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The Wacky Woke Pandemic

The Wacky Woke Pandemic

The resegregation, victimization and historical manipulation of America is advancing. The radical rambling of the woke crowd – those who want to restructure society by dividing America according race – is advancing, and things are getting truly bizarre.  Seattle’s k-12 Math Ethnic Studies Framework teaches that “Western” math is a means of “power and oppression,”...

By Larry Sand

Abraham Lincoln Didn’t Show That Black Lives Ever Mattered? – CPC Newsletter

Abraham Lincoln Didn’t Show That Black Lives Ever Mattered? – CPC Newsletter

Gov. Newsom’s poll numbers are plummeting: After committing countless Covid-19-related unforced errors and still unable to get California schools reopened, Gov. Newsom’s popularity is plummeting. A new Berkeley poll released this week finds that just 46 percent of registered voters approve of Newsom’s performance as governor, while 48 percent disapprove, 31 percent of whom disapprove strongly. Newsom’s underwater...

By Jordan Bruneau

The California Book of Exoduses

The California Book of Exoduses

For the first time in its history, California experienced a loss in population in 2020. The trend continued into 2022, by which time California had lost more than a half-million people in two years.  But while California’s extreme COVID policies that shuttered businesses and schools accelerated the California Exodus, the trend existed long before the...

By Sheridan Karras

How Legislators Can Reopen California

How Legislators Can Reopen California

There are smart ways to protect the vulnerable and reopen businesses and churches and schools, but California’s legislators continue to do nothing. Instead, edicts issued from the governor’s office have the state in an ongoing lockdown, despite growing evidence there are safe alternatives.  Last month an event held in the Sacramento area, “Re-Open Cal Now,”...

By Edward Ring

Child Suicide, Covid, and the Unions

Child Suicide, Covid, and the Unions

The teachers unions’ resistance to opening schools is killing kids…literally. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 6 percent of U.S. children aged 6 through 17 are afflicted with autism, severe anxiety, depression, trauma-related mental health conditions, and other serious emotional or behavioral difficulties. Due to forced school lockdowns, many of these...

By Larry Sand

Is Austin All It’s Cracked Up to Be? – CPC Newsletter

Is Austin All It’s Cracked Up to Be? – CPC Newsletter

More ammunition for the charter school fight: This week is National School Choice Week. In conjunction, CPC released a new study finding that South Los Angeles charter schools have 37 percent more college-ready SAT-taking students than comparable union-run schools nearby. Specifically, 16.6% of SAT takers at these charter schools met or exceeded both the math and English components...

By Jordan Bruneau

6th Annual Parent Union School Choice Fair – Sat, Jan. 30

6th Annual Parent Union School Choice Fair – Sat, Jan. 30

Register for this free online Zoom event HERE. 10 am to 12 pm, Saturday, Jan. 30. Learn about quality school options that are available for K-12 students in California: Local Public Schools Charter Schools Homeschooling Private Schools Alternative Schools Learning Pods Speakers include: Mari Barke (emcee), California Policy Center Andrew Campanella, National School Choice Week...

By California Policy Center

School Choice Initiative Quietly Gathers Support

School Choice Initiative Quietly Gathers Support

In the November 2020 election, California’s powerful teachers’ unions spent over $20 million promoting Prop. 15, which would have increased taxes on commercial properties. Other unions, mostly in the public sector, spent another $17 million to promote Prop. 15. But voters weren’t buying it. Prop. 15 failed. Overall, in November 2020, California’s government unions spent nearly $70...

By Edward Ring

South LA Charter Schools have 37% More College-Ready SAT-Taking Students than Comparable District Schools Nearby

South LA Charter Schools have 37% More College-Ready SAT-Taking Students than Comparable District Schools Nearby

A new CPC analysis suggests that South LA charter schools have 37% more college-ready SAT-taking students than comparable district schools nearby. The analysis compares the California Department of Education’s SAT College and Career Readiness Benchmarks at charter and district high schools located in historically disadvantaged neighborhoods in South Los Angeles (Zip Codes: 90001, 90002, 90003,...

By Brandon Ristoff

Unity or Union Fealty?

Unity or Union Fealty?

 President Biden calls for national unity, but his words ring hollow. The resignation of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos the day after the Capitol protests spurred National Education Association President Becky Pringle to spew, “Resigning 13 days before the end of this administration does nothing to erase the harm Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has done to this...

By Larry Sand

Governor Newsom Fails to Put Pressure on Teachers Unions to Reopen Public Schools

Governor Newsom Fails to Put Pressure on Teachers Unions to Reopen Public Schools

Late last month, Governor Newsom announced a $2 billion plan to support reopening K-6 public schools for in-person learning by providing districts money if they agree to a timetable for reopening starting in mid-February. But Newsom is playing both sides. He’s trying to support both families who want their kids back in school and the teachers...

By Brandon Ristoff

Pension Problems in America’s Finest City – CPC Newsletter

Pension Problems in America’s Finest City – CPC Newsletter

San Diego’s pension problems are a microcosm of the state: There’s a growing public pension storm in San Deigo. As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune this week, the city’s pension debt has been revised up from $3 billion to $3.3 billion, nearly triple the debt level of 2007. The pension board is demanding a $50 million increase in the city’s...

By Jordan Bruneau

Environmentalists Increase Influence on Local Governments

Environmentalists Increase Influence on Local Governments

In less than a year, three Orange County cities will be in the utility business. Fullerton, Costa Mesa, and Irvine have created a joint powers authority to purchase and distribute electricity to households and businesses in those cities, under what’s known as “community choice aggregation.” It’s difficult to imagine how this model will result in...

By Edward Ring