
The State of California Education 2019
The state of California education 2019 is easy. We pay a high price for a terrible product, ranking 40th in math and 39th in reading. Continue Reading →
The state of California education 2019 is easy. We pay a high price for a terrible product, ranking 40th in math and 39th in reading. Continue Reading →
Brentwood School is a prestigious school in LA. Supported by parents, the curriculum became woke. Many have been hoist by their own petard. Continue Reading →
he state has apparently decided it can do a better job raising your children than you. The nanny state is expanding its reach massively. Continue Reading →
If California is the dumbest state, San Francisco might be the dumbest city. The other day this graphic flashed through my Twitter stream. Basic geometry tells us this is very wrong. Continue Reading →
Over the last decade, universal preschool education has become a popular topic of conversation among educator policy wonks in the California k-12 education industrial complex. It was the subject of a 2020 CA Senate candidates forum in the SF Bay Area last week. Clearly momentum is building in the Democratic Party to try to expand public California preschool. The forum audience – composed mostly of voters working in the public education sector – warmed the most to the candidates who told them what they wanted to hear and were also the most experienced with early childhood education. That meant they seemed to warm to Sally Lieber (D) and Shelly Masur (D).
Analytical Summary from a Conservative POV – More public preschool could lower the incidence of criminality and pay for itself. However, the societal downsides could include a reduction in the diversity of private pre-school curriculums as well as a negative impact on the growth of the public charter movement. Continue Reading →
I’ve written quite a few articles about various aspects of the California economy on my blog GonzoEcon.com. The links below aer to that site. This is my California compendium. [Updated Continue Reading →
Among the 50 states, California ranks number one in the percentage of adults ages 25 and over who have not graduated from high school. California may be the dumbest state Continue Reading →