Recently in Time magazine, American Federation of Teachers head Randi Weingarten argued, “Far-right advocates of privatizing public education are using Big Lies to undermine public schools.”
However, in an eye-opening resignation letter, Oakland school board member Shanthi Gonzales, a former labor organizer, shows that it is...
Like the return of the undead, woke math has come back to haunt California's classrooms and make it even harder for the state's struggling students to receive a quality education.
Last year, the California Department of Education released the first draft of a new curriculum framework...
By Lance Izumi & McKenzie Richards
Imagine a world where budding businesses would be required to both obtain permission to enter the marketplace from competitors and then prove to the government that their business would serve community needs.
Makes no sense, right? Well, welcome to education policy,...
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Andrew I. Fillat
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two more cases challenging the use of race as a criterion in college admissions, as has allegedly happened at Harvard University (a private institution) and the University of North...
While school mask mandates have garnered headlines, Californians should be as concerned about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed education agenda, which he championed this week in his State of the State address. It pours more tax dollars into a failing system without any requirement for better...
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22320332/height/360/theme/standard/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/" width="100%" scrolling="no" class="podcast-class" frameborder="0" placement="top" primary_content_url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/prianotherround/Former_Speechwriters_2022_State_of_the_Union_Podcast_Final.mp3" libsyn_item_id="22320332" height="360" theme="standard" custom_color="75942D" player_use_thumbnail="use_thumbnail" use_download_link="" download_link_text="" /]This special edition podcast features PRI’s panel of former speechwriters offering their perspectives on Pres. Biden’s first State of the Union Address. On the panel: Lance Izumi, a former speechwriter...
Sarah Downey
With last week’s overwhelming vote to recall three San Francisco school board members, it’s raising questions about how the referendum could impact public education and politics across California as parents go to the polls in year three of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The recall results (72 percent to...
As the United States observes Black History Month, African-American families are making history by leaving failing public schools and homeschooling their children in record numbers.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, parents, and especially black parents, found public schools incapable of handling the crisis. Even prior to the...
Closed public schools. COVID-19 mandates. Woke curricula. For these reasons and more, parents in blue states are turning to home schooling in droves.
Nationally, home schooling has boomed. According to Census Bureau data, the proportion of households home-schooling their children skyrocketed from 5% in spring 2020...
A new proposal to continue high levels of funding for California school districts would, if enacted, remove incentives for the public schools to improve themselves.
State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, recently proposed SB 830, which would switch the...
Teachers unions causing schools and students to fail
Recently in Time magazine, American Federation of Teachers head Randi Weingarten argued, “Far-right advocates of privatizing public education are using Big Lies to undermine public schools.” However, in an eye-opening resignation letter, Oakland school board member Shanthi Gonzales, a former labor organizer, shows that it is...
Woke Math Returns to California
Like the return of the undead, woke math has come back to haunt California's classrooms and make it even harder for the state's struggling students to receive a quality education. Last year, the California Department of Education released the first draft of a new curriculum framework...
Biden Administration Copying California Law to Stifle Charter Schools
By Lance Izumi & McKenzie Richards Imagine a world where budding businesses would be required to both obtain permission to enter the marketplace from competitors and then prove to the government that their business would serve community needs. Makes no sense, right? Well, welcome to education policy,...
Diversity Smokescreen
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Andrew I. Fillat The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two more cases challenging the use of race as a criterion in college admissions, as has allegedly happened at Harvard University (a private institution) and the University of North...
Newsom’s education agenda: More of the same means more failure
While school mask mandates have garnered headlines, Californians should be as concerned about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed education agenda, which he championed this week in his State of the State address. It pours more tax dollars into a failing system without any requirement for better...
PRI Panel of Former Speechwriters – Pres. Biden’s State of the Union Address
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22320332/height/360/theme/standard/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/" width="100%" scrolling="no" class="podcast-class" frameborder="0" placement="top" primary_content_url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/prianotherround/Former_Speechwriters_2022_State_of_the_Union_Podcast_Final.mp3" libsyn_item_id="22320332" height="360" theme="standard" custom_color="75942D" player_use_thumbnail="use_thumbnail" use_download_link="" download_link_text="" /]This special edition podcast features PRI’s panel of former speechwriters offering their perspectives on Pres. Biden’s first State of the Union Address. On the panel: Lance Izumi, a former speechwriter...
PRI Lance Izumi Discusses SF School Board Recall in Northern California Record
Sarah Downey With last week’s overwhelming vote to recall three San Francisco school board members, it’s raising questions about how the referendum could impact public education and politics across California as parents go to the polls in year three of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recall results (72 percent to...
Failing Public Schools Motivate More Black Families to Homeschool
As the United States observes Black History Month, African-American families are making history by leaving failing public schools and homeschooling their children in record numbers. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, parents, and especially black parents, found public schools incapable of handling the crisis. Even prior to the...
Blue state parents turn to home schooling
Closed public schools. COVID-19 mandates. Woke curricula. For these reasons and more, parents in blue states are turning to home schooling in droves. Nationally, home schooling has boomed. According to Census Bureau data, the proportion of households home-schooling their children skyrocketed from 5% in spring 2020...
Read how changing funding won’t lead to public school reforms
A new proposal to continue high levels of funding for California school districts would, if enacted, remove incentives for the public schools to improve themselves. State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, recently proposed SB 830, which would switch the...