Lance Izumi – Page 6 – California Globe

CTA, Democrats are the Power & Politics Behind Bill to Defund California Charter Schools

June 2, 2021 5:02 pmJune 3, 2021 8:58 pm

A bill to defund and dismantle California public charter schools has received an outpouring of opposition from thousands of angry parents, school board members and communities. Masquerading as “School accountability: financial and performance audits,” this “transparency reform bill,” Assembly Bill...

Gov. Newsom’s College Savings Account Proposal Falls Flat With Education Scholar

May 24, 2021 4:00 pm

“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...

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,...

Continued California School Shutdowns Could Reduce the Lifespans of Students

March 31, 2021 7:50 am

California is still the most strictly locked down state in the country, with Gov. Gavin Newsom now threatening to impose stricter lockdowns ahead of Easter. The governor told the state’s residents to resist multi-generational gatherings in homes with hugging and...

California’s Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies Curriculum Designed to Eliminate Dissent

February 1, 2021 2:24 amFebruary 8, 2021 8:09 pm

In 2019, California Globe reported that the California Department of Education had released an unintelligible draft of ethnic studies gibberish, which included a section on “Islamophobia.” The Legislature’s Jewish caucus, all Democrats, took umbrage with this, and issued a statement:...

Big Re-Open California Rally January 8-10th in Rancho Murieta

January 4, 2021 11:01 amJanuary 8, 2021 11:18 am

There will be a huge ReOpenCalNow.com Policy Conference January 8-10th in Rancho Murieta, near Sacramento. Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost teamed up with Orange County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt and Riverside County Supervisor Don Wagner to organize the event. However, the...

Policy and Personnel Hamper California’s Efforts to Address Homelessness

November 20, 2020 10:59 amNovember 22, 2020 7:51 am

Special to the California Globe by Lance Izumi and Michele Steeb In his February State of the State speech, Governor Newsom declared homelessness his number one priority, and that he and the Legislature would come together on a major housing...