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California Students Need the Gift That Keeps on Giving
Capital Ideas
By: Evelyn B. Stacey
12.23.2009
The holiday season finds Sacramento legislators scrambling for $700 million in Race to the Top money from the federal government. In the midst of the chaos, policy makers, parents and taxpayers should take time to reflect on what California’s six million public school students really need, starting with high expectations.
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The Union that Stole Christmas
Capital Ideas
12.16.2009
The holiday season is upon us, but California’s schoolchildren won’t be receiving many gifts this year—at least not from their lawmakers or teachers’ unions.
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Deep Reform, Not Window Dressing, for a Cooler, Cleaner California
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
12.9.2009
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) wants car companies to install metallic reflective windows, which regulators believe will reduce energy use and fight global warming. Though possibly well intentioned this plan amounts only to window dressing. Legislators should pursue deeper environmental reforms with more benefits and fewer disadvantages.
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Eyes on the Prize
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
12.1.2009
Next week the 2009 year’s Nobel winners receive their prizes. They include two women who deserved their awards but are not likely to draw cheers from feminist celebrities.
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