America has the will and tools to ensure “Sensible Growth” in its cities and suburbs. Inevitably, these metropolitan regions will expand, but by applying sensible […]
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Recent opinion polls confirm that Virginians consider education a key issue in this year’s General Assembly elections. This paper evaluates the K-12 education agenda for […]
This report provided to the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and its Commonwealth Transportation Alliance a model and methodology by which transportation projects can be prioritized […]
Improving the spending habits of Virginia’s government is finally catching on – and it first arose in this piece, in a bill introduced by Senator […]
This study focuses on the 25 percent of high school graduates required to take remedial courses at Virginia’s public colleges and universities. The author suggests […]
State employees would be more secure if they had the option of investing their retirement funds in more productive ways than is currently available. Retirement […]
The goal of this paper is to substantiate the connection between attendance and achievement and to examine some low-cost strategies for raising student attendance. Special […]
In January 1998, Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore proposed a budget amendment that would provide funding for 56 percent of the cost of placing about 2000 […]
Increased cigarette taxes rarely produce the revenue expected and revenues have continued to decline since 2010, according to a new study released by the Thomas […]
In this in-depth analysis of salaries and compensation for Virginia’s public college and university instructors, the Thomas Jefferson Institute showed how each institution of higher […]