education scholar Lance Izumi Archives

California’s Parent Revolution Will Impact Midterm Election Outcomes

October 31, 2022 8:14 amNovember 1, 2022 9:54 am

The parent revolution in California could impact and maybe even determine the outcomes of more than just school board races this November. The awakening of California parents during Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lockdowns of schools across the state can only be...

Proposed Education Funding Scheme Doesn’t Address California’s Needed Public School Reforms

January 19, 2022 7:42 am

Between the 2020 and 2021 school years, tens of thousands of students left California’s public schools – the latest total shows more than 160,000 students have left California schools. COVID-19 student absences have also wreaked havoc among California public schools,...

California’s Once Exceptional Public Education Shattered by Dogmatic Extremists

May 17, 2021 7:57 amMay 21, 2021 12:23 pm

Only half of public school students in California meet the state standards in English, and only 40 percent are proficient in math, says Lance Izumi, the Senior Director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute. Even worse,...

California Ballot Initiatives: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Ugliest

October 26, 2020 9:54 amOctober 26, 2020 10:41 am

There are twelve ballot measures certified to appear on the November 3, 2020 ballot. California Globe has broken them down as the Good, the Bad, the Ugly and Uglier, with the analysis and recommendations of Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, Ballotpedia, the...

NO on Prop 16 Campaign Highlights Anti-Asian Racism; Facebook Mistakenly Bans for Hate Speech

August 28, 2020 7:32 amAugust 28, 2020 7:34 am

The NO on Prop 16 campaign, which is working to prevent the return of racial and gender discrimination and preferences in California, recently highlighted on their Facebook page an egregious, racist comment made in 2014 by Democratic state Assemblywoman Cristina...