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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.
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Florida’s $15 Minimum Wage Initiative Threatens Jobs and Tourism Industry
The state ballot initiative would increase the minimum wage in Florida by $1 each year until reaching $15 per hour in the year 2026.
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Missouri and Kansas End Economic Border War
Missouri and Kansas reach deal to stop using subsidies and tax incentives to get businesses to move across state lines.
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A Better Path to Dealing With Student Debt Problems
A better solution to the nation's ballooning student loan debt may come from the private sector in the form of income share agreements.
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The Tax Increases and Other Costs That Come With Democratic Socialism
If voters want better health care, education, and wages, realism is the best path forward.
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Companies Are Loosening Hiring Requirements and Considering Job Applicants with Criminal Records
Unfortunately, as companies look to loosen their hiring requirements, government-imposed hurdles to employment may hamper the reintegration of newly released prisoners.
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Why Nobody Cares About Teen Smoking
The number of teen smokers has fallen to almost negligible levels, according to the latest survey data.
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The High Costs of the Proposed Cost-of-Living Adjustments to Washington’s Pension Plans
These Washington state retirement plans, TRS 1 and PERS 1, already have combined unfunded liabilities of $8.4 billion.
