Saving Southern Forests with Carbon Offsets
World Resources Institute
Forest carbon offsets can create a non-trivial incentive for southern woodland owners to engage retain or restore forests instead of selling out to real estate developers.

Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: Ignore Credentials and Seniority
Manhattan Institute
Traditional criteria for evaluating teachers — certification, advanced degrees and seniority — reveal next to nothing about how well teachers perform in the classroom. Debate over. Time to devise new metrics.