President Obama announced he has no plan to reduce federal education funding, and instead seeks to revise No Child Left Behind and expand his education plan, Race to the Top.
As you likely have seen or heard in the news, Jaime Escalante, the legendary Los Angeles math teacher who inspired the 1982 film Stand and Deliver, passed away last week at age 79. Amid the myriad of obsequies recounting his success in one of the worst school districts in America is a cautionary tale. Escalante...
As mentioned in a previous post, Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute, in his fine obituary for Jaime Escalante, wrote that the best way to preserve Escalante’s legacy is to “understand why our education system destroyed rather than amplified his success—and then fix it.” Coulson then goes on and accurately presents the success of today’s...
The proposed settlement is heralded by some as a major victory, supposedly securing $100 million for the state to use for coastal restoration. In reality, the proposed settlement, if adopted, would yield nowhere near $100 million and divert much of the money it did raise to unrelated government spending. Two key flaws undermine the settlement’s...