First distributed to nearly 60,000 South Florida students in September 2010, JMI’s supplemental civics curriculum, Celebrate Freedom, came about through a partnership with the Sun-Sentinel’s Newspaper in Education program. These colorful 12-page booklets, which examine a key passage from the Declaration of Independence, use a variety of tools and “thought experiments” to help students gain a …
2010 News in Education Civics Curriculum: “Celebrate Freedom” Part I 
Posted 03/04/2011
2010 Legislative Report
Posted 06/11/2010
By Thomas Perrin, Director of Public Affairs Many of the public policy ideas that The James Madison Institute has espoused over the last two decades gained traction in the 2010 Regular Session, while still others wait for their window of opportunity. This year, the Florida Legislature took some bold steps that garnered national attention, particularly …
April 2010 – Issue Analysis “Public Employee Pension Reform”
Posted 05/20/2010
INTRODUCTION Public employee pensions were originally intended to supplement the retirees’ Social Security benefits and other sources of retirement income. The promise of pensions helped governments recruit skilled employees while also ensuring that retired public employees need not spend their “golden years” in a state of poverty and deprivation. However, such pensions were never intended …
2009 Tallahassee Tea Party
Posted 07/01/2009
2009 Legislative Update
Posted 05/29/2009
Ten Fiscal Principles
Posted 04/24/2009
2006 Florida Public Education Spending Poll
Posted 01/24/2006
2006 Study of Florida’s Public Education Spending
Posted 01/01/2006
Spend-o-Meter Fast Facts
Posted 08/31/2005
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