Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. COVID-19 vaccine arrives: Frontline healthcare workers in New York became the first to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 […]
It’s Friday! Thanks to the generosity of supporters, the Foundation’s Giving Tuesday campaign raised more than $10,000 this week! Your contributions are “Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives!” Quotes of […]
Tax and Spend Tuesday: October 20, 2020 Welcome to the inaugural edition of Tax and Spend Tuesday, a roundup of news, views and policy proposals affecting your paycheck and pocketbook! […]
Checking Up On Health We’re back! After a three-year hiatus, “Checking Up On Health” is returning to the Foundation’s pages as part of Medical Monday. Look for our weekly healthcare- […]
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 […]
It’s Friday! Postponed: The Foundation’s event scheduled for Wednesday (March 18) has been postponed out of an abundance of caution. “Brexit: The Good, the Bad and the Messy” will be […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.” – Thomas Jefferson “I would rather a dollar be in your pocket […]
It’s Friday! Volunteer. Donate. Review. Thanks to our supporters for helping the Georgia Public Policy Foundation earn its 2019 badge as a Great Nonprofits’ “Top-Rated Nonprofit,” the second consecutive year […]
In October, the White House announced a new Governors’ Initiative on Regulatory Innovation. Led by Vice President Mike Pence, the aim of the initiative is to work with state, local and […]
It’s Friday! Events November 15: The agenda is online for the 2019 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which features nearly two dozen policy experts and leaders on issues affecting Georgia: Education, […]
On June 6, 1944, with American and Allied paratroopers positioned behind enemy lines, Allied forces waded through waist-deep waters amid hailing enemy gunfire from above to storm the beaches of […]
Judge Steven C. Teske, Morning Keynote Speaker Judge Steven C. Teske is the Chief Judge of the Juvenile Court of the Clayton Judicial Circuit. He was appointed juvenile court judge […]
It’s Friday! Events April 10: “Education Choice: A Case Study in Policy and Politics,” a Foundation Happy Hour Policy Discussion in Athens at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized […]
By Benita M. Dodd In 2017, U.S. World and News Report’s ranking of the best states to live featured not a single Southern state in the top 10. Georgia, at […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “We should never despair, our situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties […]
It’s Friday! Events April 10: “Education Choice: A Case Study in Policy and Politics,” a Foundation Happy Hour Policy Discussion in Athens at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in […]
News Release | For Immediate Release February 13, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd (404-256-4050) Foundation Hosts February 20 Event on Georgia Teacher Pension Reform Atlanta – In 2017, Georgia’s budget included $223 million for the […]
It’s Friday! Events January 23: Today is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s first event of 2018 on Tuesday, January 23. About 32,000 events will celebrate National School Choice […]
It’s Friday! Events January 23: The deadline is January 19 to register for the Foundation’s first event of 2018 on Tuesday, January 23. More than 28,000 events will celebrate National […]
It’s Friday! Policy Rewind: If you missed the 2017 Georgia Legislative Forum October 13, you are in luck. We captured the whole day on video. Download PowerPoint presentations and view […]
It’s Friday! Events December 8: Only 40 percent of voters supported the Opportunity School District proposal for Georgia’s chronically failing schools. Still, 68,000 children attend those failing schools. What next […]
It’s Friday! It’s HERE! It’s Veterans Day, and the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award takes place tonight at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The Keynote […]
It’s Friday! Sunday’s the deadline for the Early Bird Rate! Reserve your seat at the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award on November 11, Veterans Day. The keynote […]
Principles: Curriculum standards should be rigorous, clear and measurable. All students should be held to high standards and high expectations. Teacher recruitment, education, training and compensation should be focused on […]
Just who is spinning a “Web of Denial”? By Harold Brown This week in the U.S. Senate, Democrats took to the floor to attack national and state organizations that oppose […]
It’s Friday! Events Join us in Savannah on July 29! The deadline is July 27 to register for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s annual Friedman Legacy for Freedom Day event, […]
How the APS cheating school was uncovered. In 2011, Lisa Coston of Courthouse News Service reported the findings of the Governor’s office of Student Achievement about widespread cheating at Atlanta Public Schools. […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The professional licensing industry is filled with much more intrigue than one may assume. Regulation is often the product of a chummy relationship between elected […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If […]
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