By E.J. Dionne Jr. …The Haskins-Margolis effort comes in the wake of “Moneyball for Government,” a book whose title is a play on Billy Beane’s approach to… Read more »

By U.S. Senator’s Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Mark Warner (D-VA) We started this book with a description of an impressive winning streak—the longest in the… Read more »

By Tim Slover In baseball, “moneyball” is the practice of using statistical data to predict the overall success of a team. “Moneyball for Government,” an… Read more »

By Marshall Stewart A Tulsa leader studies ways to better spend your money. District 9 Representative G.T. Bynum is the only city councilor in the… Read more »

By Gary Gerew Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry said the city is teaming up with others in a national effort to see how the ‘moneyball’ approach touted in… Read more »

By Jarrel Wade Councilor G.T. Bynum wants to bring “moneyball” to local government as part of a trend to base policy decisions on data-driven, trackable… Read more »

By Ariana Eunjung Cha Faced with the daunting task of starting an ambitious program in global child and maternal health during a depressed funding climate… Read more »

By Maya Rhodan USAID’s mission has long been to help countries around the globe keep kids and families healthy. Now the agency’s plan is more… Read more »

By Nicholas Kristof America’s war on poverty turned 50 years old this week, and plenty of people have concluded that, as President Reagan put it: “We… Read more »

By Anya Kamenetz Baltimore reached the lowest infant mortality rate the city has ever recorded in 2012. Denver Public School students saw test scores improve… Read more »