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    No Choices Left Behind

    Competitive Models to Restructure California's Lowest-Performing Schools

    Policy Study by Lisa Snell December 12, 2006

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    Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2009

    Examining the school districts using student-based "backpack" funding to improve results

    Policy Study by Lisa Snell April 30, 2009

  • Taking Steps Towards Better Child Welfare Programs In Nebraska
    Taking Steps Towards Better Child Welfare Programs In Nebraska

    The focus should be on the kids and outcomes, not reorganizing state agencies

    Policy Study by Lisa Snell February 8, 2012

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    Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2013

    Examining the results in districts using portable student funding

    Policy Study by Lisa Snell and Katie Furtick December 5, 2013

  • A 2018 Evaluation of LAUSD’s Fiscal Outlook: Revisiting the Findings of the 2015 Independent Financial Review Panel
    A 2018 Evaluation of LAUSD’s Fiscal Outlook: Revisiting the Findings of the 2015 Independent Financial Review Panel

    Los Angeles Unified School District is unique in California and the nation because the size of its projected budget deficits and overall debt dwarfs most other urban school districts.

    Policy Study by Lisa Snell, Aaron Garth Smith, Tyler Koteskey, Marc Joffe and Truong Bui June 13, 2018

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    “Urban Sprawl” and the Michigan Landscape

    A Market-Oriented Approach

    Policy Brief by Samuel Staley September 1, 1999

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    Urban-Growth Boundaries and Housing Affordability

    Lessons from Portland

    Policy Brief by Samuel Staley October 1, 1999

  • The Vanishing Farmland Myth and the Smart-growth Agenda
    The Vanishing Farmland Myth and the Smart-growth Agenda

    Policy Brief by Samuel Staley January 1, 2000

  • Market-oriented Approaches to Growth
    Market-oriented Approaches to Growth

    Outsmarting Sprawl's Impacts

    Policy Brief by Samuel Staley August 1, 2001

  • Housing Market Resilience and Affordability in Houston, Texas
    Housing Market Resilience and Affordability in Houston, Texas

    Houston's housing market has been more resilient than other Texas cities

    Policy Brief by Samuel Staley February 27, 2009

  • Ten Steps to Brings Jobs and Businesses Back to Cleveland and Other Big Cities
    Ten Steps to Brings Jobs and Businesses Back to Cleveland and Other Big Cities

    Reducing crime and taxes, improving zoning laws and adding transparency can spur growth
    Policy Brief 90

    Policy Brief by Samuel Staley March 17, 2010

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    Rejuvenating Urban America Through Land Use and Housing Policy Reform

    Cleveland Case Study
    Policy Brief 91

    Policy Brief by Samuel Staley March 17, 2010

  • Occupational Licensing Kills Jobs
    Occupational Licensing Kills Jobs

    Unnecessary Licenses Are Killing Jobs in Florida

    Policy Brief by Samuel Staley and Adrian Moore February 1, 2016

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    Market Oriented Planning

    Principles and Tools

    Policy Study by Samuel Staley and Lynn Scarlett November 1, 1997

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    The Sprawling of America

    In Defense of a Dynamic City

    Policy Study by Samuel Staley January 1, 1999

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    A Line in the Land

    Urban-growth Boundaries, Smart Growth, and Housing Affordability

    Policy Study by Samuel Staley, Jefferson Edgens and Gerard Mildner November 1, 1999

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    Giving a Leg Up to Bootstrap Entrepreneurship

    Expanding Economic Opportunity in America's Urban Centers

    Policy Study by Samuel Staley, Howard Husock, David J. Bobb, Sterling Burnett, Laura Creasy and Wade Hudson February 1, 2001

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    Urban Sprawl and Quality Growth in Ohio

    Policy Study by Samuel Staley and Matthew Hisrich December 1, 2001

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