Studies
Ex-Im Bank: How A Small Agency Delivers Big Benefits For America’s Economy
Executive Summary Click here to download the full study as PDF. The Export-Import Bank is the official export credit agency of the U.S. government, established during the Great Depression to create jobs by facilitating the export of American-made goods ...
U.S. Air Dominance in a Fiscally Constrained Environment: Defining Paths to the Future
Dominant airpower is essential to virtually every operation the U.S. military conducts. It is an essential component of the U.S. military’s “DNA.” Budget cuts, shrinking force structure, poor investments in modernization, technological innovation and a growing anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) threat are combining to call into question the Department of Defense’s ability to maintain dominant air power in future conflicts.
The Right Way To Modernize: The Army’s Airborne Reconnaissance Low Planes
The U.S. Army maintains a small fleet of fixed-wing aircraft for providing timely reconnaissance to its commanders during combat operations. The most capable such planes are EO-5C Airborne Reconnaissance . . .
U.S. Air Dominance: Global Precision Strike
The first conflict dominated by precision strike capabilities, Desert Storm, occurred more than two decades ago. Since then, all conflicts in which the United States has engaged . . .
Blended Learning Comes To A Catholic Diocese: A How-To Guide Based On The San Jose Experience
In an historic first, a Catholic diocese is launching a “blended learning” program at seven elementary schools this fall. California’s Diocese of San Jose schools will introduce a blended learning model, integrating computers and technology to guide personalized instruction, to 100 classrooms beginning at the start of the 2013-14 school year. The simultaneous launch is part of Diocese schools’ efforts to strengthen educational outcomes and the sustainability of their model through the St. Katharine Drexel Initiative.
California English Learners Continue to Post the Smallest of Reading Gains
California public schools have not, for the most part, had much success increasing proficiency rates for most English learners. This has been the case in both English language arts and math for most students, and particularly over the past five years.
Applying Performance-Based Funding To Public Education
The purpose of performance-based funding (PBF) is to better align funding for schools with important student outcomes to incent ongoing, improved performance of schools individually and systemically. . . .
America Needs To Develop A New Bomber Now
The Lexington Institute has prepared a concise study explaining why development of the Air Force's Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) is essential to national security. The following summary captures . . .
Repairing the Nation’s Education System for Adult English Learners
23 million US adults with Limited English Proficiency — 2.9 million are native-born. • Immigrants are often highly-motivated to learn English. • Available government data . . .
Competitive Defense Contracting: When It Makes Sense (and When It Doesn’t)
Competition has become the mantra of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) acquisition corps. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Mr. Frank Kendall has gone on record saying “I think that nothing, nothing, works better than competition to drive cost down.”