Publications
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Transformational Innovation in K-12 Education: Achieving More, Spending Less in Schools, Districts, and States
Publication -Books -Transformational Innovation in K-12 Education: Achieving More, Spending Less in Schools, Districts, and States is an edited and revised version of a publication prepared for the Center on Innovation & Improvement, for which author Herb Walberg, chairman -
Budget Impact of the Texas Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Program
Publication -Policy Briefs -The Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Program (TSGP) is a very concise piece of legislation, apparently intended to address the state’s looming biannual budget deficit by reducing enrollment and associated costs in he state’s public K-12 schools at a time of -
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. -
How Teachers in Texas Would Benefit from Expanding School Choice
Publication -Policy Briefs -Teacher unions often lead the opposition to legislation that would expand the ability of parents to choose the schools – whether public or private – their children attend. -
Transformational Innovation in K-12 Education: Achieving More, Spending Less in Schools, Districts, and States
Publication -Books -Transformational Innovation in K-12 Education: Achieving More, Spending Less in Schools, Districts, and States is an edited and revised version of a publication prepared for the Center on Innovation & Improvement, for which author Herb Walberg, chairman -
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. -
Ten Principles of Higher Education Reform
Publication -Legislative Principles -The dissemination and expansion of knowledge is important to the advancement of our civilization and our nation’s economic productivity, yet the cost of that effort is considerable and rising dramatically. -
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. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 5 – Iowa Preschool Funding Subsidy
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Iowans are currently funding a universal statewide preschool program at more than $3,500 per child. The program cost the state more than $70 million last year, and the costs have been growing since its inception.Gov. -
Four Problems, Four Solutions: A Blueprint for Reforming Texas’s Insurance Environment
Publication -Policy Briefs -This report reviews four major problems with Texas’s insurance environment and proposes four categories of action that elected leaders should take in order to remedy them. -
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. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 4 – Federal “Do Not Track” Policy
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -ProblemJon Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, recently called for a new policy that would create a government-run system to control what information we share about ourselves online.