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How to Make Americans Economically Savvier?
By: Sebastian Wisniewski
12.28.2007
The U.S. housing market is in trouble partly thanks to the economic naivety of many Americans. Real estate buyers, including young first-time home owners, were lured by the low down payments (sometimes none at all) and low interest rates betting that market conditions won't change in an undesired way.
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New High School Ranking Ignores California College-readiness
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
12.4.2007
Did your child’s school make U.S. News & World Report’s new “ High School” list? If so, don’t cheer just yet: many of those California high schools are not preparing their students adequately for college. As it stands, your children’s high schools may have the dubious distinction of earning the two R’s: ranking and remediation.
U.S. News & World Report, high school, ranking, California, remedial education, college ready, school choice
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Remedial Education Costs Californians from $4 Billion to $14 Billion Annually According to PRI Report
7.23.2008
The poor performance of California’s public schools costs Californians up to $14 billion in remedial education programs, rivaling the state’s current budget deficit of $17 billion. The High Price of Failure in California: How Inadequate Education Costs Schools, Students, and Society, released today by the Pacific Research Institute, calculates the annual direct and indirect costs for the entering freshmen class needing remedial education in public colleges and universities, both two- and four-year.
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