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Online and Digital Education Speech
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 4.26.2012
Speech given by Lance Izumi: Thank you so much. It is a great pleasure for me to be here today. Before beginning my remarks, let me first thank the Atlas Foundation for inviting to their conference and for organizing this distinguished panel.
ALEC's Independence is Critical to Defeating Obamacare
By: John R. Graham on 4.24.2012
You may have never heard of ALEC before the last few days, when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal editorialized on a campaign waged by shadowy lobbying groups to influence corporations to withdraw their support from this non-profit collaboration of state legislators.
California Wants A Tax Hike to Pay For Common Core
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 4.16.2012
California Governor Jerry Brown and the California Federation of Teachers claim that the state needs to raise taxes to cover the state education budget.
National Ed Standards May Break California’s Budget Bank
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 4.11.2012
In stereotypical Sacramento backroom fashion, Governor Jerry Brown and the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) cut a deal on a November initiative to raise taxes.
Two sides of Obama's federal takeover of education
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 2.29.2012
Waivers recently granted by President Obama to 10 states allowing them to escape the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act are themselves filled with prescriptive dictates from the administration.
Common Core and Universal Design for Learning
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 2.27.2012
If states adopt his Common Core standards, they will be exempt from the onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandates.
How Much Will Implementing the Common Core State Standards Cost South Carolina?
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 2.27.2012
The Pioneer Institute, American Principles Project and Pacific Research Institute released a study of how much it will cost the 45 states and the District of Columbia to implement the Common Core State Standards.
Obama's Education Takeover
2.17.2012
This video by Encounter Books outlines the federal government takeover of education as explained in Lance Izumi's book "Obama's Education Takeover."
Obama's Education Takeover
By: Joy Pullmann on 2.16.2012
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, writes Lance Izumi in his new book, Obama's Education Takeover. Izumi and Joy discuss why centralizing schools hurts the economy and takes power away from families and individuals, and what are better alternatives.
California Schools Behind the Curve
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 1.24.2012
Gov. Jerry Brown said in his State of the State address that the so-called "declinists," those who worry about California's place in the nation and the world, are wrong. He pointed to areas where the state is supposedly ahead of rivals, like Texas, Massachusetts and New York.
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