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10 Years After Prop. 227: Bilingual Education Still Hanging On
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
5.28.2008
SACRAMENTO – On June 2, California celebrates the 10th anniversary of Proposition 227, the “English for the Children” initiative many believed would end bilingual education in the state’s classrooms. While 227 has resulted in numerous positive changes, guerrilla warfare by bilingual-education adherents has ensured that bilingual education continues to be used to instruct hundreds of thousands of California students.
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Is the Answer Blowing in the Wind? Or in Government Energy Subsidies?
Environmental Notes
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
5.20.2008
Over the last decade, wind energy capacity in the United States has been increasing at a rapid rate. This surge is partly influenced by the attractive “green” aspects of wind energy, namely that it is carbon-free and nearly limitless. Something else, however, is also driving the surge in capacity – tax breaks to wind energy producers. These subsidies make it difficult to know if, or when, this industry will be able to stand on its own.
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Investigate Grand Theft Education
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
5.14.2008
SACRAMENTO – Last month the California Department of Education (CDE) paid out $4.6 million to settle the longstanding case of CDE employee James Lindberg. Though previously addressed in this column, the case remains rich in lessons for legislators, educators, taxpayers, and even law enforcement.
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Escaping From Unhealthy Health Care Dependency: Lessons from Down Under
Health Policy Prescriptions
By: Diana M. Ernst
5.13.2008
Many politicos advocate more government as the “solution” du jour for American health care – as if we don’t have enough already. But government interference could come at the expense of new medical technology and competitive ventures that promise to improve quality, reduce costs, and increase choices for individuals. Americans generally object to an unwieldy government monopoly over medicine, so we should examine the achievements and failings of foreign systems.
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How a Flat Income Tax Can Help California Avoid Fiscal Crises
Capital Ideas
5.7.2008
Californians may have paid their federal and state taxes last month but the Golden State remains in a fiscal crisis with a projected 2008-2009 fiscal year budget deficit as high as $20.2 billion, according to the governor’s estimate on April 29. Such budget crunches hit California because of its highly punitive tax code.
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Actions Speak Louder than Words: A Case Study
Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
5.6.2008
A Contrarian column, as readers have come to know, is a relatively simple matter of refuting the latest foolishness from militant feminists and socialists, who are often the same people. In that cause, however, I have never attempted anything on the scale of Adam Shepard, author of Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream. So let me bring his story to your attention.
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