hike measure, but it's pass time for lawmakers and education officials to think outside their conventional box and look at school models that deliver high performance at a lower cost. Luckily for California, such schools are already up and running and succeeding in the state.
In Debates Romney Passes Education Test that Obama Fails
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 11.8.2012
In the presidential debates and in recent interviews, it’s clear that Mitt Romney realizes something that President Obama can’t seem to fathom: the federal government is not the nation’s school board.
Prop. 30 hikes taxes without fixing K-12 systemic flaws
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 10.30.2012
As Gov. Jerry Brown scurries around the state to save Proposition 30, his ballot measure to increase state sales and income taxes, voters are expressing skepticism that the tax revenues raised by the initiative will be spent wisely.
IS THE FIX IS IN? HIGHER TAXES AND LESS SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 10.3.2012
Supporters of Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax-hike ballot measure, Proposition 30, argue that the added tax revenues are needed so schools can, among other things, turn out high-achieving students.
Lessons for California from Chicago teachers strike
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 9.17.2012
WITH teachers in Chicago on strike, it's tempting for Californians to view it as a phenomenon of the rough-and-tumble politics of the Windy City with little application to the Golden State.
Jerry Brown using kids as bait, again
8.23.2012
It's become a cliché that whenever governments want more money from taxpayers, officials insist the added burden must be borne "for the children."
Obama also centralizing education
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 8.2.2012
In his insightful analysis of the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act, former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Holtz-Eakin concluded that Americans "did not want a costly government intrusion that threatened private coverage and promised a legacy of debt to the next generation."
State finally winning fight against childhood obesity
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 5.24.2012
After years of dismal and discouraging data showing a seemingly inexorable rise in childhood obesity, recent research in California shows that the fight against this epidemic is finally starting to pay off.
Focus on Better Education Instead
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 5.21.2012
Falling back to 1970s-style desegregation policies like busing ignores new schooling options that weren’t available decades ago and which offer better educational opportunities for minority students.
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