Jul 31, 2009

Credit Where Due

Last week I criticized the Obama administration’s education funding plans for requiring school districts to spend money on technology, which has a very poor record of improving student learning outcomes. So this week, I should equally give credit where it’s due: the administration’s $4 billion “Race to the Top” fund for education.

Jul 23, 2009

Funding What Doesn’t Work

The Obama administration’s guidance on eliminating wasteful spending in health care apparently doesn’t apply to education.

Jul 16, 2009

Debating the Value of RCTs

Jul 10, 2009

Microfinance Not Immune to Problems in Global Economy

A new report shows that the microfinance sector is not as impervious to the negative impacts of the global financial crisis as had been previously suspected.

Jul 03, 2009

Who Will Lead the World Environmental Movement?

The news on the environment this week has been dominated by the passage by the US House of Representatives of a first-ever bill that mandates a 17 percent decline from 2005 carbon emissions levels by 2020, and much steeper reductions by mid-century. President Obama and others are referring to this as an historic moment—So why is no one happy?