K-12 Policy Reform August News
August news items and notes for the K-12 education reform topic. • “The newest advantage of being rich in America? Higher grades Escalating grade inflation at wealthy high schools is another blow to poor...
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National service: sharing the dirty work by Martin Anderson
[Article by Martin Anderson for the Sept./Oct. NSDA LD topic: “Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be compulsory.”] Today an understanding of what national service is all about is obscured by...
Where Do Federal Education Dollars Go?
Debaters looking to reform federal education funding or regulations should know where federal education dollars flow now. “Federal Education Funding: Where Does the Money Go?,” (US News, January 14, 2016), offers an overview with helpful...
Notes on NCFCA Policy Topics [2017-2018]
[Post below on 2017-2018 topics, post on 2019-2010 NCFCA topics is here.] NCFCA posted potential debate topics for 2017-2018: A. Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its budget and appropriations process....
Blockchain Certify Food Imports from China
Food safety is always a challenge. Insuring food safety from suppliers in distant countries like China is even more of a challenge. “Blockchain: A Better Way to Track Pork Chops, Bonds, Bad Peanut Butter?,” (New...
Notes on Convoluted U.S. Food Safety Policies
In their 2008 Heritage Backgrounder, “A Safe and Bountiful Harvest: How to Ensure America’s Food Safety,” Daniella Markheim and Caroline Walsh note: Americans are shopping the world’s grocers like never before, importing almost $75...
Food Safety: Certification or Regulation?
A proposed Stoa resolution reads: “The United States federal government should substantially reform its agricultural and/or food safety policy in the United States.” In an earlier post I focused mostly on agricultural policy reform...
Reforming “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse” in Means-Tested Benefit Programs
Highly recommended is Shutting down fraud, waste, and abuse: Moving from rhetoric to real solutions to federal benefits programs (Deloitte University Press, May 11, 2016) Deloitte’s research collection of studies outlines process reforms and...
Reforming Federal Means-Tested Benefits Programs
A proposed 2016-2017 resolution for the Stoa league was: The United States federal government should substantially reform one or more of its means-tested benefits programs. NSDA debaters had a similar resolution in 2009, calling for expanding...
Smoothly Running West Coast Ports Key to U.S./Asia Trade
Around the world, private companies have been improving management of port facilities, investing billions to expand and improve operations. The collapse of communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe reveal stunning mismanagement of state...