The crisis that has suddenly plagued us with the COVID-19 pandemic has been an unknown trial to anyone and every business. There are two types …
Nuestro Himno and the English-Only Movement
Author: Deb Kong My grandmother never learned to speak English, other than what was required for her citizenship test. After immigrating to the United States …
One step forward, three steps back
Few years ago, the California Nurses Association began collecting signatures to place a “clean elections” proposition on the November ballot. Were the initiative only about …
The High Cost of Education
If you think that it’s getting outrageously expensive to get an education, you wouldn’t be wrong. Some quick facts from Strapped, a new book from Demos, a …
Building a (Small) Movement
Someone once told me that you can craft the best, most innovative public policy, but unless you can get people to listen, it won’t make …
“English Only” A Decade Later
A study released by the American Institutes for Research and WestED says that no one approach shows significant gains over others in teaching English learners, …
When Business Strategy Meets Philanthropic Giving
Experts in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have advocated for some years now that in order to succeed in this new era of …
Expectmore.gov is still online
Remember the project of the Office of Management and Budget? It is still here. (Expectmore.gov) It is designed to encourage more accountability from federal programs …
What’s in a Champion?
Since the inception of the failed “Bowl Alliance” in 1996 and the subsequent “Bowl Championship Series (BCS)” which has had its share of problems, many …