November 14, 2022 • Commentary
Pandemic Learning Loss: What’s the Plan?
Public school students experienced a large degree of learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. How will we combat learning loss here in Georgia?
Topic: Ben Scafidi
July 23, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 23, 2021
Sometimes, the wheels of change turn exceedingly slow. As early as 1992 (right) – one year after the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was founded – and as recen
June 4, 2021
Friday Facts: June 04, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane A legacy of bureaucracy: The obfuscation in data from the Georgia Department of Education is a longstanding problem, as shown in this 1996 letter from the […]
April 20, 2021 • Blog
Education Information: Useful Data or Data Overload?
Mountains of education data can be useful, but it can also be used to obscure important facts.
March 5, 2021
Friday Facts: March 05, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane: As the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2021, this article from 1992 is a reminder that many of the issues that concerned […]
December 11, 2020
Friday Facts: December 11, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never […]
December 3, 2020 • Commentary
AJC Publishes Senior Fellow Ben Scafidi’s Study Citing Benefits of Ga. Tax Credit Scholarships
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s November 30, 2020, edition published an op-ed by Georgia Public Policy Foundation Senior Fellow Ben Scafidi and Heidi Holmes Erickson that highlighted the benefits of Georgia’s Tax […]
November 30, 2020 • Press Release
Study Finds Fiscal, Economic Benefits in Georgia Tax Credit Scholarships
Georgia’s tax credit scholarship program saves state taxpayers millions of dollars and enhances educational attainment among scholarship students, according to
July 24, 2020
Friday Facts: July 24, 2020
It’s Friday! Did you miss the first two Zoom events of the 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum? View the opening keynote, “An Education Conversation” with Betsy DeVos, U.S. Secretary of […]
April 24, 2020
Friday Facts: April 24, 2020
It’s Friday! This is the sixth Friday Facts edition to focus on the coronavirus pandemic gripping the nation and Georgia. (View previous editions here.) View the Foundation’s near-term proposals here. […]
December 6, 2019
Friday Facts: December 6, 2019
It’s Friday! News and events January 28, 2020: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates 29 years of policy over politics with an Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner in the […]
May 30, 2019
Friday Facts: December 14, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish we had.” […]
January 18, 2019
Friday Facts: January 18, 2019
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true […]
January 11, 2019
Friday Facts: January 11, 2019
It’s Friday! Events January 22: “National School Choice Week: A Capitol Choice,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Tuesday, January 22. The event is in the Empire Room, 20th floor, Sloppy […]
January 4, 2019
Friday Facts: January 4, 2018
It’s Friday! Events January 22: “National School Choice Week: A Capitol Choice,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Tuesday, January 22. The event is in the Empire Room, 20th floor, Sloppy […]
December 28, 2018
Friday Facts: December 28, 2018
It’s Friday! A reminder: Your weekly FRIDAY FACTS is made possible by the generosity of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s donors. As the year draws to a close, we ask […]
December 21, 2018
Friday Facts: December 21, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those […]
December 14, 2018
Friday Facts: December 14, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish we had.” […]
December 7, 2018
Friday Facts: December 7, 2018
Events January 22, 2019: “National School Choice Week: A Capitol Choice,” is a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Tuesday, January 22, in the Empire Room, 20th floor, Sloppy Floyd Building […]
January 26, 2018
Georgia 2020: Educational Choice for All K-12 Georgia Students
Georgia could have a system of universal educational choice beginning in the fall of 2020. By Ben Scafidi Georgia could have a system of universal educational choice beginning in the […]
January 23, 2018
Landmark Study on Georgia’s K-12 Options Unveiled at School Choice Week Event
Universal education choice could be just a few short years away. News Release | For Immediate Release January 23, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd (404-256-4050) Landmark Study on Georgia’s K-12 Options Unveiled […]
January 16, 2018
Study on Georgia’s K-12 Options to be Unveiled at National School Choice Week Event
Celebrate School Choice with the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. News Release | For Immediate Release January 16, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd (404-256-4050) Georgia Public Policy Foundation to Mark National […]
January 5, 2018
Friday Facts: January 5, 2018
It’s Friday! Happy New Year! On a personal note: Hearty congratulations to Rogers Wade, chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, who has been named to the Georgia Trend 2018 […]
December 29, 2017
Friday Facts: December 29, 2017
It’s Friday! It’s the FINAL Friday of the year. It’s the FINAL Georgia Public Policy Foundation Friday Facts of 2017. And, it’s the FINAL time you’ll see Kelly McCutchen sign […]
December 22, 2017
Friday Facts: December 22, 2017
December 22, 2017 It’s Friday! FRIDAY FACTS is made possible by the generosity of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s donors. If you enjoy the FRIDAY FACTS, please consider making a […]
December 15, 2017
Friday Facts: December 15, 2017
It’s Friday! Events January 23: More than 28,000 events will celebrate National School Choice Week 2018 from January 21-27. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation marks this event annually with a […]
December 8, 2017
Friday Facts: December 8, 2017
It’s Friday! Events January 23: More than 28,000 events will celebrate National School Choice Week 2018 from January 21-27. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation will celebrate with a Leadership Breakfast […]
December 1, 2017
Friday Facts: December 1, 2017
It’s Friday! Events January 23: More than 28,000 events will celebrate National School Choice Week 2018 January 21-27. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation will celebrate with a Leadership Breakfast keynoted […]
November 17, 2017
Friday Facts: November 17, 2017
It’s Friday! We’re saddened to share with you the news of the passing of Dr. Michael H. Mescon, the 2016 recipient of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s prestigious Freedom Award […]
September 21, 2016
U.S. News & World Report Publishes on Education Funding
It’s time to reform our thinking about education reform. The September 20, 2016, edition of U.S. News & World Report published, “More Money, Same Problems,” an article by Georgia Public Policy Foundation […]
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