The California School-Aid Deregulation Experiment
Rand Corporation

In 2008, California’s legislature combined 50 K-12 school programs totaling $4.5 billion in spending, cut 20% and gave school districts more flexibility on how to spend what remained. Lesson learned: Set clearer goals.

Spurring Growth through Innovation
Brookings Institution
Want to spur innovation in the U.S.? Stabilize the federal budget, support research and intellectual property, promote exports and green energy and get government to go digital.

Adopt More Foster Children, Reduce Support Costs
Brookings Institution
Governments spend more than $9 billion yearly on foster care, not including supplemental support through poverty programs. Making it easier for foster children to be adopted could improve their lives — and save taxpayer dollars.