Amid Nashville’s busiest stretch ever in delivering tax breaks to corporations, Mayor Karl Dean’s administration and members of the Metro Council have finalized a plan designed to let small businesses cash in as well....
Read MoreFrom Governing: Few people see government as “fun,” especially during tax-filing season. But governments–especially local governments–do sponsor plenty of fun for their citizens, providing venues ranging...
Read MoreFrom NPR’s All Things Considered: Electrolux’s new plant in Memphis, Tenn., is the Swedish appliance company’s most modern and high-tech facility. The factory will open this summer while an Electrolux plant in...
Read MoreFrom Campaign for America’s Future Blog: America’s education polices are brimming with contradiction. Schools, we’re told, need more standardization, but parents need more choices, which standardization precludes. Teachers...
Read MoreFrom Crazy Crawfish Blog: I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t feeling overwhelmed by all the rapid changes happening in the education sphere. I’m positive I’m not alone in feeling this way – based on the feedback, articles...
Read MoreFrom Cloaking Inequality website: Dear Civil Rights and choice advocate, I have noticed that some Civil Rights advocates are supporting and leading the school “choice” movement. They are searching for alternatives as our nation...
Read MoreFrom Welcometoloudcity.com: When I actually went to the FedEx Forum this Wednesday, I realized I couldn’t have been more wrong about their fans. From time to time, I venture to the territory of the enemy. That is, I visit...
Read MoreFrom Atlantic Cities: America’s 14,000 school districts control nearly all of the $500 billion in annual public education spending. Though they wield outsized influence on how money gets spent, their quality varies widely...
Read MoreFrom CitiWire.net: Once again, the City of Atlanta is defying its relatively small population base and its own economic challenges to invest in Georgia’s future – a new, state-owned stadium for the Atlanta Falcons football team....
Read MoreFrom Cloaking Inequity: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves (Matthew 7:15). The true nature of corporate-minded “reformers” (i.e. DFERs) will be revealed by...
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