MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

Brookline — Busy Thanksgiving Season

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Brookline has had a busy week. First, the town and its unions…

Design it first and then cost it out

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Or maybe the title should be "borne back ceaselessly into the…

Flier and Saturday's Senate debate

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As noted here last week, the Wall Street Journal opinion piece…

Overseas Surgery

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So, I’ve heard about the increase in Americans seeking expensive…

Thoughts on the Route 28X Failure

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UPDATE BELOW What's Route 28X? It was MassDOT's attempt to turn…

Dean Flier on federal health care debate

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For those of you who missed today's Wall Street Journal, Dr.…

Whose lack of urgency?

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Laura Crimaldi of the Boston Herald has done a good job reporting…

Ouch from the Gadfly

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The Education Gadfly has a sting today on the Senate bill that…

Fighting for it with all he has got

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Where is the Governor on the day when a bill to give 27,000 inner…

Not the time you want this to come out…

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From Jamie Vaznis of the Globe's Metro Desk comes one of those…

Ford (Foundation) drives off the road

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From the Wall Street Journal comes an incredible story: "The…

I am in favor of job training

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I can't be sure, but I'm almost positive that the four Democratic…

The fate of 27,000 kids

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The bill that we saw last week looked very good. By the weekend…

High Noon?

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High noon on the charter bill, and the Senate is still not in…

Small Employers, there is something you can do.

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Many people have received coverage via health care reform and…

Go back to the Governor's bill

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The Senate is going to be debating a bill that on the face of…

Innovation or re-inventing the flat tire

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The state legislature's rewrite of the governor's two education…

Transparency — Bring it on

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On Friday, my old agency released a report entitled “Measuring…

Charter opponents have no more legs to stand on

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So the unions and superintendents tried the argument that charters…

Defining Political Capital

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Thursday's Globe relates that Mayor Tom Menino is considering…

More on the US DOE Inspector General's report

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I have been at a meeting in North Carolina with budget watchdog…

Will He Make History?

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Tom Menino already has by ensuring that he will be mayor of Boston…

Federal health care mandate and the Commerce Clause

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Robert Levy, chairman of the CATO Institute, is a brilliant guy.…

Rethinking EMTALA

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On the drive in this morning I heard an interesting idea being…

Just. Not. Smart.

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The Governor is now talking about layoffs. I suppose Pioneer…

Putting Children First: The History of Charter Public Schools in Massachusetts

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The story of charter schooling in Massachusetts is, by and large, the story of an idea that took hold at the local level and was quickly adopted by legislators who saw charter schools as one key to addressing devastating problems with the state's urban school districts. It is also the story of diverse groups of constituents—politicians, businesspeople, parents, and concerned citizens—coming together to create innovative schooling options for the Massachusetts students that need them most.

Follow the Money: Charter School and District Funding in Massachusetts

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Charter public schools operate under five-year charters from the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and are not part of traditional local school districts. Charters often organize around a core mission, curriculum, or teaching method. They are free from district management and local collective bargaining agreements, and they control their own budget and hire teachers and staff separately from the local school district.