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Anchors Aweigh
The Contrarian
By: Laura Dykes
6.23.2000
A recent survey by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) claimed that female television anchors in Los Angeles are paid 28 percent less than men, implying that the difference in pay is due to discrimination. But jumping to that conclusion requires one to hurdle some inconvenient facts.
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Bilingual Counterrevolution
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.21.2000
In war, it’s common for field commanders to ignore orders issued by central headquarters. So, too, in education, changes in policy approved by voters or their elected representatives are routinely, if surreptitiously, flouted by educators in the field. The failure of many schools to implement Proposition 227, the successful 1998 California anti-bilingual-education initiative, is a case in point.
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Gas Pains for Airheads
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
6.14.2000
Back in the Dark Ages of the 1970s, whenever gasoline prices shot up, inquisitorial hearings would immediately be held, with some Senator Foghorn charging, without evidence, that there must be an oil company conspiracy at work. This week the old scene repeated itself--but this time it wasn’t a congressional committee whooping it up, but rather the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "We’re suspicious of [price] gouging," an EPA spokesman told reporters.
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Hard Facts About Teacher Salaries
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.1.2000
In his proposal to exempt teachers from the state income tax, Gov. Gray Davis assumes that California teachers are underpaid across the board. State schools chief Delaine Eastin agrees, saying that teachers in California are paid less than prison guards, despite having more education. Such arguments, however, mask many key facts about teacher pay.
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Why Innovation Can Disarm the MP3 Threat
ePolicy
By: Justin Matlick
6.1.2000
The stunning popularity of Napster, a web-based music trading service, has caused many to predict the recording industry’s imminent collapse. But doomsayers ignore the innovative process that spawned the predicament. The status quo may die, but the industry will live on.
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Unintended Consequences of a Microsoft Split
Action Alerts
By: Helen Chaney
6.1.2000
On June 7 the government delivered its final ruling in the case against Microsoft, calling for a company break-up to generate competition in the operating systems market. The government’s plan sounds simple at first blush—a symmetrical split of the company into two parts along product lines. But this split-up scheme is ridden with complexities that could fire off a host of dangerous unintended consequences.
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