MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA
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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…
And now VA takes a pass on national standards
Bob Stuart of the News Virginian reports that now
Virginia won’t…
Wow, That's A Promotion
MIT's Professor Peter Diamond, a well-regarded authority on employee…
Hole punched in national standards effort
As Sam Dillon of the New York Times noted our opposition to the…
Closing time for some libraries
There is a reasonable accommodation that has to be made as regards…
How to cut health insurance costs by 18%
Got your attention? The State has put a wealth of disclosure…
Senator Brian Joyce is right
The Herald has a piece today on Senator Joyce getting flak from…
Heading Down: The Loss of Massachusetts Headquarters
The Loss of Massachusetts Headquarters Author(s): John Friar…
Angelo Scaccia Has No Idea What Boston Gets in Local Aid
In the debate over the Lawrence loan bill, Hyde Park Rep. Angelo…
Shocking: AFL-CIO comes out aganist Central Falls superintendent
Yeah, I know. That's. Not. News. The only thing worth pointing…
WSJ: MA not at top of RttT applicant pool
Neil King of The Wall Street Journal puts Massachusetts out of…
Fair to Middling: A National Standards Progress Report
The purpose of this April 2010 progress report is to indicate how Common Core's March drafts have addressed the deficiencies and limitations in its September and January drafts, and to spell out major areas needing further work. The analysis we present in this progress report shows that, although progress has been made, considerably more work is needed, particularly at the secondary level, to enable Common Core's mathematics and English language arts (ELA) standards to be internationally benchmarked and to serve as the basis for valid and reliable high school exit level assessments.
An Interim Report Card on Massachusetts Health Care Reform: Part 3
This report is the third in a series of four. The focus of this report is on administrative efficiency.
Beyond Demographic Destiny
This report analyzes achievement gaps for African-American and Hispanic minority students in selected Massachusetts school districts. It examines the gaps in English Language Arts and Mathematics achievement on the state assessment, MCAS, between each minority group and White students.
Heading Down: The Loss of Massachusetts Headquarters
This brief seeks to analyze the impact of changes in the composition of workplaces in Massachusetts to determine the specific impacts the changes in the raw number and percentage share of headquarters have had on job creation and loss.
The Governor No One Voted For
I've written about New York's insane political world in the past,…