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Mo' Money, Part XXVIII
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
2.21.2007
SACRAMENTO, CA – Assembly Bill 68, by Compton Democrat Mervyn Dymally, would raise the pay of Los Angeles Unified School District board members from $25,092 to $171,648. The hike of more than 650 percent, which would affect only that district, strikes some observers as outrageous, but it is also predictable, understandable and instructive for legislators and taxpayers alike.
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California Education Report Card: Index of Leading Education Indicators, 4th Edition
PRI Study
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D., Xiaochin Claire Yan
2.15.2007
Lance T. Izumi, PRI’s director of Education Studies, and co-authors Rachel Chaney and Xiaochin C. Yan, evaluate and grade 17 aspects of California’s education system, including its accountability system, standards tests, graduation rates, courses, and finance system. In a total of 17 categories, there were six “F”s, five “D”s, four “C”s, one “B”, and one “A”.
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How Will O’Connell Close the Achievement Gap?
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
2.14.2007
SACRAMENTO, CA – In his recent State of Education address, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell made several good points. He stressed the importance of high expectations for all students, the centrality of the state’s rigorous academic standards, and the use of data to guide policy. His main focus, however, was on closing the achievement gap between whites and Asians on the one hand, and African Americans and Hispanics on the other. That leaves a key question: how will he close this gap?
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Pay-Gap Theory: A Penny for Your Thoughts
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
2.6.2007
The United States now has its first female Speaker of the House, first female Secretary of State, and the first female lead news anchor. A woman is running the Episcopal Church, and Hillary Clinton just announced she wants to run the entire country. But according to the New York Times, in a story brokered the day before Christmas, the real news about women does not involve these successes.
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The Uninsured Versus The Insured: Who Subsidizes Whom?
Health Policy Prescriptions
By: John R. Graham
2.1.2007
Last year, we noted with concern the rising enthusiasm for mandatory, private health insurance, overseen by state or federal bureaucracies. We proposed that the relative success of the Swiss health-care system was not due to its mandatory nature, but that its method of paying for health care approximates true “insurance” significantly better than America’s does. Our effort has not stemmed the tide.
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