Opinion
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What Baseball can Teach Government
November 25, 2014By G. T. Bynum & Preston Doerflinger The baseball book and movie “Moneyball” have a great scene about management evaluating prospective players for the Oakland Athletics’… Read more »
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Is There a Bipartisan Evidence Agenda?
November 10, 2014By Patrick Lester, Social Innovation Research Center With control of Congress and the White House split between Republicans and Democrats, there may be little reason… Read more »
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‘Moneyball’ Government Emphasizes Outcomes
September 27, 2014By Tulsa World Editorial Board We’re encouraged to learn that City Councilor G.T. Bynum is part of a group studying ways to reconfigure local government… Read more »
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How to Get Kids to Class
August 25, 2014By Dan Cardinali For the 16 million American children living below the federal poverty line, the start of a new school year should be reason… Read more »
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A Flourishing Performance Management Landscape
July 23, 2014By Mary Winkler In summer 2013, John Bridgeland and Peter Orszag’s “Can Government Play Moneyball?” challenged the government and nonprofit sectors to make greater investments… Read more »
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MDRC recently released a guide that provides funders with practical advice on how to think about and use evidence of effectiveness when considering investments in scale-up… Read more »
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By Robert E. Slavin Advocating for evidence-based reform in education is often a lonely activity, but over the past couple of years, it’s gotten a… Read more »
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How Obama and Ryan Can Become Bipartisan Budget Bedfellows
April 28, 2014By Former Rep. Jim Nussle (R-Iowa) Now that both President Obama and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) have drawn their lines in the… Read more »
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The Accountability Revolution Comes to Head Start
April 28, 2014By Sophie Quinton St. Jerome’s Head Start, a plain building in a gentrifying Baltimore neighborhood, looks as solid and unchanging as a block of concrete…. Read more »
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Can Government Play Moneyball?
April 16, 2014By David Bornstein If you scrambled to file your tax return by yesterday’s deadline, you might take comfort in knowing that most Americans — 55… Read more »