April 4, 2014
Friday Facts: April 4, 2014
It’s Friday! Events April 24: Matt Candler, founder and CEO of 4.0 Schools, keynotes, “School Choice: Big Gains in The Big Easy,” the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. at […]
Topic: Indiana
April 1, 2014
Alternatives to Medicaid Expansion: Looking at Other States
There are many downsides to adding even more people into an expensive, over-regulated Medicaid program,[1] but that doesn’t mean Georgia shouldn’t try to propose a better option. There are many […]
January 23, 2014
Foundation Celebrates as National School Choice Week Enters its Fourth Year with 5,500 Events
By Sherri Ackerman (January 20, 2014) In just four short years, National School Choice Week has mushroomed nationwide from 150 events in 2010 to 5,500 at last count this year, with much […]
January 13, 2014
Short Session Shouldn’t Keep Legislators From Reforms
Their sights may be set on the looming election season and campaigns, but a reluctance to rock the boat is no reason for Georgia legislators to keep 2014’s short legislative […]
August 8, 2013
Don’t Let Scare Tactics Scuttle Pro-Growth Tax Reform
It’s a pleasant surprise to see the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute oppose a tax increase By Kelly McCutchen It’s a pleasant surprise to see the Georgia Budget and Policy […]
April 19, 2013
Earth Day: For Many, Not Much Cause for Celebration
It’s time to add a few more faces to the pitiful environment painted by Earth Day organizers. By Benita M. Dodd “Climate change has many faces,” notes the Web site […]
December 11, 2012
Would You Send Your Child to a Washington D.C. School?
Who among us would send our child to a public school in the District of Columbia, chosen at random? This question may be uncomfortable, but it is one that could […]
December 7, 2012
Friday Facts: December 7, 2012
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer … [taking] away from before […]
December 4, 2012
Who Will Help Smartest Kids Achieve the Next Level?
Three kids go to school. One way under achieves, one achieves okay but nothing spectacular and the third kid achieves off the chart, leaving the other two way behind. So […]
November 8, 2012
Will the American Dream become the American Memory?
When he spoke recently in Atlanta former New York City Public Schools chancellor Joel Klein suggested, “The question we are discussing right now is whether the American Dream becomes the […]
October 2, 2012
No Generation Holds a Copyright on Learning Innovation
By Mike Klein We have a choice this fall: Do we want to be nationally recognized as innovators who push the learning envelope or, will Georgia become the first state […]
September 13, 2012
It Wasn’t Government That Fixed Your Clock
(Editor’s Note: Lawrence W. Reed is President of the Foundation for Economic Education. Reed will deliver the keynote address, “The Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy,” at the Georgia Legislative Policy […]
September 7, 2012
Brooke Rollins: Profile of a Texas Freedom Fighter
(Editor’s Note: This profile of Texas Public Policy Foundation President Brooke Rollins is republished with permission from the Independent Women’s Forum. Rollins will discuss the Texas free market economy at […]
August 23, 2012
Policy Forum Brings Innovative Solutions to Georgia
The Sept. 21 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum will focus on the most anticipated issues under the Gold Dome, offering free-market approaches, limited government solutions and innovations for Georgia that have […]
August 3, 2012
Friday Facts
It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality – an authoritarian determination […]
April 27, 2012
Will Georgia Avoid Last Year’s Farm Labor Shortage Fiasco?
By Mike Klein This summer the U.S. Supreme Court will decide what authority if any states have to determine immigration policies within their borders. This year the Georgia agriculture industry […]
February 24, 2012
Georgia’s Innovation Promise Rests in Bold Leadership
By Kelly McCutchen In a typical election year, legislators tend to adopt a “do-nothing” attitude lest they somehow offend potential voters. This year in Georgia could, and should, be different […]
February 24, 2012
Georgia Public Policy Foundation 2012 Legislative Agenda
By Kelly McCutchen In a typical election year, legislators tend to adopt a “do-nothing” attitude lest they somehow offend potential voters. This year in Georgia could, and should, be different […]
August 5, 2011
Big Push to Improve Georgia Higher Ed Graduation Rates
Governor Nathan Deal announced Georgia is one of ten states that will receive $1 million grants from Complete College America to support improvements in higher education graduation rates. These CCA […]
May 6, 2011
Friday Facts: May 6th, 2011
It’s Friday! Events – Tuesday is the deadline to register for the “The Battle,” the Foundation’s noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Thursday, May 12, at the Georgian Club in Cobb County. […]
June 18, 2009
How Communications Technology Can Build a Grand Conversation for Georgia
James K. Glassman This talk today is timely. In Iran, as I speak, we are seeing hundreds of thousands of citizens protesting what is almost certainly a stolen election. […]
March 25, 2003
Determining Government’s Core Functions
A reminder from history Successful government reformers have discovered the necessity of determining what we call “core governing principles.” Core principles are determined by a person’s or a party’s understanding of […]
January 24, 2003
The Atlanta Water Privatization: What Can We Learn?
Your contract is only as strong as the monitoring, reporting, and direct oversight that is built into it. By Geoffrey F. Segal I. Context In 1997, the City of Atlanta privatized […]
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