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Featured Research Batten Professor of Public Policy and Economics Christopher Ruhm Oklahoma Wanted $17 Billion To Fight Its Opioid Crisis: What's The Real Cost? Read Article
Dec 02, 2019 Study: DC Public School’s Teacher Evaluation System Continues to Improve Teacher Workforce
Dec 13 Lunch-and-Learn with Stephen Moret, CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership DEC 13, 2019 1:00 PM
