Lance Izumi

Charter Schools

Are #RedForEd Supporters Hurting Their Own Cause?

Teachers have been striking and walking out in a number of states this spring, including West Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and now North Carolina. But Arizona—the third state to protest teacher pay and conditions—is remarkable for what it reveals about the internal workings of the organizers. Although the pay and funding ...
Commentary

Put military families first, not school bureaucracies

Recently, a coalition of military associations came out against legislation supported by the Trump administration, that would give greater school-choice options to military service members and their children. Their letter to lawmakers, sadly, puts the concerns of school district bureaucracies above the clear needs and preferences of military families. The bill, the ...
Climate Change

Bias Embedded In The Classroom

While the antics of anti-Trump teachers, such as the recent viral video of a Southern California teacher beating a President Trump piñata, make headlines, classroom bias is much more deeply embedded, especially in the Common Core curriculum. When the Obama administration pushed states to adopt the Common Core national education ...
Education

Listen to Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss the case of a Southern California school teacher who was fired for bashing the military in the classroom on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show”.  The interview begins at the 1:30:00 mark.
Blog

Ensuring Free Speech on California College Campuses

Recent polls show that many college students are worried about the declining state of free speech on campus. In California, the attacks on campus free speech have been fierce and increasing.  PRI’s Steve Hayward, who is currently teaching at UC Berkeley, described his front row-seat to the current clash over ...
Business & Economics

Reading The Gorsuch Tea Leaves In Key Union Case

Lawyers recently finished arguing a potentially historic workers’ free speech case before the U.S. Supreme Court and pundits are buzzing about Justice Neil Gorsuch’s silence during the proceedings.  However, Gorsuch’s views on individual liberty are clear and that’s not good news for the public employee unions. The case, Janus v. ...
Blog

Education for the Future

When the Pacific Research Institute asked business leaders about what makes California an unattractive state to locate or expand their companies, one respondent said, “Every single thing you can imagine.”  And, among the many complaints from business leaders is the pitiful quality of California’s public education system. Asked about California’s ...
Charter Schools

Trump’s Education Budget Puts Students Ahead Of Special Interests

President Trump’s proposed 2019 education budget, with its elimination of 29 ineffective or duplicative programs, drew howls from special-interest groups. Despite their hyperventilation, the president rightly focuses his spending priorities on the needs of students rather than on what the Washington spending lobby wants. Trump proposes a 5 percent reduction ...
Education

Lance Izumi on The David Webb Show on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125

Listen to Lance Izumi, director of PRI’s Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, discuss his recent books The Corrupt Classroom and An American Education Agenda on “The David Webb Show” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview.
Education

Listen to Lance Izumi on The Bottom Line with Roger Marsh

Listen to Lance Izumi, director of PRI’s Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, interviewed on “The Bottom Line with Roger Marsh”, which airs on stations in California and Oregon, on “replacing corruption with choice in the classroom”.
Charter Schools

Are #RedForEd Supporters Hurting Their Own Cause?

Teachers have been striking and walking out in a number of states this spring, including West Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and now North Carolina. But Arizona—the third state to protest teacher pay and conditions—is remarkable for what it reveals about the internal workings of the organizers. Although the pay and funding ...
Commentary

Put military families first, not school bureaucracies

Recently, a coalition of military associations came out against legislation supported by the Trump administration, that would give greater school-choice options to military service members and their children. Their letter to lawmakers, sadly, puts the concerns of school district bureaucracies above the clear needs and preferences of military families. The bill, the ...
Climate Change

Bias Embedded In The Classroom

While the antics of anti-Trump teachers, such as the recent viral video of a Southern California teacher beating a President Trump piñata, make headlines, classroom bias is much more deeply embedded, especially in the Common Core curriculum. When the Obama administration pushed states to adopt the Common Core national education ...
Education

Listen to Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss the case of a Southern California school teacher who was fired for bashing the military in the classroom on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show”.  The interview begins at the 1:30:00 mark.
Blog

Ensuring Free Speech on California College Campuses

Recent polls show that many college students are worried about the declining state of free speech on campus. In California, the attacks on campus free speech have been fierce and increasing.  PRI’s Steve Hayward, who is currently teaching at UC Berkeley, described his front row-seat to the current clash over ...
Business & Economics

Reading The Gorsuch Tea Leaves In Key Union Case

Lawyers recently finished arguing a potentially historic workers’ free speech case before the U.S. Supreme Court and pundits are buzzing about Justice Neil Gorsuch’s silence during the proceedings.  However, Gorsuch’s views on individual liberty are clear and that’s not good news for the public employee unions. The case, Janus v. ...
Blog

Education for the Future

When the Pacific Research Institute asked business leaders about what makes California an unattractive state to locate or expand their companies, one respondent said, “Every single thing you can imagine.”  And, among the many complaints from business leaders is the pitiful quality of California’s public education system. Asked about California’s ...
Charter Schools

Trump’s Education Budget Puts Students Ahead Of Special Interests

President Trump’s proposed 2019 education budget, with its elimination of 29 ineffective or duplicative programs, drew howls from special-interest groups. Despite their hyperventilation, the president rightly focuses his spending priorities on the needs of students rather than on what the Washington spending lobby wants. Trump proposes a 5 percent reduction ...
Education

Lance Izumi on The David Webb Show on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125

Listen to Lance Izumi, director of PRI’s Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, discuss his recent books The Corrupt Classroom and An American Education Agenda on “The David Webb Show” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview.
Education

Listen to Lance Izumi on The Bottom Line with Roger Marsh

Listen to Lance Izumi, director of PRI’s Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, interviewed on “The Bottom Line with Roger Marsh”, which airs on stations in California and Oregon, on “replacing corruption with choice in the classroom”.
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