Topic: Jim Kelly

September 18, 2015

Friday Facts: September 18, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: The countdown has begun to the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly on Thursday, October 15. In less than a […]

September 14, 2015

Launch Georgia K-12 Education on the ‘Seven Cs”

Too many parents are being forced to send their children to public schools that are failing to provide an adequate education. This op-ed by Jim Kelly, a Senior Fellow at […]

December 22, 2014

Empowering Parents and Students More Important Than Who Funds Scholarships

By Jon East Florida is one of 14 states that provide tax credit scholarships to children who can’t afford a private school, and a financial approach born of necessity has […]

December 12, 2014

Keep Crony Capitalism Out of Georgia’s School Choice Movement

In 2013, when the SSOs in Georgia awarded a total of 13,270 scholarships averaging $3,517 per recipient, what was the fiscal impact on taxpayers? By Jim Kelly and Ben Scafidi […]

December 12, 2014

Friday Facts: December 12, 2014

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “My primary objection to the amendment was a concern that for-profit charter school management companies that had showered campaign dollars on our state’s politicians would […]

December 5, 2014

Friday Facts: December 5, 2014

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” – Calvin […]

December 5, 2014

Educational Choice and the Economic Well-Being of the Middle Class

It’s time to raise the cap for tuition tax credit scholarships for Georgia students. By Jim Kelly In a recent speech at the National Press Club, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, […]

January 24, 2014

Friday Facts: January 24, 2014

January 24, 2013 It’s Friday! Jan. 26-Feb. 1 is National School Choice Week! In just four short years, National School Choice Week has mushroomed nationwide from 150 events in 2010 […]

January 21, 2014

Sign Up to Celebrate School Choice Week on Jan. 28

GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT INVITATION January 21, 2014 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Attend ‘School Choice and Georgia: An Update,’ on Jan. 28 Atlanta – Have you […]

January 17, 2014

Friday Facts: January 17, 2014

January 17, 2014 It’s Friday! Events January 28, 2014: The deadline is Friday, January 24 to register for “School Choice and Georgia: An Update,” the Foundation’s 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast […]

January 10, 2014

Friday Facts: January 10, 2014

January 10, 2013 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people […]

January 7, 2014

Celebrate Georgia School Choice Jan. 28

GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT | January 7, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Celebrate School Choice Week with Georgia’s Top Education Experts Atlanta – Join the Georgia […]

January 3, 2014

Friday Facts: January 3, 2014

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier.’” – Alfred Lord Tennyson “Sometimes we are content to try […]

December 27, 2013

Friday Facts: December 27, 2013

It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist thanks to your support […]

December 20, 2013

Friday Facts: December 20, 2013

It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist thanks to your support […]

December 20, 2013

School Choice: Study Shows It’s About More Than Scores

The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice recently released an eye-opening analysis of why and how parents choose private schools. By Benita M. Dodd The Friedman Foundation […]

December 13, 2013

Friday Facts: December 13, 2013

It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist thanks to your support […]

December 6, 2013 • Press Release

January 28 Event Focuses on ‘School Choice and Georgia: An Update’

Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and education experts Eric Wearne, Jim Kelly and Ben Scafidi at Cobb County’s Georgian Club for an 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast and panel discussion […]

December 6, 2013

Friday Facts: December 6, 2013

It’s Friday! Make your tax-deductible contribution to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation before year’s end so that we can continue to work toward less government interference and greater individual responsibility […]

November 22, 2013

Friday Facts: November 22, 2013

November 22, 2013 It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist […]

February 8, 2013

Friday Facts: February 8, 2013

February 8, 2013 It’s Friday! February 19: The Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club, 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19, is keynoted by the Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole. […]

January 20, 2012

Must Georgia Families Wander Another 40 Years?

During the fifteen years that I have been working on the cause of education reform in Georgia, there have been many times when opponents of expanded parental choices in K-12 […]