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Colin Sharkey – What Do California Teachers Think About Their Newly-Won Worker Freedoms?

September 09, 2019

Education

Association of American Educators executive director Colin Sharkey joins us to discuss a new survey from their Teacher Freedom project on the attitudes of teachers one year after the historic Janus decision and shares insight on what teachers think about their union, their newly-won worker...

Lance Izumi – Will So-Called Compromise Cripple Future Charter School Expansion in California?

September 02, 2019

Education

Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Director of Education Studies, joins us to discuss perhaps the most controversial education legislation in recent memory – a so-called compromise that would impose significant new requirements and restrictions on charter schools in California. Lance analyzes the key provisions of...

Ryan Williams – How We Can Encourage a More Balanced Political Debate on Campus

August 12, 2019

Education

Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams joins us to discuss their current work on what they see as the growing threat from identity politics and multiculturalism, their recent censorship battle with Google, and how we can encourage a more balanced political debate and free exchange of...

Ting Sun – How Charter Schools Meet the Diverse Needs of Students and Transform Lives

July 15, 2019

Education

California State Board of Education member and Natomas Charter School co-founder and retiring Executive Director Ting Sun joins us to discuss what makes her school so special. Natomas Charter School is one of the schools profiled in Lance Izumi’s book, Choosing Diversity. She...

John Yoo and Steve Hayward – What’s Wrong with Universities and Can They Be Fixed?

June 17, 2019

Education

In this special episode - recorded at a recent PRI luncheon in San Francisco - PRI Senior Fellow and UC Berkeley Professor Steve Hayward and UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo share their thoughts diversity, equality, and the attacks on free speech on college campuses....

The Benefits of Charter Schools – Choosing Diversity

March 25, 2019

Education

Every day, charter schools play an important role in meeting the diverse needs of California’s students. PRI’s Lance Izumi, Fortune School CEO Margaret Fortune, and EdVoice’s Bill Lucia share real-life charter school success stories and explore ideas policymakers can embrace to expand school choice...

Lance Izumi – Choosing Diversity

January 14, 2019

Education

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...

Education Podcast

Colin Sharkey – What Do California Teachers Think About Their Newly-Won Worker Freedoms?

Lance Izumi – Will So-Called Compromise Cripple Future Charter School Expansion in California?

Ryan Williams – How We Can Encourage a More Balanced Political Debate on Campus

Ting Sun – How Charter Schools Meet the Diverse Needs of Students and Transform Lives

John Yoo and Steve Hayward – What’s Wrong with Universities and Can They Be Fixed?

The Benefits of Charter Schools – Choosing Diversity

Lance Izumi – Choosing Diversity

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