NEW PRI Book Tells Stories of Students, Parents and Educators Fighting Back Against DEI
SACRAMENTO – Students, parents, teachers, school board members and college professors across the country are challenging controversial so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies (DEI) and winning. Their stories are at the heart of a new book released today by the nonpartisan, California-based, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. The Great Equity Epidemic: Students, Parents, and Educators Reveal how DEI is Destroying American Education, authored by Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, ...
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Read Lance Izumi in the NY Post: How politics is getting in the way of teaching kids to read
The inability of America’s children to read proficiently is frightening. On the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) fourth-grade reading exam, 66% of students taking the exam failed to achieve at the proficient level. The results were even worse on the eighth grade reading exam, with 69% of students who took the test failed to demonstrate proficiency. Read the full article at the New York Post . . .
Watch Lance Izumi discuss The Great Equity Epidemic on The Morning Wire
American students are falling further behind their peers around the world, and one education researcher says DEI policies are making the problem worse. Lance Izumi, senior director at the Pacific Research Institute and author of “The Great Equity Epidemic,” joins John Bickley and Georgia Howe to discuss how equity-based grading, lowered academic standards, and ideological training are reshaping classrooms across the country. Izumi shares accounts from students, teachers, and parents, including allegations of inflated grades, ...
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