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How California can gain qualified teachers
Capital Ideas
By: Rachel Chaney
1.24.2007
In his recent State of the State Address, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pinpointed education as one of five areas requiring more investment. Though California's public education system needs reform, the governor did not lay out a concrete plan for improving the system. He called for new facilities and greater accountability and transparency, but he missed a fundamental element in the improvement of public education – qualified teachers.
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Confiscafornia
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
1.17.2007
Christmas is a time when people are thinking about giving. Last Christmas Eve, a story re-emerged about taking — the kind indulged by the state of California, and centered on the duties of one state employee.
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Failing Our Future: The Holes in California's School Accountability System and How to Fix Them
PRI Study
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D., Rachel Chaney
1.16.2007
Approximately $1.25 billion in state public education funding provided to schools to help improve student academic performance has yielded little if any academic improvement, even though these schools met the state Academic Performance Index (API) requirements to exit the improvement program as successful. This analysis comes just as the state is set to carry out the agreed upon terms of last year’s SB 1133 (Torlakson) and pour nearly $3 billion more into a similar program.
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Our Opaque Public Education System
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
1.10.2007
In his 2007 State of the State address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger touched on some key education principles. Foremost was his call for enhancing parental choice by improving the transparency of the public school system through online information about school performance, funding and demographics. While providing such information would be useful for parents, it is unfortunately the case that much so-called education information gives an inaccurate picture of the real state of schools.
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Canadafornia Here We Come?
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
1.3.2007
On January 9 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, hobbled with a broken leg, will deliver the State of the State speech in which he is expected to unveil his plan for health care. The guessing game is on in the Capitol, with key signals in the press
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Bulletproof? Health Savings Accounts in 2007 and 2008
Health Policy Prescriptions
By: John R. Graham
1.1.2007
Last year, I anticipated that 2006 would be “The Year of the Health Savings Account,”1 or HSA. Such accounts are held at financial institutions, into which employers or employees deposit pre-tax dollars. Any American with a qualifying, low-premium policy can open an HSA. Money in the account used for health spending is never taxed. HSA owners 65 and older can tap into the account for non-health purposes, but that money is added to their taxable income when they withdraw it. In this respect, an HSA is similar to a 401(k) retirement account.
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