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Policy Reports

Articles: 6

"Fortune Favors the Bold: Reforms for Results in K-12 Education"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Policy Report, July 02, 2008

"Opening the Books: 2006 Annual Report on Arizona Public School Finance"
Vicki Murray and Susan Aud, Goldwater Institute Policy Brief #06-02, April 17, 2006

"A Guide to Understanding State Funding of Arizona Public School Students"
Vicki Murray and Susan Aud, Goldwater Institute Policy Report #200, January 19, 2005

"School Finance Primer - A Taxpayer's Guide to Public School Finance"
Michael Hunter and Mary Gifford, Arizona Education Analysis, February 01, 2000

"Nice Digs, Low Scores: The (lack of) Relationship Between Capital Costs and Student Performance"
Mary Gifford, Arizona Issue Analysis #136, December 01, 1995

"School Reform in Arizona: An Assessment of the Final Report of the Governor's Task Force on Educational Reform"
Terry Moe, Arizona Issue Analysis #121, February 01, 1992

Goldwater Institute Daily E-mail

Articles: 30

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"Obama's school choice hypocrisy"
Dan Lips, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, November 11, 2008

"Urban legends about Arizona's scholarship tax credit"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, November 03, 2008

"“Green Schools” Legislation Deserves an “F”"
Dan Lips, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, June 10, 2008

"Grab a Brew, Don't Cost Nothin'"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, May 05, 2008

"Emphasizing class size over teacher quality is a poor choice"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, April 21, 2008

"English Language Learning"
Thomas C. Patterson, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, April 15, 2008

"Debt Doesn’t Deliver"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, March 24, 2008

"Capital Comparison"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Daily Email, January 14, 2008

"Laptop Lowdown"
Arwynn Mattix, Goldwater Institute Today's News, February 07, 2007

"From Stern Father to Sugar Daddy"
Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute Today's News, January 18, 2007

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Op-Eds

Articles: 6

"Economy on the edge"
Matthew Ladner and Byron Schlomach, East Valley Tribune, August 17, 2008

"Scholarship programs provide hope for the future "
Thomas C. Patterson, Arizona Capitol Times, August 08, 2008

"State has cheaper options to bonding"
Matthew Ladner, Arizona Republic, March 23, 2008

"Rankings cloud real school indicators"
Vicki Murray, Arizona Republic, March 27, 2005

"Rodel reforms are old wine"
Matthew Ladner, Arizona Republic, February 08, 2005

"School District Consolidation: Move Can Lead to Administrative Bloat, Fewer Dollars for Classrooms"
Ross Groen and Vicki Murray, Arizona Capitol Times, January 23, 2004

News Releases

Articles: 6

"Goldwater Institute Calls for Increased School Autonomy, Measuring Teacher Quality "
Goldwater Institute News Release, July 02, 2008

"How Much Does an Arizona Public School Education Cost? Report Brings Transparency to Education Finance"
Goldwater Institute News Release, January 19, 2005

"Private Schools Half as Expensive as Public Schools: Cost-Effective Way to Ease Enrollment Growth"
Goldwater Institute News Release, January 05, 2005

"Researchers Find School District Consolidation Proposals Likely to Yield Minimal Savings, Jeopardize Academic Achievement"
Goldwater Institute News Release, January 12, 2004

"Study Questions Link Between Higher Education Spending, Growth"
Goldwater Institute Press Release, May 12, 2003

"Goldwater Researcher: Dubious Link Between Spending and Academic Achievement"
Satya Thallam, Goldwater Institute Media Advisory, March 24, 2003

Goldwater in the News

Articles: 12

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"Speaker: Bold reforms can boost academic achievement"
William Roller, Yuma Daily Sun, July 14, 2008

"Groups suing city of Mesa over museum impact fees"
Mike Sunnucks, Business Journal, September 14, 2007

"Collins should be judged like legislator"
Tom Jenney and Chad Kirkpatrick, Tucson Citizen, June 21, 2007

"Issues of day include litter, driving"
Sam Crump, Anthem/Deer Valley Independent, June 06, 2007

"Governor's budget plan gets mixed reviews"
Mike Sunnucks, Phoenix Business Journal, January 24, 2007

"State's private schools cheaper to run than public ones"
Andrew Coulson, The Arizona Republic, November 26, 2006

"Darcy Olsen on Horizon"
Darcy Olsen, Horizon, August 29, 2006

"KPNX 12 News report on public school funding"
KPNX 12 News, April 27, 2006

"Education report gambles big bucks on skinny data"
Robert Robb, Arizona Republic, February 16, 2005

"Reporter misleads, not the report"
Paul Clifton, Arizona Daily Star, February 11, 2005

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