MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA
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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…
A shrinking dependency ratio
But fewer younger, healthier people are joining the state's workforce…
An Interesting Idea — Behind the Counter Medications
A recent op-ed in the LA Times calls for certain medications…
Home of the Bean, the Cod, and the Free Glass of Tap Water
As much of the Sun Belt dries up, we may have to revise our tally…
Dear critic, Do you or don’t you
support the Massachusetts Health Care Reform?
We get the question…
Three choice selections on educational options
In the Sunday Globe, Jim Peyser had a terrific (and hopeful)…
Very Off-Topic Post on Baseball Playoffs
1) I never thought I would be pining for Jack Buck and Tim McCarver,…
Always the last one picked
I think I'm the only person that the Patrick Administration has…
Greek futurists, indeed.
November 13, 2007, at the Boston Harbor Hotel, Dr. Peter Diamandis…
Not rocket science – competition works
The Sunday Globe ran a great story on the dawn of a new industry…
They might also consider pricing
Globe West recently highlighted the issue that day-of-the-week…
Beware of Administrations Bearing Gifts
Remember the pledge to put 1000 new police officers on the street?
That…
School Choice Without Vouchers: Expanding Education Options Through Tax Benefits
Authors: William Howell and Mindy Spencer Date: October 2007…
Needless Piling On Department
From today's Senate Session, via State House News (sub. required):
MOORE…
School Choice Without Vouchers: Expanding Education Options Through Tax Credits
The school choice movement has suffered a number of severe setbacks during the last decade. California and Michigan voters rejected school voucher ballot initiatives in 2000, state courts in Colorado and Florida ruled that their voucher programs were unconstitutional, and during negotiations over the No Child Left Behind Act, President Bush abandoned provisions that would allow students in failing public schools to switch to private schools. Fifteen years after Milwaukee instituted the nation’s first voucher program, fewer than 35,000 non-special education students receive publicly funded school vouchers nationwide.