Pacific Research Institute
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| Pacific Research Institute | |
| 501(c)(3) | |
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| Leadership: | Sally C. Pipes |
| Political party | Nonpartisan |
| Website | Pacific Research Institute |
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The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a 501(c)(3), is a non-profit, free market think tank in California. Founded in 1979, its stated mission "is to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions."[1]
[edit] Funding
PRI has an annual budget of approximately $5 million, which come mainly in the form of donations from foundations, individuals, and corporations.
[edit] Vision
The Institute has remained steadfast to the vision of a free and civil society where individuals can achieve their full potential.
PRI reinforces this ideal by providing the public with the information, inspiration, and opportunity to make decisions about the daily issues that matter most to citizens.
The Institute’s activities include publications, events, media commentary, legislative testimony, and community outreach.
[edit] Areas of research
PRI tackles a wide range of policy research within the state of California. Each area of research has features scholars and produces their own publications.
The Institute's current program advances policy reform to achieve these goals:
[edit] Education
The Institute is working on a project called the California School Finance Center, a transparency website for schools spending and what it cost to educate a child in California. In a recent article, Vicki Murray, wrote the project reveals it is not the amount of school funding that is earning bad scores but the equation the dispenses it. According to the data discrepancies exist among similar school districts. In Ventura County, Simi Valley Unified and Moorpark Unified scored proficient in English and math on the California Standards Test.[2] However, the school district for Simi Valley received nearly $1,400 more per student, totalling to $10,579.
In spite of receiving less funding and enrolling more English learners and low-income students, Moorpark posted better English and math proficiency rates.
- Education – to provide all students with access to a quality education
Recent publications include:
- A Proposition for Better Student Performance? 4/22/2009
- President Obama's Education Vision Falls Short 4/1/2009
[edit] Business
- Business and Economics – to strike down barriers to economic growth and innovation
Recent publications include:
[edit] Health Care
- Health Care – to provide better quality and access to health-care while lowering costs
Recent publications include:
- Is Health Care a Right? Not According to Governments who Run Health Care 4/16/2009
- Government Health Care Competition: The Audacity of Hope Against Experience 4/14/2009
[edit] Technology
- Technology – to identify and limit harmful government regulation in the technology sector
Recent publications include:
- California's CARBon Conjecture 4/29/2009
- Smart Policies for A Smarter Grid 3/25/2009
[edit] Environment
- Environment – to sustain the trend toward a cleaner environment
Recent publications include:
- Index of Leading Environmental Indicators: 2009 Report 5/6/2009
- Agriculture and the Environment are not Opposing Forces 4/21/2009
[edit] External links
- Pacific Research Institute website
- Pacific Institute Blog
- Investors.com, Public Option To Cut Health Costs? Medicare's Record Says Dream On, June 16, 2009
[edit] References
- ↑ Pacific Research Institute About
- ↑ Ventura Star, School-funding formula illogical and inequitable, July 16, 2009
