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FosterEd Works Across Sectors to Meet Children’s Needs
Research consistently shows that students in foster care have extremely poor educational outcomes. Their outcomes are poor even when compared to the educational outcomes of other at-risk student subgroups, like…
Do Current Social Issues Play Out in the Law?
Public administrators continuously struggle with social issues, such as education, immigration and employment opportunities for ex-offenders. The law is the most important guide in how to address these issues. Through…
Frances Perkins: Shattering the Glass Ceiling
Americans jealously guard the social safety net—Social Security, unemployment insurance, minimum wage laws and workplace health/safety standards. But few know how these came to be. Frances Perkins, the first female…
Social Media Policy in the Aftermath of Ferguson, Missouri
If you watched the national news during August through November 2014, you saw extensive coverage of the social unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. From the perspective of a former federal law…
Public Administration, Community Development and Social Equity
Community development is the bettering of political, social and economic institutions. But often development theory and practice is overly concerned with only the building of economic assets in a community.…
Education Policy and Inequality: Do We Have Unrealistic Expectations for K-12 Education?
The U.S. public education system is world class, but it is also an embarrassment for such an affluent nation. Yet, there are reasons for optimism. Stakeholders understand the critical role…
Social Equity Requires Smart Practice
Social equity is not only difficult to define but difficult to implement. For public managers it means fixing the lack of justice that many marginalized groups have experienced and alleviating…
Judicial Decisions and the Impact on Public Administration
The judicial branch of the government has played a huge role in the formation of public policy. In the last few years, the most significant rulings by the Supreme Court…
New York Corruption Investigation Trends
Corruption is pervasive in New York. The State Integrity Investigation gave New York a “D” grade for corruption risk, finding it to be a “defining characteristic” of the state. However,…
Speak Out, Do the Right Thing and You’re Fired!
Public employees have one major advantage over those who work in the private sector—the protection of state and federal constitutional rights. However, these rights are not absolute. Public employees, especially…
Strengthening Social Equity
The social equity gap in our country and across the globe continues to grow every day, resulting in the increase of disparity among the richest, middle and the poorest classes.…