Medicare is the right place to launch an electronic health record to get the maximum impact from President Bush's program for "saving both lives and money."

A dismal fiscal picture may force state officials to compromise performance-based educational reforms launched in the 1990s. A new Urban Institute study explores how school districts allocate education dollars in the face of changing fiscal conditions.

At this event, Jane Hannaway, director of the...

The challenge of counterinsurgency warfare is not new. From the Philippines a century ago to Iraq today, American soldiers have repeatedly struggled in open-ended, ambiguous, low-level combat against small bands of guerrillas. The U.S. military has tended to deemphasize these conflicts in its institutional memory, however, so that it has...

With the upcoming Duma elections this December and the presidential contest in March 2008, the Kremlin appears to be both confident and worried. President Vladimir Putin continues to enjoy high approval ratings and faces no genuine political rivals, yet authoritarian tendencies have risen sharply. Political groups failing to adhere to...

Schools under restructuring in Hawaii partner with outside organizations at a much higher level than schools on the mainland; Hawaii has put in place support mechanisms to facilitate partnerships with these external providers.

What can we learn from America's history that will help us shape America's future?

To prevail in Iraq,the U.S. military must develop an effective counterinsurgency strategy.

On July 6, the leaders of the G-8 nations will converge at Gleneagles, Scotland for their annual summit, with British prime minister Tony Blair driving two issues to the top of the agenda: climate change and the plight of Africa.

What are the merits of Blair's plan to combat poverty...