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Weighted-Student Formula Pilot Program In Federal Education Budget Could Have a Big Impact
The weighted-student funding pilot proposal has the potential to make education spending more fair for students, especially in low-income areas.
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A Critical Review of Los Angeles Metro’s 28 by 2028 Plan
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a history of over-promising, failing to deliver, and ultimately making things worse for transit users.
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What Wisconsin’s Governor Gets Wrong About Milwaukee’s School Voucher Program Costs
While there is strong evidence that the program results in higher achievement for students, school choice is not just about test scores.
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How Silicon Valley Can Help Solve State Government’s Technology Woes
President Obama turned to the private sector to help fix healthcare.gov and California Gov. Gavin Newsom should do the same with DMV and other state agencies.
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Pension Obligation Bondholders Take a Hit in Puerto Rico
Unfortunately, governments continue to take risks by issuing pension obligation bonds rather than resolving their underfunding problems by better aligning today’s contributions with future promises.
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New Jersey Senate President Rolls Out Important Path to Pension Reform Progress
The reform appears to be a bold and creative way to slow the growth of pension costs while still keeping the retirement promises made to public workers.
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California’s High-Speed Rail Plan Gets Better, But Is Still Flawed And Too Expensive
The state should not gamble any more money on this troubled initiative.
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The Evidence Suggests That School Choice Is A Wise Investment in Wisconsin
Most of the rigorous studies find that school choice in Wisconsin also improves students’ academic achievement, high school graduation rates, college enrollment rates, civic engagement, and decreases crime.
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High Prescription Drug Prices Hit Pension Plans, Hurt State and Local Taxpayers
While high prescription drugs costs are most often seen as a problem for individual consumers or the federal Medicare program, they also significantly impact state and local governments.
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Comparing Illinois’ Draft Legislation to Legalize Marijuana to Reason’s Conceptual Framework
In some ways, Senate Bill 7 in Illinois would create an overly regulated and restrictive cannabis marketplace that substitutes inflexible bureaucratic directive for entrepreneurial judgment and initiative.
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Study: State Pensions Are Badly Trailing Their Own Investment Return Assumptions
A recent study highlights the costly pitfalls of making overly optimistic rate of return assumptions and the associated investment risks borne by public pension plans.
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New Mexico Takes Steps to Reform Teacher Pensions, But More Is Needed
These recent positive steps still fall short of meaningfully addressing NMERB’s longer-term solvency concerns.
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Arizona Pension Bonuses Are Troubling. But Risky Investments Are The Real Crime
The bonuses raise important questions about what should really be ringing alarm bells.
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Study: Private Schools Produce the Same Academic Outcomes For a Third of the Cost of Public Schools
The most recent federal evaluation of the D.C. voucher program finds that it increases student satisfaction and safety, and decreases absenteeism, at a third of the cost of public schools.
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How to Modify Florida’s Approach to the Opioid Crisis
Rather than doubling down on what hasn’t worked for decades, we need to embrace harm-reduction approaches.
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New York City’s Pension Debt Could Push It to Bankruptcy
Nearly 75 percent of the city’s $197.8 billion deficit is due to pension and other retirement liabilities.
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Awarding Education Dollars for Student Outcomes May Sound Good, but There’s a Better Type of Performance-Based Funding: School Choice
The last thing public education needs is yet another technocratic attempt to engineer better outcomes.
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Examining the Lawsuit Massachusetts Filed Against Purdue Pharma Over the Opioids Problem
As opioid overdoses continue to climb in the United States, politicians and the public are understandably trying to determine what or who is responsible for this public health crisis.
