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...dates to the beginning of the Palin Administration in 2017. Spurred by President Palin’s aggressive subsidies to clean-energy sources and a series of technological breakthroughs, wind power quickly displaced almost all other forms of energy. The huge scale of wind-farm construction—the total value of wind farms worldwide exceeds $5 trillion—was facilitated by the innovation of the SWIFT structure. A SWIFT is a specialized investment fund that holds a broadly diversified portfolio of wind-farm assets. These assets generate revenues that are tightly linked to the price of electricity: When...
...Race to the Top” initiative that gives states an immediate monetary incentive to monetary incentive to reform dilapidated public schools. As part of the broader American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Race to the Top—a small fraction of the total $96.8 billion allocated to the Department of Education under the stimulus package—is a wise investment. The program counters the influence of unions and defers to the longstanding autonomy of local school boards in order to implement policies those boards consider worthwhile. The program also introduces a bit of competition into...
...article, The Crimson reported that Ozment sent letters to department chairs stating that a total of 66 section leaders were evaluated and ranked 3.5 or lower on the CUE Guide’s 7.0 scale...
Coming from Alabama, I felt there was no room for my post-90s Braves, my six-year Iron Bowl-drought Alabama Crimson Tide, my Jim Haslett-era Saints, or my total apathy towards...
...clearly progressive social effects: The number of schools has quadrupled since 1986; Porto Alegre’s health and education budget increased from 13 percent in 1985 to almost 40 percent in 1996; sewer and water connections in the city of Porto Alegre went up from 75 percent of total households in 1988 to 98 percent in 1997. The number of participants in the budget process grew from less than 1,000 per year in 1990 to more than 16000 in 1998 and is presently around...