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Return on Educational Investment Report

Return on Educational Investment

Report from Ulrich Boser presents findings from a yearlong study of the efficiency of the nation’s public education system.

Ulrich Boser

The First Step Report

The First Step

Michael Ettlinger, Michael Linden, and Reece Rushing on what we can do to address the long-term federal budget deficit.

Michael Ettlinger, Michael Linden, Reece Rushing

A Focus on Competitiveness Report
An American flag waves outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A Focus on Competitiveness

Report from John Podesta, Sarah Rosen Wartell, and Jitinder Kohli outlines a framework for making the United States more economically competitive.

John Podesta, Sarah Rosen Wartell, Jitinder Kohli

A $400 Billion Opportunity Report
The federal government can save $400 billion over 10 years by changing the way it buys goods and services. (iStockphoto)

A $400 Billion Opportunity

Raj Sharma outlines 10 ways the federal government can save $400 billion over 10 years by changing the way it buys goods and services.

Raj Sharma

Getting Rich on Uncle Sucker Report
The issue of excessive profits being collected from the government for goods and services needed to protect the nation’s security has been with us since the early days of the American Revolution. (Flickr/Kevin H.)

Getting Rich on Uncle Sucker

Scott Lilly examines opportunities to reduce spending in government procurement.

Scott Lilly

Adding Up the Numbers Report
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Affordable Care Act provisions specifically affecting Medicare will reduce the federal deficit by about $525 billion over the 10-year period from 2010 to 2019. (Center for American Progress)

Adding Up the Numbers

Mark Merlis takes a look at Medicare savings from the Affordable Care Act and whether the cuts are real and sustainable over time.

Mark Merlis

A Thousand Cuts Report
The deficits our nation will run for the next few years are important for getting the country back on a solid economic foundation. But we need to be planning for the day when we deal with our longer-term deficits. (Agency photographer)

A Thousand Cuts

Michael Ettlinger and Michael Linden detail what reducing the federal budget deficit through large spending cuts could really look like.

Michael Ettlinger, Michael Linden

Measuring What Matters Report
A man holds a child's hand in an elementary school hallway in Detroit. Real quality control for teacher preparation programs would hold programs accountable for how their graduates perform in the classroom. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Measuring What Matters

Edward Crowe details a new system for holding teacher preparation programs accountable for their graduates' results in the classroom.

Edward Crowe

Better, Not Smaller Report
New survey data shows that the public's lack of confidence in the federal government is more closely related to perceptions of performance than partisan affiliation or political ideology. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Better, Not Smaller

Report on new survey data from Guy Molyneux and Ruy Teixeira explains why Americans are losing faith in the federal government and how to gain back their trust.

Guy Molyneux, Ruy Teixeira, John Whaley

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