Research and Commentaries
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Research & Commentary: Digital Learning
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Government budget shortfalls and the proven success of digital learning are causing many states and school districts to consider using new technology to make K-12 education more efficient. -
Public Education Is Being Redefined
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On March 15 in Oklahoma City, the past met the future. -
Research & Commentary: Higher Education Regulations and the Disadvantaged
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Congress and the president stress the importance of providing higher education opportunities to traditionally disadvantaged groups. At odds with this agenda, however, are federal regulations that are being put in place affecting for-profit colleges. -
Research & Commentary: FCC’s Data-Roaming Mandate
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On April 7, 2011 the Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote on a data-roaming mandate that would force mobile operators to offer their data networks to smaller carriers on “commercially reasonable terms and conditions. -
Research & Commentary: Effect of 2011 Japan Earthquake on the Reinsurance Industry
Publication -Research and Commentaries -With billions of dollars in property losses expected in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, insurers will have to pay enormous claims. -
Research & Commentary: The Safety of Nuclear Energy Generation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan on March 11 caused a series of explosions and fires at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, setting off a storm of media attention and public concern over the safety of nuclear power. -
Research & Commentary: The Price-Anderson Act
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The generation of electricity through nuclear power carries risk. -
Research & Commentary: Georgia Tax Reform
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Special Council on Tax Fairness for Georgians was established to conduct a study of the state’s revenue structure and make a report of its findings and recommendations for legislation. -
Research & Commentary: Competitive Bidding for Medical Devices
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This year Medicare is implementing a change in how it determines which companies can provide durable medical equipment to the system’s beneficiaries. -
Tapping the Rainy Day Fund & School Fund Balances
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Balancing the 2010-11 Budget without Raising TaxesThe Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF): Appropriate Uses and Legislative HistoryThe language in the Texas Constitution governing the use of the ESF reads in part as follows:If an estimate of anticipated -
Tapping the Rainy Day Fund & School Fund Balances
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Balancing the 2010-11 Budget without Raising TaxesThe Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF): Appropriate Uses and Legislative HistoryThe language in the Texas Constitution governing the use of the ESF reads in part as follows:If an estimate of anticipated -
Research & Commentary: Retransmission Fees
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Increasing broadcast retransmission fees have caused much tension between multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) and broadcasters. This has led to blackouts, often of major television events, when the two sides cannot reach agreement. -
Research & Commentary: NEPA Requirement Reform and the ‘Stanford Model’
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Agricultural gene-splicing has increased crop yields, reduced the need for environmentally harmful pesticides and herbicides, and decreased food costs for consumers. -
Research & Commentary: FCC Set-Top Box Regulation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Section 629 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 authorized the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the television hardware market. -
Research & Commentary: Higher Education Regulations, State Authorization
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The U.S. Department of Education will begin implementing two new regulations on for-profit colleges in July 2011. -
School Choice Is Back
Publication -Research and Commentaries -School vouchers, like the Republican Party, are back in a big way. The question for vouchers, as for the GOP, is: Have they learned their lesson?Just a few years ago, the smart people were declaring vouchers dead. -
Research & Commentary: School Vouchers Are a Cost-Saver for Taxpayers
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The evidence is in: If your goal is efficiency and saving tax dollars, K-12 education voucher programs are an astounding success. -
Research & Commentary: Airline Passenger Tax
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Congress is considering an increase in the airline passenger facility tax from $4.50 to $7.00 per takeoff and landing. In total this would be a massive $2 billion tax increase on consumers. -
Research & Commentary: The Build America Bonds Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The federal government’s Build America Bonds program is controversial. -
Parents should have choice in education
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A vast majority of Tennesseans believe their public school system needs changing, as found by a recent Vanderbilt University poll. -
Research & Commentary: Parent Empowerment in K-12 Education
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Many states—including Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—are considering significant education reform initiatives. The Parent Trigger, allowing parents to petition for school-wide reform, is quickly spreading across the nation. -
Research & Commentary: Indiana Parent Trigger
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Schools in Indiana are failing to make the grade, and parents are afforded virtually no recourse when their children fall victim to a failing school. -
Research & Commentary: Nebraska’s Telecommunication Taxes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer (R) of Valentine is proposing a law to phase out the municipal service occupation tax on telecommunication services and require voter approval before municipalities can impose higher telecommunication taxes. -
Research & Commentary: Medicaid and State Budgets
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As many legislators are now learning, perhaps the greatest impact President Barack Obama’s health care regime will have on state budgets comes from the dramatic expansion of Medicaid to cover millions of additional Americans.
