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Biden Get a “D” on End-of-Semester Education Report Card
The 2020-21 school year has ended with failures across the education landscape. In the face of this education catastrophe, President Joe Biden earns a disappointing “D” on his end-of-semester report card. From still-not-fully-reopened schools to inadequate school-district distance learning efforts to huge student learning losses to rampant mental health problems ...
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Newsom’s Savings Account for Students Needs to Be at the Front End, Not at the Back
In his recently released revised budget, Governor Gavin Newsom put forward a group of proposals to “Re-Imagine California’s Public Schools.” Sadly, most of these proposals will do little to raise student achievement in a public school system that was failing to do so even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps the ...
Charter Schools
NorCal Record Interviews Lance Izumi on Slow School Re-openings
Many California schools slow to reopen despite financial incentives, medical data supporting return to classrooms By Sarah Downey | Apr 12, 2021 With the end of the school year roughly two months away, questions persist about how many schools will be returning to in-person instruction absent a specific mandate to ...
California
The Bottom Line Interviews Lance Izumi on School Reopenings
Lance Izumi joins the Bottom Line with Roger Marsh to discuss his latest education brief, “The Road to Reopening.” Izumi breaks down the state of re-opening schools and getting students back in the classroom, what the most recent studies say about COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, and the role that ...
California
The Threats to Charter Schools – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference
Despite the success of charter schools, they have come under attack on multiple fronts. State lawmakers have enacted state laws that handicap the establishment of charter schools and their operation. Additionally, charter school opponents have used the Covid-19 pandemic to exacerbate funding disparities between charter schools and traditional public schools. ...
California
CAPITAL IDEAS – The Road to Reopening: Where we are and where we need to go to open up our schools and meet the needs of children
DOWNLOAD THE PDF Recent studies by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Brown University have all found extremely low rates of COVID-19 transmission in schools that have stayed open during the pandemic, even in areas of high community transmission. The studies conclude that schools ...
Blackouts
Teacher’s Unions Don’t Speak for Minority Parents on Reopening Schools
In the wake of the deal between Governor Gavin Newsom and legislators to incentivize reopening public schools, teachers unions argue that reopening will hurt minority communities. However, many parents in those communities have strongly called for schools to reopen. The agreement between Newsom and the legislators does not require public ...
Blog
Winners and Losers – February 26
Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner: Fans of Tina Turner – If you’re a big Tina fan like I am, you were very excited this week to see the release of the first trailer of a much-anticipated documentary on Tina and her life and career ...
Charter Schools
Under Biden Administration, Charter Schools Face Threats at Multiple Levels
As the Biden administration gets into gear, many parents worry about possible new anti-charter-school policies coming out of Washington. Such policies would add to recent anti-charter actions by state and local governments that have curtailed educational choice at exactly the time when children need more learning options. In his campaign, ...
Charter Schools
NEW BRIEF: New Obstacles Hinder Students Trapped in Failing Schools From Escaping to Charter Schools
Political interests, teachers unions and legislators are thwarting new and existing charter schools, and parents and students must use every available tool to fight back, argues a new research brief released today by the Pacific Research Institute, a California-based, nonpartisan think tank. Click here to download the brief ...
Biden Get a “D” on End-of-Semester Education Report Card
The 2020-21 school year has ended with failures across the education landscape. In the face of this education catastrophe, President Joe Biden earns a disappointing “D” on his end-of-semester report card. From still-not-fully-reopened schools to inadequate school-district distance learning efforts to huge student learning losses to rampant mental health problems ...
Newsom’s Savings Account for Students Needs to Be at the Front End, Not at the Back
In his recently released revised budget, Governor Gavin Newsom put forward a group of proposals to “Re-Imagine California’s Public Schools.” Sadly, most of these proposals will do little to raise student achievement in a public school system that was failing to do so even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps the ...
NorCal Record Interviews Lance Izumi on Slow School Re-openings
Many California schools slow to reopen despite financial incentives, medical data supporting return to classrooms By Sarah Downey | Apr 12, 2021 With the end of the school year roughly two months away, questions persist about how many schools will be returning to in-person instruction absent a specific mandate to ...
The Bottom Line Interviews Lance Izumi on School Reopenings
Lance Izumi joins the Bottom Line with Roger Marsh to discuss his latest education brief, “The Road to Reopening.” Izumi breaks down the state of re-opening schools and getting students back in the classroom, what the most recent studies say about COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, and the role that ...
The Threats to Charter Schools – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference
Despite the success of charter schools, they have come under attack on multiple fronts. State lawmakers have enacted state laws that handicap the establishment of charter schools and their operation. Additionally, charter school opponents have used the Covid-19 pandemic to exacerbate funding disparities between charter schools and traditional public schools. ...
CAPITAL IDEAS – The Road to Reopening: Where we are and where we need to go to open up our schools and meet the needs of children
DOWNLOAD THE PDF Recent studies by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Brown University have all found extremely low rates of COVID-19 transmission in schools that have stayed open during the pandemic, even in areas of high community transmission. The studies conclude that schools ...
Teacher’s Unions Don’t Speak for Minority Parents on Reopening Schools
In the wake of the deal between Governor Gavin Newsom and legislators to incentivize reopening public schools, teachers unions argue that reopening will hurt minority communities. However, many parents in those communities have strongly called for schools to reopen. The agreement between Newsom and the legislators does not require public ...
Winners and Losers – February 26
Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner: Fans of Tina Turner – If you’re a big Tina fan like I am, you were very excited this week to see the release of the first trailer of a much-anticipated documentary on Tina and her life and career ...
Under Biden Administration, Charter Schools Face Threats at Multiple Levels
As the Biden administration gets into gear, many parents worry about possible new anti-charter-school policies coming out of Washington. Such policies would add to recent anti-charter actions by state and local governments that have curtailed educational choice at exactly the time when children need more learning options. In his campaign, ...
NEW BRIEF: New Obstacles Hinder Students Trapped in Failing Schools From Escaping to Charter Schools
Political interests, teachers unions and legislators are thwarting new and existing charter schools, and parents and students must use every available tool to fight back, argues a new research brief released today by the Pacific Research Institute, a California-based, nonpartisan think tank. Click here to download the brief ...
