Opinion
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Can We Focus on What Works?
June 17, 2015By John Kamensky – Can we shift the conversation in Washington from “waste, fraud, and abuse” to “what works and let’s fund it” instead? I… Read more »
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By Angel Taveras – Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson stood in the White House Rose Garden to announce a revolutionary federal program — part… Read more »
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Moneyball for Dropout Prevention
May 15, 2015By John Bridgeland and Robert Balfanz For decades, more than one million students dropped out from high school every year, with dire consequences to them,… Read more »
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“Moneyball” for Government
February 17, 2015By Kevin Madden and Howard Wolfson We have sparred privately and publicly on a range of issues on any number of occasions. But on this… Read more »
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A Game Plan to Break the Gridlock
January 13, 2015By Jim Nussle and Peter Orszag A new Congress has been sworn in and our government is divided. It is now time to focus on… Read more »
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Washington, We Can Do This
January 13, 2015By U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Mark Warner (D-VA) By now, everyone has heard of the story of baseball’s Oakland Athletics and their 2002… Read more »
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Why We Are Optimistic that Government Can Play Moneyball
January 9, 2015By Michele Jolin To dramatically expand opportunity and improve the lives of young people, their families and communities, government policy and funding decisions must be… Read more »
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Don’t Get Too Excited About the Budget Deal
December 10, 2014By Peter R. Orszag …The story of Youth Opportunity grants demonstrates the risks involved in indiscriminate cutting. The grants were administered, starting in 2000, by… Read more »
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Continuous Learning Is Key to Achieving Better Outcomes
December 2, 2014By Kirsten Lodal, CEO and Co-Founder, LIFT, and Dan Cardinali, President, Communities in Schools To address complex social challenges, we need to figure out what… Read more »
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Performance Data: The Next Steps in Moneyball Government
December 1, 2014By John Kamensky Moneyball for Government Released in mid-November, this book is a compilation of essays by a high-level bipartisan group of advocates for evidence-based decision-making, under… Read more »
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