Michael R. Ford
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The Problem with Governance by Gesture. PA Times, July 21, 2021.
Pushing Back Against Democratic Decline. PA Times, June 22, 2021.
Learning From Our Herd Immunity Failure. PA Times, May 24, 2021.
A Post-COVID Research Agenda. PA Times, April 19, 2021.
Much Ado About Masks. PA Times, March 22, 2021.
Is the Council-Manager Form of Government the Right Form of Government? PA Times, February 23, 2021.
Making Accountability Actionable. PA Times, January 20, 2021.
Reflecting on 2021 and Looking Ahead to a Challenging 2021. PA Times, December 12, 2020.
Chaos and Confusion: The Erosion of Administrative Capacity in Wisconsin. PA Times. September, 2019.
Combatting Conspiratorial Thinking. PA Times. April, 2019.
Understanding Public Administration Through the Concept of Failure. PA Times. March, 2019.
Improving Public Administration Conferences. PA Times. February, 2019.
Comfort with Ambiguity: Why it Matters and Ways to Teach it. PA Times. December, 2018.
Facts Matter, and We Can Show our Students Exactly How. PA Times. November, 2018.
Understanding Governance Through Perceptions. PA Times. October, 2018.
From Trump to Minnowbrook: Navigating Current Issues in PA. PA Times. September, 2018.
Lessons in Performance Management from Wisconsin. PA Times. August, 2018.
Is American Public Administration in Decline? PA Times. August, 2018.
Leveraging Media, Social and Otherwise to Connect Public Administration Research to Practice. PA Times. June, 2018.
The Value Research of Research in Practitioner-Focused MPA Programs. PA Times. April, 2018.
Good Practices are Good for Students. Wisconsin School News. March, 2018.
The Practical Challenge of Doing What Works. PA Times. March, 2018.
Lessons from the Government Shutdown. PA Times. February, 2018.
The Big Questions Facing Public Administration in 2018. PA Times. January, 2018.
The Makings of a Good Municipal Budget Document. PA Times. December, 2017.
In Defense of Democratic Governance. PA Times. November, 2017.
Recommitting to Public Service Values in Troubled Times. PA Times. October, 2017.
Making the Most of Undergraduate Public Administration. PA Times. September, 2017.
The Importance of Studying Small Municipalities. PA Times. August, 2017.
What happened in Milwaukee? The city's school voucher legacy. Thomas B. Fordham Institute Flypaper Blog. July 2017.
Yes, school board members are often ideological, and that’s OK. Brookings Institution January, 2017.
What's the Root of School Board Conflict? School Administrator. January, 2017.
In Milwaukee, school vouchers have helped many private schools to fail. London School of Economics US Centre Daily Blog on American Politics and Policy. January, 2017.
How Do Charter and Traditional School Board Members Define Accountability? Green and Write Blog. November, 2016.
Governance in Wisconsin’s Smaller Municipalities. The Municipality. August 2016.
Identifying and Addressing Unproductive Conflict on Wisconsin School Boards. Wisconsin School News. June-July, 2016.
The Challenge of Linking Governance to Performance. PA Times. May 20, 2016.
The Importance of Charter School Board Governance. Green and Write Blog. February, 2016.
Governance and Student Achievement. Wisconsin School News. December, 2015. Co-Authored with Douglas Ihrke.
The Fiscal Calculator. The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. September 24, 2015. Co-Authored with John Merrifield.
“Understanding School Finance in Wisconsin: A Primer.” Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, May 2013.
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