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
The No Education Association
The No Education Association
As the teachers unions buttress their roadblocks to reopening schools, parental choice is more important than ever. In September 2020, researchers Corey DeAngelis and Christos Makridis released the results of a study which found that school districts in places with strong teachers’ unions were much less likely to offer full-time, in-person instruction in the fall....
By Larry Sand
The Clampdown on Free Expression – CPC Newsletter
The Clampdown on Free Expression – CPC Newsletter
The attack on free expression: Just as we warned last week, union-backed politicians in California and across the country are exploiting the Capitol riots to try to quash free speech. This week, former union leader, and current California Democratic Party chair, Rusty Hicks repeatedly called the (lower-case “d”) democratic effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom “a coup.”...
By Jordan Bruneau
Mayor Garcetti’s Homeless Policy is Destroying Los Angeles
Mayor Garcetti’s Homeless Policy is Destroying Los Angeles
There are many flawed theories that underlie housing and homeless policies in Los Angeles. To name a few: “Housing first,” first endorsed by Obama’s Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, which prioritizes funds to provide shelter before using any government money for treatment or counseling. The concept of “wet shelters,” which admit homeless individuals regardless...
By Edward Ring
California’s General Fund Relies on Bailouts and Billionaires
California’s General Fund Relies on Bailouts and Billionaires
One of the biggest reasons California’s technology moguls supported the Biden/Harris candidacy had nothing to do with ideology. It had to do with their pocketbooks. Because with a Californian presiding over the Senate, and a Californian Speaker of the House, expect federal bailouts to flow west by the hundreds of billions. The likelihood of federal...
By Edward Ring
Spirit Murder, Lizard Brains and the Abolition of Whiteness
Spirit Murder, Lizard Brains and the Abolition of Whiteness
In what amounts to a “1984 Project,” school districts across the country have turned into reeducation camps. In December it was revealed that the San Diego Unified School District had hired Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, two brazen race hustlers posing as “trainers” to jam their radical racial separatist agenda down the throats of...
By Larry Sand
Carnage at the Capitol – CPC Newsletter
Carnage at the Capitol – CPC Newsletter
Carnage at the Capitol: Five people, including a San Diego woman and a Capitol Police officer, are dead after rioters seized the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a scene that looked from some developing world dictatorship. We strongly condemn any violence or rioting, in all its forms, whether committed by MAGA or Black Lives Matter supporters....
By Jordan Bruneau
Big Tech Censorship Suppresses the Reopen California Movement
Big Tech Censorship Suppresses the Reopen California Movement
“This isn’t just an event, this is a movement.” That’s how Jack Frost, one of the organizers of the ReOpenCalNow conference, planned for this weekend, characterizes their effort. Presenters include a bipartisan group of politicians including Fiona Ma, California’s State Treasurer, a Democrat, and Congressman Tom McClintock, one of the most reliable conservative Republicans in America. Presenters...
By Edward Ring
Sophist’s Choice
Sophist’s Choice
Diane Ravitch’s arguments against school choice miss the mark by miles. The latest anti-school choice rant comes to us courtesy of Diane Ravitch, “a historian of education,” who is the Arthur Clarke of her field. When she writes, the reader is treated to science fiction dosed with a substantive amount of snake oil for good...
By Larry Sand