Back to School: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
05 August 2016
Lance Izumi, J.D., Senior Director of Pacific Research Institute's Center for Education and Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies, discusses education efforts around the country and their impact on student performance, the quality of schools, and incisive points made recently by Donald Trump, Jr. about the state of education in America.
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