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Contributors
Lance Izumi- Contributor
[Courtesty of Pacific Research
Institute]
Lance
Izumi is Director of Education Studies for the Pacific
Research Institute and Senior Fellow in California Studies.
He is a leading expert in education policy and the author
of several major PRI studies, including Facing the Classroom
Challenge:
Teacher Quality and Teacher Training in California’s Schools of Education
(2001), California Index of Leading Education Indicators (1997 and 2000 editions),
and Developing and Implementing Academic Standards (1999). | Mr.
Izumi currently serves as a member of the California Postsecondary Education
Commission, and the Professional Development Working Group of the California
Legislature's Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for K-12 Education. Prior
to entering the think tank world, Mr. Izumi served as chief speechwriter for
California Governor George Deukmejian and in the Reagan Administration as speechwriter
to U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III. | Mr.
Izumi holds a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center, a M.A.
in political science from the University of California at Davis, and a B.A. from
the University of California at Los Angeles.
Contact:
lizumi@pacificresearch.org
10 Years After Prop. 227:
Bilingual Education Still Hanging On
by Lance T. Izumi 5/30/08
Need Deficit Solutions? Think School Choice
by Lance T. Izumi 1/18/08
School Quality, Not Race
by Lance T. Izumi 6/28/07
Pelosi’s Preschool Amnesia
by Lance T. Izumi 6/28/07
Fighting
California’s Middle-Grade Blues
KIPP Charter Schools...
[Lance T. Izumi] 4/20/06
Less
Expensive Alternatives to Reiner Preschool Plan
Unproven, ill-conceived…
[Lance T. Izumi] 3/9/06
Wrong
and Defeatable
Reiner Preschool Initiative...
[Lance T. Izumi] 2/17/06
Reiner's
Critics Sound Off
Government Universal Preschool…
[Lance T. Izumi] 2/16/06
Miracle
in South Central
The Watts Learning Center…
[Lance T. Izumi] 12/30/05
Breaking
the Rules for Their Paymasters
Prop 75...
[Lance T. Izumi and Xiaochin Claire Yan] 10/27/05
Teaching
without Tenure
CTA protecting incompetence...
[Lance T. Izumi] 9/21/05
Nursing
Student Dissects Admissions
The system doesn't work...
[Lance T. Izumi] 8/17/05
Villaraigosa
Should Worry About the Border
An open door policy for crime and gang violence...
[Lance T. Izumi] 6/23/05
What
Rob Reiner’s Not Telling Us About Universal Preschool
Another bad idea...
[Lance T. Izumi] 6/20/05
California
Teachers Association Members Should Join Minutemen
The union could follow the money…
[Lance T. Izumi] 5/19/05
ASVAB
How California Can Help Students Choose their Career...
[Lance T. Izumi] 5/4/05
The
Black and Hispanic Graduation Problem
Misleading state education data...
[Lance T. Izumi] 3/31/05
How
Important Are Education Funding Comparisons?
Selective statistics…
[Lance T. Izumi] 2/24/05
Is
Judicial Budgeting in California’s Education Future?
Undermining the will of the people...
[Lance T. Izumi] 2/3/05
Arnold
Drops a Nuke on Teacher Unions
Radical reforms for education...
[Lance T. Izumi] 1/7/05
An
Irrelevant Penalty
Scott Peterson needn’t fear the death sentence...
[Lance T. Izumi] 11/18/04
A
Statewide Cal-PASS?
Problems and solutions in California's higher education...
[Lance T. Izumi] 11/12/04
Value-Added
Assessment
More Reasons Why We Need Education Testing…
[Lance T. Izumi] 8/30/04
A
New Tax on Business
The proposed minimum wage hike is a bad idea…
[Lance T. Izumi] 8/3/04
Ronald
Reagan’s Education Legacy
The education President…
[Lance T. Izumi] 6/24/04
On
Remembering Ronald Reagan
The Great Idealist…
[Lance T. Izumi] 6/18/04
Blue
Helmets vs. Prop. 209
a California Judge Uses a U.N. Treaty to Discriminate...
[Sharon Browne and Lance T. Izumi] 6/15/04
California's
Teacher-Quality Masquerade
An education crisis courtesy of the state...
[Lance T. Izumi] 4/29/04
Lawsuit
Abuse Choking California Economy
Legislating business out of the state...
[Lance T. Izumi] 4/9/04
The
Scary Future
Who needs math to compete in a global economy? Not progressive California...
[Lance T. Izumi] 3/23/04
Do
We Value Self-Esteem Or Learning?
Push to drop state testing would hurt, not help, struggling second-graders
[Lance T. Izumi] 3/2/04
Thoughts
on the Proposed State School Bond
Is Prop 55 a good idea?
[Lance T. Izumi] 2/27/04
Listen
to Friedman
Advice for Mr. Bush...
[Lance T. Izumi] 2/10/04
Bush
Disappoints, Arnold Impresses GOP, Part II
Don't forget core principles...
[Lance T. Izumi] 1/19/04
Will
The Real Republican Party Please Stand Up?
Does the GOP remember "smaller government?"...Schwarzenegger
does...
[Lance T. Izumi] 12/19/03
An
Idea Worth Considering
A simple notion to maximize education funds...
[Lance T. Izumi] 11/7/03
Davis
Was Carter But Is Arnold Another Reagan?
Davis was doomed from the beginning...
[Lance T. Izumi] 10/16/03
Remember
the Big Picture on California Education
It's the standards...
[Lance T. Izumi] 8/16/03
A
Lesson For School Accountability
[Lance T. Izumi] 7/26/03
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