A Message from CCI Chairman Mayor Stephen Goldsmith America is in the midst of an urban renaissance. There is hardly an aspect of urban life or of thinking about cities that has not been fundamentally transformed over the past decade. CCI s Chairman, Stephen Goldsmith.
Welfare reform is a prime example.
Welfare policy and its underlying ideas could hardly be more different than they were even five years ago. CCI s April conference Next Steps in Welfare Reform highlighted just how far we ve come. The conference brought together public officials like Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson and scholars like Dr. Charles Murray to discuss how governments and private groups have reduced dependency and increased self-sufficiency. But today s mayors recognize that, despite our many successes, daunting challenges still remain particularly in reforming education. Far too many American children continue to languish in failing schools.