Yearly Archives: 2014

Drive to Survive or Drive to Succeed – What Drives You?

By |2022-09-03T16:17:27-04:00January 9th, 2014|

I was recently listening to an NPR discussion about under-performing schools in a large city and the debate of the school choice program.  Under the school choice program, parents, with children in under-performing schools, have the option to select a school which is considered to be performing at or above expected standards.  While this provides [...]

Columbia University Study

By |2022-09-03T16:14:46-04:00January 2nd, 2014|

On December 5, 2013, researchers at Columbia University’s Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC) published a paper that proves what every person working in the public assistance arena always knew: government programs aimed at decreasing poverty work.  Having worked for the state on Indiana’s welfare agency for 23 years, it is heartening to see the positive [...]

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