Why are we not talking about California’s pension problems?

By Cecilia Iglesias
05/14/2021
It is no secret that California has its own myriad of economic issues: high taxes, a bloated government, overly powerful unions, and many more. However, one issue that is a product of all of these, but does not get nearly enough attention, is skyrocketing public pensions. For as long as I can remember, unions and...

TAGS: Government, pensions, Public

Science with the union label

By Larry Sand
05/11/2021
Despite the reopening happy talk, more than half of all California’s k-12 students remain in distance learning. While schools in California have reopened, a study by EdSource reveals that 55 percent of all public school students in California have not returned to their physical classroom. And just 13 percent of all students in the Golden...

TAGS: EdSource, Public, school, schools

Rescuing Public Education in California

By Edward Ring
03/11/2021
Depending on who you ask, California’s K-12 system of public education would be doing just fine if taxpayers threw another $30 billion (or more) per year into its insatiable maw, or, it is a failed model mostly because the teachers’ union agenda has ruined everything, from a crippling administrative overhead to mandating a curricula more...

TAGS: ed, education, K-12, Prop. 38, Public