School Choice
Commentary
School Choice Programs Are Needed To Save America’s Public Schools
America’s public school systems are going bankrupt, as they pour money they don’t have into programs that enrich employees at the expense of students. The Los Angeles Unified School District could face an estimated $422 million budget shortfall in 2019. Baltimore’s schools are $130 million in the hole. Illinois officials ...
Education
Listen to Lance Izumi on Hudson Valley Live
PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi discusses his new book The Corrupt Classroom and the non-academic reasons for school choice with Tom Sipos on “Hudson Valley Focus Live.” Click here to listen to the interview.
Education
Hear Lance Izumi on the Fred Holland Show
PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi recently talked with Fred Holland on WTKI in Huntsville, AL on school choice and how Harvey Weinstein-types are hurting our public schools. Click here to listen to the interview.
Commentary
School Choice Can Protect Kids From Classroom Indoctrination
Progressive educators are launching new offensives in the nation’s culture wars. Washington State, for example, has put a sex-education curriculum, developed in part by Planned Parenthood, on its approved list, which has caused controversy in places like Spokane. Nevada’s Washoe County School District is currently debatinga sex education curriculum that would introduce ...
Blended Learning
Celebrating a Virtual “Friendsgiving”
As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, we’re also preparing for an overload of turkey, pumpkin pie, and relatives. Thanksgiving is about more than getting a food coma. It’s about getting together with your loved ones and giving thanks for all that we are thankful for in life. ...
Education
Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show
PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi joins Lars Larson to talk about his recent Washington Examiner column on students being subjected to violence sexual assault in the classroom. In his recent book The Corrupt Classroom, Lance discusses how students subjected ...
Commentary
Students need an escape from public school violence
Recently, a fistfight between two female students at an Alabama high school erupted into a campus-wide fracas that ended in gunfire. A massive brawl at a North Carolina school resulted in multiple arrests. And in San Diego, several teenage boys were rushed to the emergency room with stab wounds after ...
Education
Most California voters polled back private school vouchers for low-income kids
Most California voters agree that low-income families have few choices about where to send their children, and a large majority favor providing government support, through tax credits or vouchers, to send low-income kids to the public or parochial school of their choice, a new poll by BerkeleyIGS/EdSource found. Voters are ...
Education
Listen to Lance Izumi on AM 1380, The Answer
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi’s recent interview with Katy Grimes on “The Phil Cowan Show” on AM 1380, The Answer in Sacramento. Lance and Katy discuss school choice and Lance’s new book, The Corrupt Classroom. Lance’s interview starts at the 1:35 mark.
Education
New Book Sheds Light on Anti-Trump Agenda in Public Schools and Politicization of the Classroom
In his newly published book, The Corrupt Classroom, Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute illustrates how the public school classroom has become increasingly politicized, with liberal teachers indoctrinating students with an anti-Trump and leftist agenda. Izumi makes the case that while many school choice supporters rely on academic school ...
School Choice Programs Are Needed To Save America’s Public Schools
America’s public school systems are going bankrupt, as they pour money they don’t have into programs that enrich employees at the expense of students. The Los Angeles Unified School District could face an estimated $422 million budget shortfall in 2019. Baltimore’s schools are $130 million in the hole. Illinois officials ...
Listen to Lance Izumi on Hudson Valley Live
PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi discusses his new book The Corrupt Classroom and the non-academic reasons for school choice with Tom Sipos on “Hudson Valley Focus Live.” Click here to listen to the interview.
Hear Lance Izumi on the Fred Holland Show
PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi recently talked with Fred Holland on WTKI in Huntsville, AL on school choice and how Harvey Weinstein-types are hurting our public schools. Click here to listen to the interview.
School Choice Can Protect Kids From Classroom Indoctrination
Progressive educators are launching new offensives in the nation’s culture wars. Washington State, for example, has put a sex-education curriculum, developed in part by Planned Parenthood, on its approved list, which has caused controversy in places like Spokane. Nevada’s Washoe County School District is currently debatinga sex education curriculum that would introduce ...
Celebrating a Virtual “Friendsgiving”
As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, we’re also preparing for an overload of turkey, pumpkin pie, and relatives. Thanksgiving is about more than getting a food coma. It’s about getting together with your loved ones and giving thanks for all that we are thankful for in life. ...
Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show
PRI’s Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of the Center for Education Lance Izumi joins Lars Larson to talk about his recent Washington Examiner column on students being subjected to violence sexual assault in the classroom. In his recent book The Corrupt Classroom, Lance discusses how students subjected ...
Students need an escape from public school violence
Recently, a fistfight between two female students at an Alabama high school erupted into a campus-wide fracas that ended in gunfire. A massive brawl at a North Carolina school resulted in multiple arrests. And in San Diego, several teenage boys were rushed to the emergency room with stab wounds after ...
Most California voters polled back private school vouchers for low-income kids
Most California voters agree that low-income families have few choices about where to send their children, and a large majority favor providing government support, through tax credits or vouchers, to send low-income kids to the public or parochial school of their choice, a new poll by BerkeleyIGS/EdSource found. Voters are ...
Listen to Lance Izumi on AM 1380, The Answer
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi’s recent interview with Katy Grimes on “The Phil Cowan Show” on AM 1380, The Answer in Sacramento. Lance and Katy discuss school choice and Lance’s new book, The Corrupt Classroom. Lance’s interview starts at the 1:35 mark.
New Book Sheds Light on Anti-Trump Agenda in Public Schools and Politicization of the Classroom
In his newly published book, The Corrupt Classroom, Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute illustrates how the public school classroom has become increasingly politicized, with liberal teachers indoctrinating students with an anti-Trump and leftist agenda. Izumi makes the case that while many school choice supporters rely on academic school ...
