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Rethinking Competition In Defense Acquisition Click here to download the full study as PDF. Introduction In its 2014 Annual Report, Performance of the Defense Acquisition System,[i] the Department of Defense (DoD) states “Competition is the single best way to motivate contractors to provide the be ...
The RD-180 Replacement and the Future of the U.S. Rocket Motor Industrial Base Click here to download the full study as PDF. Introduction The United States was one of the two initial space-faring countries. Without assured access to space, the United States will cease to be a Great Power. It is almost impossible for those who hav ...
The Cristo Rey Network: Serving Sustainable Success – New Lexington Study One of the nation’s most powerful urban education success stories of the past decade, the Cristo Rey Network serves exclusively economically disadvantaged students with its Catholic mission to prepare them all to enter and graduate from college. Many expect that the Network’s newest school, in California’s Silicon Valley, utilizing an innovative blended learning model, will define a powerful new direction for the Network’s future.
Keeping The Lights On: How Electricity Policy Must Keep Pace With Technology The basic functions of American society and economy are reliant upon uninterrupted access to electricity to an unprecedented degree. Meanwhile, requirements for systems that safeguard power reliability and quality have become more complex amid sweeping changes in the electricity sector itself. This paper focuses on three pressing areas where advancing solutions to bolster grid resilience will depend on electricity policies that keep pace with technology and markets.
What It Will Take to Advance the Growth of High-Quality Charter Schools in New Jersey, Washington, DC and Virginia As the public charter school movement in the United States approaches its 25th year, its intensified emphasis on high-quality options and outcomes stands to benefit students across the educational spectrum. But its evolution remains uneven. Of the 42 states plus the District of Columbia whose laws allow for charter schools, the role these schools play within broader public school portfolios varies greatly. Clearly, some proven approaches stand to inform, and improve, others.
Brazil’s Diverse (and Popular) Postal Services   Click here to download the full study as PDF.   Studies on the Changing Postal Marketplace: Volume 2 Executive Summary Brazil’s national postal operator, Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT or Correios) is the country’s designated p ...
China’s Postal Services: Which Path Forward? Click here to download the full study as PDF.   Studies on the Changing Postal Marketplace: Volume 1 Executive Summary This report represents the first in a series examining the postal and delivery sectors of the world’s major economies. It focuse ...
The Next U.S. Asymmetric Advantage: Maritime Lasers to Counter the A2/AD Challenge Executive Summary Click here to download the full study as PDF. The United States Navy is confronted by an expanding array of both qualitative and quantitative threats to its ability to conduct its fundamental missions of forward presence, sea control, ...
NATO’s Last Chance: Invest Its Scarce Resources Wisely or Accept Strategic Irrelevance Click here to download the full report as PDF. For more than two decades, NATO spending on defense has declined to levels today that are perilously close to disarmament.  Senior U.S. officials have repeatedly warned NATO that its failure to invest adeq ...
Updating Career and Technical Education For The 21st Century Career and Technical Education (CTE) is undergoing rapid change in many schools across the United States, as educators strive to connect school programs with actual workplace needs. But while a small number of exemplary models are demonstrating powerful progress, as measured by postgraduation outcomes, many of the 17,000 high schools that offer CTE remain mired in outdated instructional models.
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