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Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   May 6, 2021 Every Ohio Child Would Become Eligible For Highly Popular Educational Choice Scholarship Voucher Legislation introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives would ensure that every child in the Buckeye State would be eligible to participate in the state’s highly popular Educational Choice Scholarship voucher program. This “Backpack Bill” (as in education funds will follow a child like a backpack) has been intr...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   May 6, 2021 Forty School Choice Programs Have Saved Between $12.1 And $27.8 Billion Through 2018 A Working Paper released by EdChoice in March 2021 finds that education choice programs have saved taxpayers between $12.1 billion and $27.8 billion through Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The Fiscal Effects of Private K–12 Education Programs in the United States, authored by EdChoice’s Director of Fiscal Policy and Analysis Martin Lueke...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   May 7, 2021 Education Choice Associated With Higher NAEP Achievement Levels, Higher Gains A March 2021 report from the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas finds that states with higher levels of education choice, or “education freedom,” are associated with higher achievement levels and higher achievement gains on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, colloquially known as...

Scheduled to open on September 17, 2021, the ChicagoArchitecture Biennial will put together “ global design innovators with Chicago community groups to explore forms of shared, collective space and inspire new and imaginative uses of vacant spaces in the city”. In fact, this fourth edition will imagine new and exciting possibilities for activating spaces throughout the city, expanding access to architecture and design, and engaging new voices. The 2021 ChicagoArchitecture Biennial contribut...

ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Encyclopedia of Virology, Fourth Edition, builds on the solid foundation laid by the previous editions, expanding its reach with new and timely topics. In five volumes, the work provides comprehensive coverage of the whole virosphere, making this a unique resource. Content explores viruses present in the environment and the pathogenic viruses of humans, animals, plants and microorganisms. Key areas and concepts concerning virus classification, structure, epi...

April 22, 2021 Program Would Be Open To Children With Special Needs, Children In Foster Care, And The Children Of Active Duty Military Members Legislation introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives would establish an Education Savings Account (ESA) Program open to any K–12 student who is the child of an active duty military service member, or in foster care, or has special needs. With an ESA, state education funds allocated for a child are placed in a parent-controlled savings accoun...

April 23, 2021 Program Could Possibly Grow By 25 Percent Every Fiscal Year Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate would expand the commonwealth’s Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program, a tax-credit scholarship program for low-income students. The program’s budget would increase to $185 million in fiscal year 2020–21 and would allow the program to increase by 25 percent in every fiscal year where at least 90 percent of the total credits were distributed to commonwealth families. Resea...

Shares2 Picture this: A few weeks into a difficult matter, your toughest client tells you, “Well, I guess you really do know how to think like a lawyer.” You feel a momentary glow, because there’s at least a chance it’s a compliment, even if a grudging one. But then they add, “Yeah, and you write like a lawyer, too.” Ouch. You thought your writing was just fine: precise, logical and, even better, free of jargon. What’s the problem? It’s not that you write badly, but that lawyers...

Abstract The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual—Second Edition (PDM-2) stresses the importance of the integration between a descriptive and functional understanding of clinical phenomena in order to enhance a person-based nosology. The present article aims to discuss a clinical case of a patient suffering from generalized anxiety disorder, currently considered a controversial diagnosis, in order to illustrate some of the complexities and advantages of the PDM-2 model in the psychodiagnostic desc...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   Research & Commentary: Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids Program a Great Next Step for Education Choice in the Natural State April 15, 2021 Program Open To Low-Income Arkansas Children Legislation introduced in the Arkansas Senate would create the Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids Program, a tax-credit scholarship (TCS) program for low-income Arkansas children. Tax-credit scholarship programs allow qualifying f...