“Out of the Box” education thinkers from around the country gathered in Williamsburg for the annual “Excellence in Education” Conference sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Institute. Among the topics were public-private partnerships in building schools, charter schools, school choice, special education reform, curriculum ideas and many more topics provided local...
Part of the Jefferson Institute’s “Campaign 2001 Briefing Book” supplied to all candidates, this paper explores the problems and offers creative solutions to Virginia’s vexing transportation problem. A realistic long-term plan needs to be designed that prioritizes major projects and includes many alternatives other than what we are doing today.
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Part of the Jefferson Institute’s “Campaign 2001 Briefing Book” supplied to all candidates, this paper looks at the conflicting goals of enticing new businesses into Virginia while managing that growth in a way that protects our environment, and offers proposals for realistic policies based on fact and not emotion.
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Part of the Jefferson Institute’s “Campaign 2001 Briefing Book” supplied to all candidates, this paper looks at the conflicting goals of enticing new businesses into Virginia while managing that growth in a way that protects our environment, and offers proposals for realistic policies based on fact and not emotion.
... This powerpoint presentation to the American Chamber of Commerce Executives is loaded with data on the myths, facts, and politics of growth, offering both sensible growth principles and emerging solutions to the challenges of metropolitan growth.
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Those committed to the purpose of the 1995 Standards of Learning program – rigorous learning standards leading to higher levels of academic achievement by Virginia’s students – should endorse replacing a 1997 accreditation standard that threatens to undermine the fundamental reform it was intended to support.
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America has the will and tools to ensure “Sensible Growth” in its cities and suburbs. Inevitably, these metropolitan regions will expand, but by applying sensible approaches we can reduce congestion, preserve open space and keep pace with demands for schools – all while providing for new economic and residential expansion....
Recent opinion polls confirm that Virginians consider education a key issue in this year’s General Assembly elections. This paper evaluates the K-12 education agenda for the year 2000 and presents a series of policy recommendations.
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This report provided to the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and its Commonwealth Transportation Alliance a model and methodology by which transportation projects can be prioritized in accordance with a set of value criteria. The model and methodology contained in the report provides eight (8) criteria for assessing the relative merits...
Improving the spending habits of Virginia’s government is finally catching on – and it first arose in this piece, in a bill introduced by Senator Warren Barry.
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