Articles
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Why Prisons are Shrinking
October 30, 2013By The New York Times Editorial Board The mandatory sentencing movement that swept the United States beginning in the 1970s drove the state prison population… Read more »
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Do We Invest In Preschools or Prisons?
October 30, 2013By Nicholas D. Kristof Congress is often compared to pre-K, which seems defamatory of small children. But the similarities also offer hope, because an initiative… Read more »
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Why Not Measure How Well Government Works?
April 15, 2013By Jim Tankersley and Dylan Matthews, The Washington Post April 15, 2013 In 1988, Congress funded an effort to help young children from… Read more »
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Program Seeks to Employ Poor
October 4, 2012By Burton Speakman, Youngstown Vindicator October 4, 2012 A private and public partnership is doing what it can to put poor Mahoning Valley residents… Read more »
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Robert Shea, Associate Director OMB for President Bush
September 17, 2012“It is the responsibility of the federal government to use tax dollars wisely, and to do so it must have hard evidence about what works—rigorous… Read more »