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California’s Corporate Exodus
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
1.27.2010
In his final state of the state address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger maintained his vision of California's bright economic future. Shortly before the governor’s speech, however, another company joined California’s ongoing corporate exodus.
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The Lessons of Race To The Top
Capital Ideas
By: Evelyn B. Stacey
1.20.2010
Yesterday California submitted its application for Race To The Top funds to the U.S. Department of Education. The state recently passed two pieces of legislation to vie for the funds, and by some accounts the process has already been beneficial.
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Changing the Climate for Peer Review
Environmental Notes
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
1.19.2010
In what has come to be called “Climategate,” emails hacked from a server at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia were leaked online in November 2009. These emails among prominent climate scientists included evidence that some have been strategizing to abuse the peer-review process to keep out dissenting research.
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On the Merits of Merit Pay
Capital Ideas
1.13.2010
Last week California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two education bills that will make California more competitive for federal “Race to the Top” (RTTT) grants. The bills endured months of wrangling in the legislature and reformers remain concerned that the measures will not translate into the sweeping changes needed to improve California’s broken education system.
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A Woman’s Nation?
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.5.2010
The year 2010 has arrived at last, but before proceeding we must clear up some unfinished business. In late 2009, the Center for American Progress published the Shriver Report, named after Maria Shriver, a celebrity and California’s First Lady. The subtitle, A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, begs some very important questions.
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