Lance Izumi – Will So-Called Compromise Cripple Future Charter School Expansion in California?
PRI Next Round
September 2, 2019
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 the legislation and the motivation behind it, and shares his thoughts on hit will impact future educational choice for every California student.
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Workers’ Freedom At Risk In California
Issues and Insights | Kerry Jackson
August 28, 2019
Los Angeles County has adopted a “sustainability” program that officials expect “to enhance the well-being of every community in the county while reducing damage to the natural environment and adapting to the changing climate.” This is considered smart. By
people who should know better.
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Latest ‘Wild Thing’ from Sacramento: Lowering Voting Age to 17
Right By the Bay | Tim Anaya
September 4, 2019
I loved the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are when I was a kid. If I were to write a story about the political version of Where the Wild Things Are, I’d set it on the floor of the State Assembly during the final weeks of the legislative session.
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Don’t Take All That Talk About Economic Growth or a Recession to the Bank (Yet)
Right By the Bay Blog | Evan Harris
September 3, 2019
A recent Bloomberg survey found that only 35 percent of economist think there will be a recession within the next year. And as noted in Bloomberg and a Federal Reserve brief, the much-discussed yield curve inverts more frequently than people realize, even if the risk of recession has not increased at all.
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