March 2001
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Improving mass transit is one way to help inner-city and rural welfare
recipients get to where the jobs are. But it's not the only way.
Leaders in one booming suburban county have a solution to sprawl. But
selling it to the voters may not be easy.
Changing the board of regents may not be the best way to overhaul a
state university system. But it's one of the few weapons a legislature
has.
Millions of kids under 16 are in the work force. There are laws to
protect them--but the laws were written for an economy that
disappeared long ago.
School reform through saturation testing is a simple and seductive
idea. It needs scrutiny.
