State education agencies and their chiefs must transform the SEA into an agent of change that can assist districts in the crucial task of remaking our public schools to meet the needs of our children in the 21st century.

Join us for a discussion lead by former and current chiefs who will share firsthand knowledge of the limitations facing state education agencies and steps they have taken to overcome these challenges.

There is a lack of incentives driving agencies to actively address the problem of counterfeit medicine--some individuals may care enough to risk their jobs by speaking out, but most keep their mouths shut.

Drugs donated to developing countries are being stolen by criminal groups, which harms patients, encourages criminal networks, and probably leads to dangerous counterfeiting.

In the housing and mortgage bubble of the twenty-first century, the government sponsored credit rating agencies turned out to be a notable weak spot.

Here is another good news/bad news column about the 112th Congress.