True or false: A charter school is a private school. If you answered “true,” you would be incorrect. However, the notion that charter schools are private schools is a common misconception. Charter schools have been affirmed as public entities by state law and court...
Month: October 2011
Communities Awarded for Effective Youth Programs and Services
What do Anchorage, Alaska; Chandler, Arizona; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma have in common? These three cities are among the 22 communities that have been named to the America’s Promise Alliance list of 100 Best Communities for Young People in each of the past five...
Global Cities Initiative Aims to Maximize Strength of U.S. Metro Areas
The Brookings Institution and JPMorgan Chase have launched The Global Cities Initiative, a project aimed at providing tools and research to maximize the economic strength of the top 100 metro areas in the U.S. Cities are the global economic engines of the future,...
2010 Census Winners and Losers: U.S. Mega-States and How They Got that Way
by guest contributor Peter Fugiel, Ph.D. There have always been big states and small states among the United States It is just that in the last 30 years, there has been a new category of states that are becoming so big, they are as big as major countries. These...
Which Municipal Bond Sectors are Fastest, Slowest to Complete Financial Audits?
Financial audits for issuers of municipal bonds continue to significantly lag the turnaround time for audits of companies in the private sector, according to Merritt Research Services, LLC, which recently completed its second annual audit timing study. Merritt...
Public Sector Employment Continues Downward Slope
Employment has been both a casualty of - and a contributor to - the downturn in the economy. While private sector employment began its decline at the start of the recession, it has begun to show signs of recovery in recent months, according to Lucy Dadayan, a Senior...