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…

Let the Patients Choose

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(Editor's Note: Pioneer welcomes our Senior Fellow on Healthcare,…

Running the Numbers, Stimulus Style

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You'll forgive me for being a skeptic about job creation numbers.…

Time to Activate the PAFNDAS

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UPDATE BELOW What's that? Why, its the Patrick Administration…

Good news on charter performance

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From Marc Kenen of the Mass Charter School Association comes…

How is this for pushing hard, part 2

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Whitney Tilson passes on additional news from RI. Given that…

How is this for pushing hard to obtain Race to the Top Funds?

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In a recent post, I pointed to the new Commissioner of Education…

Will the Gloucester mess impact the charter cap lift?

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Whether House Education Committee Chair Marty Walz was deflecting…

Running the Numbers

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The Herald reports on Governor Patrick's fundraiser today: the…

Breaking News – RI Ed Commissioner on seniority

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From the Providence Journal: RI education commissioner Deborah…

Committed to Maximum Transparency

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The above words are Governor Deval Patrick's description of his…