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Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow and Senior Director of Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses why 30 years after President Reagan’s groundbreaking report, “A Nation at Risk,” America’s education system continues to fail and the role unions have played in the demise of public education.

Listen to the interview here.

Join CFIF Corporate Counsel and Senior Vice President Renee Giachino today from 4:00 p.m. CDT to 6:00 p.m. CDT (that’s 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT) on Northwest Florida’s 1330 AM WEBY, as she hosts her radio show, “Your Turn: Meeting Nonsense with Commonsense.”  Today’s guest lineup includes:

4:00 CDT/5:00 pm EDT:  Tim Connors, Senior Manager in the Law Enforcement and Security Division of CAAS, LLC – National Security and Embassy Closings;

4:30 CDT/5:30 EDT:  Scott McEwen, Coauthor of the #! New York Times bestseller “American Sniper” – nonstop-action thriller, “Sniper Elite: One-Way Trip”;

5:00 CDT/6:00 pm EDT:  Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow and Senior Director of Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute – Unions and Schools; and

5:30 CDT/6:30 pm EDT:  Angela Logomasini, Senior Fellow at Competitive Enterprise Institute – Liberal Media Needlessly Scaring Women.

Listen live on the Internet here.   Call in to share your comments or ask questions of today’s guests at (850) 623-1330.

In an interview with CFIF, Lance Izumi, senior fellow and director of education studies at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses his Encounter Broadside, “Obama’s Education Takeover,” and how President Obama is leading a massive federal power grab that is disempowering local communities and parents by centralizing education policy in Washington.

Listen to the interview here.

Join CFIF Corporate Counsel and Senior Vice President Renee Giachino today from 4:00 p.m. CST to 6:00 p.m. CST (that’s 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST) on Northwest Florida’s 1330 AM WEBY, as she hosts her radio show, “Your Turn: Meeting Nonsense with Commonsense.”  Today’s guest lineup includes:

4:00 (CST)/5:00 pm (EST):  Lance T. Izumi, Pacific Research Institute:  “Obama’s Education Takeover”;

4:30 (CST)/5:30 pm (EST):  Quin Hillyer, CFIF Fellow:  Bogus Oil Cases;

5:00 (CST)/6:00 pm (EST):  Guy Benson, Townhall.com:  Presidential Race;  and

5:30 (CST)/6:30 pm (EST):  Eloise Caggiano, Desiree Heroux, Martha Szymoniak: Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.

Listen live on the Internet here.   Call in to share your comments or ask questions of today’s guests at (850) 623-1330.