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California’s High-Speed Rail Project Should Be Put Back on the Ballot
Any revised rail plan should be carefully vetted and, ideally, put back in front of the electorate.
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How the Most Economically Disadvantaged Families Choose Schools
New research on school choice shows that even the least advantaged find superior schools for their kids and get better results.
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Auditors Recommend Arizona’s Largest Pension Plan Consider Reducing Its Investment Return Assumption
Modeling suggests ASRS is not going to meet its assumed rate of return on investments.
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Municipalities Use Public-Private Partnerships to Replace Aging Water Systems
Private sector expertise is going to be needed to play a key role in replacing and expanding America’s water infrastructure while keeping rates affordable for customers.
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California Highway Patrol Officers Temporarily Forgo Pay Hikes to Help Fund Pension Liabilities
It's an important moment: a California public employee union displayed a willingness to help the state address its pension funding gap.
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Massachusetts Gov. Baker’s Ban of All E-Cigarettes Is Bad For Public Health
Every credible scientific investigation has found vaping nicotine to be dramatically safer than smoking.
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Why Are Sewage Spills Just Accepted in Florida?
In Florida, sewage backups and spills are weekly events and don’t rate any particular attention by our elected leaders.
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Give Principals Authority They Need to Align School Spending With Student Priorities
Empowering school leaders to decide how resources are prioritized at their schools can help bring parents into the process, better support teachers and, most importantly, deliver the high-quality education that all of Providence’s students deserve.
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California’s Contractor Law Manages to Be Bad for Workers, Customers and Companies
California risks killing off the new economy by dragging it back to an obsolete approach to work that fits poorly with today’s technology-based jobs.
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Ending Halfway House and Corrections Contracts Without a Backup Plan Is a Bad Deal For All
The Denver City Council’s focus should be on helping people get the skills and training they need to successfully re-enter society and stay out of jail rather than its focus on whose name is on the facilities.
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Education Professors Misrepresent School Choice Yet Again
Kids are more than test scores.
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Separating Fact From Fiction on Vaping, E-Cigarettes and Lung Illnesses
The exact cause of this recent outbreak has yet to be determined but a clear pattern has emerged in terms of what these patients have been vaping and the common factor appears to be cannabis oils and other contaminants, not legal e-cigarette products.
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The Risks of Public Pension Systems Reaching for Higher Investment Returns
State and municipal retirement systems need to consider the long-term consequences of exposing their pension funds, and taxpayers, to greater risk.
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With Debt and Unfunded Liabilities Growing, Florida’s Pension System Still Needs Reform
The Florida Retirement System's unfunded liabilities have grown 300 percent since 2000.
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The Flaws In Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s Charter School Plan
Fair funding means giving all children the same education dollars regardless of what kind of school works best for them.
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Negative Interest Rates: The Implications for Municipal Bonds and Pension Systems
Many governments outside the US can now borrow money for free. Might that option become available to US states and other municipal bond issuers?
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Don’t Let State Education Reforms Overshadow Need For District Change
Individual school districts, not states, are the true gatekeepers for how school-level resources are used.
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New Survey: Teen Marijuana Use Is Not Increasing, Even As More States Legalize
National surveys on drug use indicate an overall decline in teen marijuana use over the past several years.
