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    Microschools provide an innovative alternative for families looking to leave the traditional K-12 education system.

    By Jude Schwalbach
    February 1, 2023

  • Innovators in Action: James Small, public safety director of Palmyra, Wisconsin
    Innovators in Action: James Small, public safety director of Palmyra, Wisconsin

    In the time Small has served in this role, the property crime rate has plummeted by 88% to just over five property crimes per 1,000 residents.

    By Vittorio Nastasi and Austill Stuart
    December 12, 2022

  • Arizona State Senator Sine Kerr on transforming student transportation policy
    Arizona State Senator Sine Kerr on transforming student transportation policy

    Arizona's new student transportation law will remove unnecessary busing regulations to help families and schools across the state.

    By Ari DeWolf and Christian Barnard
    August 2, 2022

  • Commissioner Penny Schwinn explains how school finance reform would help Tennessee students
    Commissioner Penny Schwinn explains how school finance reform would help Tennessee students

    Tennessee's Commissioner of Education, Penny Schwinn, and Aaron Garth Smith talk about Tennessee's proposal to adopt an education funding system that focuses on student needs.

    By Aaron Garth Smith
    March 16, 2022

  • Idaho State Sen. Steven Thayn explains the success of state’s Advanced Opportunities program
    Idaho State Sen. Steven Thayn explains the success of state’s Advanced Opportunities program

    A conversation between Christian Barnard and State Sen. Steven Thayn on Idaho's Advanced Opportunities student funding program.

    By Christian Barnard
    January 28, 2022

  • Marguerite Roza discusses how school districts should use federal COVID-19 relief funds to improve student outcomes
    Marguerite Roza discusses how school districts should use federal COVID-19 relief funds to improve student outcomes

    Edunomics Lab's Marguerite Roza and Reason's Jude Schwalbach discuss how school districts should use the influx of funds they have received since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Jude Schwalbach
    January 26, 2022

  • Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut on New Hampshire’s Learn Everywhere program
    Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut on New Hampshire’s Learn Everywhere program

    Aaron Garth Smith and New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut sit down to discuss Learn Everywhere.

    By Aaron Garth Smith
    January 25, 2022

  • California State Senator John M.W. Moorlach on Results-Oriented Government
    California State Senator John M.W. Moorlach on Results-Oriented Government

    Moorlach on how local and state governments can deal with unfunded pension liabilities, spending, debt, outsourcing and more.

    By Austill Stuart
    March 27, 2019

  • Georgia’s First Contract City Continues to Innovate Private Service Delivery
    Georgia’s First Contract City Continues to Innovate Private Service Delivery

    An interview with Sandy Springs City Manager John McDonough on startup cities, public-private partnerships, and metrics for delivering services to taxpayers.

    By Leonard Gilroy and Austill Stuart
    June 29, 2018

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    Innovators in Action 2016

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    By Leonard Gilroy
    November 22, 2016

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    July 29, 2015

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    December 30, 2014

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    April 27, 2014

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    Innovators in Action 2013

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    November 27, 2013

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    Innovators In Action 2012

    How governments and agencies are using market-based policies to improve services, become more efficient and reduce costs

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    July 31, 2012

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    Innovators in Action 2009

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    January 29, 2010

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