Pacific Research Institute | Education Podcast

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

November 26, 2018

Education

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....

Rebecca Friedrichs – Janus Before Janus

October 08, 2018

Education

Rebecca Friedrichs of For Kids and Country joins us to talk about the victory for worker freedom in the Janus decision, and her experiences as lead plaintiff in a prior case that ended in a 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court. We discuss what’s...

Harry Crocker – What Would Have Happened if George Armstrong Custer Had Lived?

October 01, 2018

Regnery Publishing Vice President and Executive Editor Harry Crocker joins us to talk about his new book Armstrong, which imagines what would have if George Armstrong Custer survived the Battle of Little Big Horn. We discuss his inspiration for writing the book, the challenges...

Pete Peterson – Free Market Ideas on Campus

May 21, 2018

Education

Pepperdine University School of Public Policy dean Pete Peterson joins us to discuss the quest for ideological diversity in America’s universities, how free market ideas are treated on college campuses, and the current clash over campus free speech....

Lance Izumi – What Can California Do to Expand School Choice?

January 22, 2018

Education

As we mark National School Choice Week, Lance Izumi, Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, and Koret Senior Fellow in Education, joins us to discuss his new “American Education Agenda” and his recommendations to policymakers for how we can give California students and parents...