Thursday, September 24, 2009

Revisiting the Missouri approach to juvenile corrections

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In a blog post published in March 2008, we cited an innovative juvenile corrections model used by the state of Missouri and asked whether t...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Perfect storm of increased need and decreased giving hits area nonprofits

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This year’s Report Card on Charitable Giving is different than in past years. In every report prior to this one, we surveyed the same small...
Friday, September 18, 2009

One-time revenues are hilarious

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Here at the Forum, we've been cautioning local governments for years about making budgeting decisions that help balance the current budg...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Will economic crisis breed government innovation?

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The Forum's recently released report on the City of Milwaukee's fiscal condition includes a small section discussing how other citi...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Racial achievement gap in SE Wisconsin not shrinking

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The Forum's latest research on K-12 education finds the region’s racial achievement gap on state reading and math tests has remained vir...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

City of Milwaukee finances: between a rock and a hard place

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Milwaukee's mayor has labeled the city's 2010 budget "by far the most difficult" he has faced in 25 years of public servic...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Who says MPS needs more accountability?

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The MPS school board will soon be considering a controversial recommendation from a special committee created to increase fiscal accountabil...