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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 (californiaprogressreport.com) and is a member of the TOP-Ed advisory board.

• What the latest survey of Californians on higher education didn’t ask: a lot

  11/20/11 • (2)

• Ignoring science in schools starts with ignorance of science by the electorate

  10/25/11 • (10)

• A much needed shift away from rating schools on test results alone

  9/26/11 • (10)

• New dropout rates may be accurate but tell you little and could get worse

  8/22/11 • (12)

• A sneak preview of GOP contenders’ brag sheets on education

  8/10/11 • (12)

• Who influences education in America? Can anyone?

  7/06/11 • (5)

• Complaining about civics illiteracy is as American as ignorance itself

  5/09/11 • (1)

• Even with all of its faults, I’m sticking with the union

  3/31/11 • (11)

• Nominating Honig to State Board of Education is risky but worthy

  1/06/11 • (4)

• What culprit-seeking ‘Superman’ lacks: complexity

  10/13/10 • (5)