Peter Schrag / commentary

Peter Schrag is the former editorial page editor and columnist of the Sacramento Bee. He is the author of “Paradise Lost: California’s Experience, America’s Future” and “California: America’s High Stakes Experiment.” His latest book is “Not Fit for Our Society: Immigration and Nativism in America” (University of California Press). He is a frequent contributor to the California Progress Report.

Posts by Peter Schrag / commentary

• Uncertainty and unknowns beneath the gloss of Common Core ~  January 29th, 2013
• What last Tuesday’s vote got us (not much) ~  November 12th, 2012
• Texas, California do compete – in funding race to the bottom ~  October 30th, 2012
• Why school reform will continue to be so hard ~  July 31st, 2012
• What the latest survey of Californians on higher education didn’t ask: a lot ~  November 20th, 2011
• Ignoring science in schools starts with ignorance of science by the electorate ~  October 25th, 2011
• A much needed shift away from rating schools on test results alone ~  September 26th, 2011
• New dropout rates may be accurate but tell you little and could get worse ~  August 22nd, 2011
• A sneak preview of GOP contenders’ brag sheets on education ~  August 10th, 2011
• Who influences education in America? Can anyone? ~  July 6th, 2011