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…

Modeling Urban Scholarship Vouchers in Massachusetts

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Vouchers have the potential to do many things - improve family satisfaction, reduce racial isolation, and strengthen educational outcomes for both the recipients and the children remaining in public schools - all at little or no net cost to taxpayers. The program described in this paper could provide 10,000 students from low-income families with the choices that other families already possess.

Study Proposes School Voucher Plan for 10,000 Low-Income Mass. Students

New Study Proposes School Voucher Plan for 10,000 Low-Income…

Our Letter to the Open Meeting Advisory Commission

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Public trust and citizen engagement is fundamental in a healthy…

Extend Private Transportation Innovation to the Suburbs

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This past year, Boston and Bridj celebrated a transportation…

COMMENTARY: More is needed to fix the MBTA

Read this op-ed in The Patriot Ledger, the Brockton Enterprise,…

How Top Suburban Schools Compare

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Quality public schools drive both real estate development and…

For Massachusetts Public Records law, a Little Progress Goes a Long Way

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Earlier this month, Massachusetts transparency advocates celebrated…

An Open Request to the State Ethics Commission

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When the State Ethics Commission was created in 1978 under Section…

Federal Overreach and Common Core

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This report provides the historical background and interpretive analysis needed to understand controversies surrounding Common Core and its associated tests.

Join us 7/31: “Know-Nothings’ Nativism, Catholic Education, and School Choice”

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In the wake of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling against the…

Making Financial Disclosures “Available for Public Inspection”

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Chapter 268B, Section 3(d) of Massachusetts General Laws provides…

Elimination of Old “Honor Boxes” for MBTA Parking

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As part of their latest efforts to modernize, the MBTA has recently…

No Fare! MBTA Tight on Public Records

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The MBTA has been attracting a lot of attention lately on how…

The Supreme Court and the EPA

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Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection…

Thoughts on the Amtrak/MBTA Signal Debacle at Attleboro Station Last April

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A 13 year-old boy damaged an Amtrak signal system along the Providence/Stoughton…

The Pacheco Law has cost the MBTA more than $450 million – here’s the evidence.

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The report has three major findings—each of which demonstrates that the Pacheco Law has cost the MBTA more than $450 million since it blocked the MBTA from signing two contracts in 1997 to purchase 38.0 percent of its bus and bus maintenance service from private companies.

Study: “Pacheco Law” Has Cost MBTA At Least $450 Million Since 1997

Report presented to legislative leaders and state budget conferees…

Pioneer Institute Public Statement on MBTA Reforms in the Budget

Last night, the legislature put the public interest ahead of…

Boston Business Journal ViewPoint: MBTA reform spotlights arbitration issues

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As the General Court deliberates on the budget and reforms at…

RIP PARCC

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Economies of scale are when a large operation can provide advantages…