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Performance Funding: An Opportunity to Improve Student Outcomes
GBPI Admin
November 20, 2013
Funding for the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia will be based entirely ...
Teacher Preparation: A New Direction
GBPI Admin
November 20, 2013
Many teacher preparation programs do not fully prepare teacher candidates to be effective in the classroom. A new ...
Tax Shift Could Hit Most Georgia Seniors with a Tax Increase
Wesley Tharpe
November 19, 2013
Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining ...
Tax Shift Proposals Would Hurt Georgia Schools
Wesley Tharpe
November 18, 2013
Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining ...
Georgia should tally cost, benefit of business tax breaks
Alan Essig
November 15, 2013
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig says the state should take a more business-like ...
High Unemployment Among Georgia’s Many Workforce Challenges
Wesley Tharpe
November 13, 2013
As we move closer toward another legislative session and heated election season, Georgia’s economy is sure to become ...
New report: “Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet”
Claire Suggs
November 6, 2013
This summer the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute contacted superintendents from all 180 of the state’s school districts ...
Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet
Claire Suggs
November 6, 2013
Georgia’s public schools are at a tipping point. School districts are coping with state funding cuts in recent ...
Medicaid Expansion: Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Access to Care
Timothy Sweeney
November 1, 2013
Presentation: Tim Sweeney, Director of Health Policy, Georgia Budget & Policy InstituteOctober 31, 2013 | The Carter Center ...
Rural Georgians Stand to Benefit Most from Medicaid Expansion
Timothy Sweeney
November 1, 2013
More than 140,000 uninsured Georgians in rural communities could get health coverage through Medicaid in 2014 if Georgia ...
Georgia Families Lose Food Assistance, Bigger Threat Looms
Melissa Johnson
October 30, 2013
More than 1.9 million Georgians, including more than one in three Georgia children, are more likely to go ...
GBPI’s Annual Guide to How the Economy Affects Working Georgians
Wesley Tharpe
October 24, 2013
Most Georgia families still struggle to emerge from the long shadow of the Great Recession. Unemployment remains high, ...
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