News & Events
This page lists the most recent news and events involving Common Good in each of our three main issue areas--Schools, Healthcare, and Society. Click on an item below to learn more, or visit our more extensive news and events listings on the Schools (news, events), Healthcare (news, events), and Society (news, events) pages.
Schools Rethinking School Discipline
David C. Bloomfield, School Administrator, June 1, 2008
David Bloomfield discusses educational bureaucracy and tedious procedures, making special note of Common Good's Over Ruled project, "The New Three R's: Rules, Regulation and More Rules" report, and the October 2007 "Class Disrupted" forum.
Common Good Colorado Supports Education Bill
Todd Engdahl, Education News Colorado, April 3, 2008
Common Good Colorado testified before the Colorado House Education Committee in favor of the "Innovations Schools" bill.
Ed. Schools Beef Up Classroom Management Training
Vaishali Honawar, Education Week, December 11, 2007
Common Good Director of Education Policy Dina Hasiotis comments on teachers' concerns about school discipline.
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| More schools events Healthcare Fulfilling the Promise: Advancing Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Innovations
Location: Washington, DC
December 10, 2009
A forum organized by Common Good, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for states, health care systems, and other interested entities and individuals to learn more about patient safety and medical liability reform innovations, and how to develop viable proposals for submission to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2010. The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform
Michelle Mello and Troyen Brennan, New England Journal of Medicine, June 15, 2009
Troyen Brennan and Harvard School of Public Health Professor Michelle Mello discuss the prospects for medical liability reform at the federal level, particularly focusing on health courts and other alternative systems.
Malpractice Laws Should Focus on Patients
Edward Dauer and Judith Ham, Denver Post, May 26, 2009
Common Good Colorado board members Edward Dauer and Judith Ham discuss the pitfalls of medical liability award caps and the need for real reform of Colorado's malpractice laws.
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| More healthcare events Society Philip K. Howard on "Fox & Friends"
December 29, 2008 COMMON GOOD FORUM: The Boundaries of Litigation
Location: The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
April 15, 2008 Rescue Recess
Letter to the Editor, New York Times, December 21, 2007
Common Good President Janet Corcoran responds to an article in the New York Times on the growing trend to ban recess, "School Recess Gets Gentler, and the Adults Are Dismayed."
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