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Across the Country, Unions are Waging War on Charter Schools

A combination of powerful aggressive teacher unions and compliant state and local politicians have produced a perfect storm that threatens to destroy the future of charter schools and the children who benefit from them. Charter schools are publicly funded schools independent of school districts, which have more flexibility and autonomy ...
Charter Schools

Newsom Supports Charter Cap: Kids Will Suffer

An ominous aspect of the recent Los Angeles teachers strike settlement is the provision pushing for a halt on the number of charter schools. Although the 2017 L.A. school board elections resulted in a board majority favoring charter schools, in the strike settlement agreement The New York Times noted, “it ...
Charter Schools

PRI Releases “Welcome to Change” School Choice Documentary on Groundbreaking SF School Serving At-Risk Youth

As California celebrates National School Choice Week (week of January 20-26), the Pacific Research Institute today released a new mini-documentary called “Welcome to Change,” showing the power of charter schools to get even the most troubled youths on the path to lead healthy, productive lives. “Charter schools give the flexibility ...
California

The best solution to Los Angeles teachers’ strike? More school choice

Conventional analyses of the Los Angeles teachers strike present the public with a false dichotomy: is the teachers union right or is the school district right?  The reality is that both sides are wrong, and the solution for parents and students is greater school choice for all children. First, the ...
Charter Schools

Lance Izumi – Choosing Diversity

Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi joins us to talk about his new book on charter schools, Choosing Diversity, which profiles several charter schools across the country that are a different as one could imagine, but all meet the diverse and complex needs of each individual student. ...
Charter Schools

Dr. Cara Stillings Candal – The Fight for the Nation’s Best Charter Schools

Dr. Cara Stillings Candal of the Pioneer Institute talks with PRI’s Lance Izumi about the fight for charter schools in Massachusetts, and what advocates in California can learn from their experiences to expand school choice for students and parents in the Golden State.
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Honoring Our Veterans

Veterans Day, which we celebrated on November 11th, is not only a national holiday where we honor those men and women who served in our armed forces, but it is also an intensely personal day where family and friends remember their loved ones who wore the uniform. My father is ...
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The Race for CA’s Top Ed Official: A Study in Contrasts

While much of the media is focused on which party will control Congress, one of the most important races in California is for state superintendent of public instruction, the state’s top education official. In one corner is education reformer Marshall Tuck, who lost a close race four years ago to ...
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Clear Distinctions in Race for State Schools Chief

If the recent PPIC debate is any indication, expect this year’s race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction to be a close race with clear differences between the two candidates. Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, wins the contest for most compelling personal story.  His father abandoned his family when he was ...
Charter Schools

Charter Schools are Using Innovation to Help Kids with Special Needs

This month, as many Americans celebrated National Charter School Week, charter school opponents continued to claim that charter schools discriminate against students with special needs. Yet in fact, all across the country there are charter schools that are leading the way in helping children with special needs. Charter schools are ...
Charter Schools

Across the Country, Unions are Waging War on Charter Schools

A combination of powerful aggressive teacher unions and compliant state and local politicians have produced a perfect storm that threatens to destroy the future of charter schools and the children who benefit from them. Charter schools are publicly funded schools independent of school districts, which have more flexibility and autonomy ...
Charter Schools

Newsom Supports Charter Cap: Kids Will Suffer

An ominous aspect of the recent Los Angeles teachers strike settlement is the provision pushing for a halt on the number of charter schools. Although the 2017 L.A. school board elections resulted in a board majority favoring charter schools, in the strike settlement agreement The New York Times noted, “it ...
Charter Schools

PRI Releases “Welcome to Change” School Choice Documentary on Groundbreaking SF School Serving At-Risk Youth

As California celebrates National School Choice Week (week of January 20-26), the Pacific Research Institute today released a new mini-documentary called “Welcome to Change,” showing the power of charter schools to get even the most troubled youths on the path to lead healthy, productive lives. “Charter schools give the flexibility ...
California

The best solution to Los Angeles teachers’ strike? More school choice

Conventional analyses of the Los Angeles teachers strike present the public with a false dichotomy: is the teachers union right or is the school district right?  The reality is that both sides are wrong, and the solution for parents and students is greater school choice for all children. First, the ...
Charter Schools

Lance Izumi – Choosing Diversity

Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi joins us to talk about his new book on charter schools, Choosing Diversity, which profiles several charter schools across the country that are a different as one could imagine, but all meet the diverse and complex needs of each individual student. ...
Charter Schools

Dr. Cara Stillings Candal – The Fight for the Nation’s Best Charter Schools

Dr. Cara Stillings Candal of the Pioneer Institute talks with PRI’s Lance Izumi about the fight for charter schools in Massachusetts, and what advocates in California can learn from their experiences to expand school choice for students and parents in the Golden State.
Blog

Honoring Our Veterans

Veterans Day, which we celebrated on November 11th, is not only a national holiday where we honor those men and women who served in our armed forces, but it is also an intensely personal day where family and friends remember their loved ones who wore the uniform. My father is ...
Blog

The Race for CA’s Top Ed Official: A Study in Contrasts

While much of the media is focused on which party will control Congress, one of the most important races in California is for state superintendent of public instruction, the state’s top education official. In one corner is education reformer Marshall Tuck, who lost a close race four years ago to ...
Blog

Clear Distinctions in Race for State Schools Chief

If the recent PPIC debate is any indication, expect this year’s race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction to be a close race with clear differences between the two candidates. Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, wins the contest for most compelling personal story.  His father abandoned his family when he was ...
Charter Schools

Charter Schools are Using Innovation to Help Kids with Special Needs

This month, as many Americans celebrated National Charter School Week, charter school opponents continued to claim that charter schools discriminate against students with special needs. Yet in fact, all across the country there are charter schools that are leading the way in helping children with special needs. Charter schools are ...
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