6 articles in this issue
Kirsten Foss
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Robin Kane
Integrating public schools by family income is a relatively new proposal in the education reform debate. To enhance equity in education, advocates have sought approaches that will not meet the judicial resistance that race has met when used to integrate s... see more
Lauren Hersch Nicholas
This paper examines the current market for the New York State Partnership for Long-Term Care (NYSPLTC), a public-private partnership designed to encourage private insurance purchase. The potential market for long-term care insurance (LTCI) is analyzed bas... see more
Sue Rohan
According to policy theorist John W. Kingdon's theory on agenda setting, three streams of problems, politics, and policy alternatives converge to create a window of opportunity that allows an issue to move onto the policy-setting agenda. In 1999 the polic... see more
Ashley P. Simmons-Rudolph
Even as federal policymakers debate the reauthorization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) legislation, state-level activists are beginning to discuss the best ways to implement the policy in their locales. The District of Columbia has expe... see more
Brian Van Wye
The West African Republic of Mali faces the specter of mass starvation on a scale not seen since the horrors of Ethiopia in the 1980s were beamed into living rooms around the world. Two-thirds of Mali's land is in the Sahara desert. The remaining land is ... see more