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Lance T. Izumi
Senior Fellow, Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
Lance T. Izumi is Senior Fellow in California
Studies and Director of Education Studies at the Pacific Research
Institute for Public Policy (PRI). He is the co-author of the book Free to Learn: Lessons from Model Charter Schools
(Pacific Research Institute, 2005). He is the author of several major
PRI studies, including the "California Education Report Card: Index of
Leading Education Indicators" (1997, 2000 and 2003 editions),
"Developing and Implementing Academic Standards" (1999), "Facing the
Classroom Challenge: Teacher Quality and Teacher Training in
California’s Schools of Education" (2001), and “They Have Overcome:
High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools in California” (2002), and
“Putting Education to the Test: A Value-Added Model for California”
(2004).
Mr. Izumi is a member of the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. He serves as
the chair of the Board’s economic development and vocational education
committee. He is also the Board’s representative to the California
Postsecondary Education Commission. In 2003, United States secretary of
education Rod Paige appointed Mr. Izumi to the Teacher Assistance
Corps, a task force of experts assigned to review state teacher quality
plans as they relate to the federal No Child Left Behind Act. He also
served as a member of the Professional Development Working Group of the
California Legislature's Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for
Education.
Mr. Izumi received his juris doctorate from the University of Southern California School of Law and his master of arts in political science from the University of California at Davis. He received his bachelor of arts in economics and history from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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