How easy is it to find information you have a right to know on your local government website? A new study by Jeremy Beales and Michael Thompson reviews and rates Virginia’s counties and cities on the level of financial transparency provided on their websites, examining the web availablility of budget...
No issue is more challenging for the Virginia General Assembly this year than the budget. But while opponents of parental choice argue that a tax credit for corporations offering scholarships for children to attend the public or private school of their choice would drain the state treasury, nothing could be...
Government should use the current economic recesion to re-evaluate its purpose, prioritize its programs, re-structure its employee compensation and permanently restrict the growth of future spending — so they can avoid ending up in a “budget crisis” the next time. Here are some ideas for doing that.
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Where the School Boards Association is Right.
Charter school advocates are often critical of the resistance local School Boards offer these independent public schools designed to serve often under-educated student populations in systems trying to educate a broad range of children. But here’s one instance where they’re right — and where both sides of the charter debate...