Pacific Research Institute – California Globe

Widespread Civics Deficiency on Display at University Protests

May 15, 2024 10:20 amMay 15, 2024 10:20 am

“As college campuses across the country descend into chaos, with authoritarian mobs violently taking over buildings, attacking police, and vandalizing property, Americans rightly wonder why so many young people are engaging in grossly undemocratic behavior,” says Lance Izumi, Senior Director...

Thousands of CSU Faculty Strike… During National School Choice Week

January 22, 2024 2:30 pmJanuary 22, 2024 9:48 pm

This week is National School Choice Week. As states across the country are enacting universal school choice programs to allow all children to access education options, more than 30,000 California State University faculty have walked off the job in a...

Newsom’s Proposed Education Budget Grows as Students Test Scores Continue to Drop

January 16, 2024 2:31 pmJanuary 17, 2024 3:49 pm

Last week California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his 2024-2025 state budget, feigning indignation over the Legislative Analyst’s Office’s recent update on the state’s actual budget deficit, which the LAO put at $68 billion. Newsom’s $330 billion budget has supposedly been...

California’s Highest-in-the-Nation Gas and Diesel Taxes

January 24, 2022 8:36 am

California has the nation’s highest prices for gasoline and diesel fuels, coming in as high as $5.57 per gallon of gas, according to AAA. The cost of a tank of gas for a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 24.6 gallon...

Pandemic Lockdowns Caused Huge Student Learning Losses and Widened Achievement Gaps

August 16, 2021 3:52 pmAugust 16, 2021 3:52 pm

“With uncertainty over the impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant on the start of the upcoming school year, new research shows the extent of learning loss and mental health problems experienced by students during the pandemic-caused school closures,” Education Scholar...

Making the Case for Patriotic Education in American Schools

November 11, 2020 2:34 pmNovember 11, 2020 2:34 pm

President Donald Trump signed an executive order recently establishing a 1776 Commission to create a curriculum that teaches “patriotic education” in schools. This is not only necessary because of the lack of Civics taught in schools, but in answer to the New...